[FGS] FGS Configuration Issue

[David Fawcett]

Guillaume, 

Thank you for your response.  

> I just tried the gmap-demo FGS self-install file on a Fedora Core 3 box
> and all went perfectly, did you install this file :
> 
> http://www.maptools.org/dl/fgs/self-installers/fgs-gmap-demo-0.2.3-
> linux-i386.bin  ?

I didn't use this installer, because I had already installed the base
FGS and then later realized that I wanted to install the demo.  What I
did was download fgs-gmap-demo-1.0.0-linux-i386.tar.gz, unroll it and
put it in a directory called /mapserver/gmap/

In my httpd.conf, I created an alias called /gmap/ and set that equal
to the above path (as instructed in install.txt).

Is the bin install possible even after the base package is installed?  


> 
> this is not the cause of the problem, but the correct URL is:
> 
> http://127.0.0.1:8080/gmap-demo/gmap75.phtml   (-demo missing)

I don't really think that  this is the problem.  The page is loading,
but the application appears as though it can't write to /tmp/ms_temp/.
 The directory '/opt/fgs/tmp/ms_temp/' exists and for the moment has
chmod 777.

I am wondering if it is trying to write to the actual directory
/tmp/ms_temp/ as opposed to $FGS_HOME/tmp/ms_temp/.  Do I need to set
an environment variable somewhere?

In conf.d/mapserver.conf, I have Alias /ms_tmp/ "/opt/fgs/tmp/ms_tmp/"
 (which was created by the installer).

Any idea where to go next?  

David.

> >
> > Warning: [MapServer Error]: msSaveImageGD(): Unable to open file
> > /tmp/ms_tmp/112070747044661.gif for writing in
> > /mapserver/gmap/apps/gmap-ms40/htdocs/gmap75.inc.php on line 552
> >
> > Fatal error: Failed writing image to /tmp/ms_tmp/112070747044661.gif
> > in /mapserver/gmap/apps/gmap-ms40/htdocs/gmap75.inc.php on line 552
> >
> > I haven't worked with mapscript much, but this indicates to me that
> > the permissions are not set to allow the webserver user to write to
> > this directory.  I CHMODed the directory permissions to 666 and then
> > 777 and I still get the errors.
> >
> > Anyone have recommendations on where I should look next?
> >
> 
> It looks like the ms_tmp directory in $FGS_HOME/tmp is missing. It is
> normally created by the mapserver module's installer. Run:
> 
> $ mkdir $FGS_HOME/tmp/ms_tmp
> 
> and make sure that the user running FGS can write in it.
> 
> I just tried the gmap-demo FGS self-install file on a Fedora Core 3 box
> and all went perfectly, did you install this file :
> 
> http://www.maptools.org/dl/fgs/self-installers/fgs-gmap-demo-0.2.3-
> linux-i386.bin  ?
> 
> Did you install is as a normal user or as root ?
> 
> Guillaume
> 
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>   Guillaume Dallaire               gdallaire at dmsolutions.ca
>   DM Solutions Group             http://www.dmsolutions.ca/
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