[Chameleon] CwcImage_0 when upgrading to Chameleon 2.6

[Julien-Samuel Lacroix]

Hi,

Does this path exists on your linux boxes? Are they writable by the 
apache user?

/usr/local/apache2/htdocs/ms_tmp/buttons/

Julien

john lace wrote:
> Dear Jeff and Justin:
>  
> Ms4w 2.2.9 solved the problem on windows ms4w.   Now I have buttons. 
>  
> But the problem with linux seems even darker.   Is this a problem caused 
> by a newer version of a program, that I need to update?  A configuration 
> that changed in apache for the newer ms4w?   
>  
> I have three linux boxes, two with php4, one with php5, First two are 
> centOS4, the other is CentOS 5.   All have MapServer 5.   All work with 
> chameleon2.4,  none does for chameleon 2.6. 
>  
> Could you shade any light on this?   Can you think of a program/config 
> that I may try first, before upgrading everything ?   Any clue will be 
> appreciated.
>  
>  
> John Lace
> 
> 
>  > Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 16:25:38 -0400
>  > From: jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com
>  > To: chameleon at lists.maptools.org
>  > Subject: Re: FW: [Chameleon] CwcImage_0 when upgrading to Chameleon 2.6
>  >
>  > John,
>  >
>  > I can speak regarding your ms4w issues: the chameleon package (on the
>  > MS4W downloads page:
>  > http://www.maptools.org/ms4w/index.phtml?page=downloads.html) needs *NO*
>  > configuring in order to work with MS4W 2.2.9. If you are using that
>  > exact chameleon package and MS4W 2.2.9 and still getting those errors
>  > that would be really really odd.
>  >
>  >
>  > --
>  > Jeff McKenna
>  > FOSS4G Consulting and Training Services
>  > http://www.gatewaygeomatics.com/
>  >
>  > john lace wrote:
>  > >
>  > > Dear Justin:
>  > >
>  > > No, it wasn't your fault. I didn't explain my findings correctly.
>  > > The hover doesn't work, and the right click will point (when on a
>  > > cwcimage_0) to the original button location ../skins/sample.., not to
>  > > the ms_tmp copy, in firefox; and it points to the sample_basic.phtml,
>  > > in internetExplorer.
>  > >
>  > > I think that I understand the basic ms_tmp process. Chameleon and
>  > > MapServer write to a file path, so we need to configure the
>  > > button_cache_path (for buttons) and the tmp_img_path (for scale and
>  > > other images). And Apache needs a url, so we need the corresponding
>  > > button_cache_web_path and the tmp_web_path.
>  > >
>  > > I've tried modifying these, and the images path work well, but not the
>  > > buttons config. I discover that in ie the tmp buttons get created only
>  > > when you exit ie and reenter. That's why I didn't notice buttons
>  > > written there before. I even moved the full ms_tmp to avoid possible
>  > > conflicts with symlinks.
>  > >
>  > >
>  > > I've tried something else. Forgetting linux for a while, I installed
>  > > ms4w on a new winXP computer, with Chameleon24ms4w. I only changed the
>  > > mapscript_module config to point to php_mapscript_44.dll (or _46.dlls,
>  > > same result). The sample_basic.phtml works Ok. But as soon as I
>  > > install Chameleon26ms4w, the same cwcimage_0 text, all over the page.
>  > > All were downloaded today from www.maptools.org 
> <http://www.maptools.org/>
>  > >
>  > > Do you think that we need to file this as a bug?
>  > >
>  > > Thanks for your reply
>  > >
>  > > John Lace.
> 
> 
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