To rule out issues with Apache, will the script run from the command line. -----Original Message----- From: UMN MapServer Users List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Joe Bussell Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 2:48 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] PERL interface trouble
Nope, same logical volume. Identical results from `df` verify this. Joe Bussell On Time Systems Simpson wrote: >Is /usr an automount? > >-----Original Message----- >From: UMN MapServer Users List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Behalf Of Joe Bussell >Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 12:19 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] PERL interface trouble > > >Thank you! I have mode some progress. The fact that my fonts/ >directory was not readable escaped my notice. The msGetErrorString >function provided that data right away. > >I have still have some undesired behavior however. I added >$img->save( $outfile ); >carp mapscript::msGetErrorString("\n"); >And it indicates that my image file is not openable for write. I have >verified that the entire directory chain indicated in the message is >world writable. Is there something else that I need to do? > >[Mon Jul 3 15:52:17 2006] -e: Failure: msSaveImageGD(): Unable to >access file. >Unable to open file >/usr/routing/routes/Route1151967137028128.223.40.5.png for writing at >/usr/routing/perl/dwarp/mapdrawing.pm line 515 > >I changed my write directory to be a child of /tmp, and everything >worked out just fine. I verified that the directory permissions matched >and could not find any reference in my httpd.conf that would preclude >writing to a directory off of /usr. Any ideas as to why this is? > >Joe Bussell >On Time Systems > > > >Steve Lime wrote: > > >>You can get at the MapServer error stack with a call like: >> >> my $map = new mapscript::mapObj( $mapfile ) or >> >> >mapscript::msGetErrorString("\n"); > > >>That may help, or be something to try. I use perl MapScript with 4.8 and >> >> >the CVS version all the time with good results. > > >>Steve >> >> >> >> >>>>>Joseph Bussell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 6/30/2006 2:09:06 PM >>> >>>>> >>>>> >>Does anyone use the latest code with PERL Mapscript? If shp2img works >>with my mapfile, is there anything else I can do to understand why my >>new call for the mapObj fails? >> >>Joe Bussell >>On Time Systems >> >> >>Joseph Bussell wrote: >> >> >> >> >>>I have verified that shp2img constructs an image that derives form my >>>mapfile. This part looks good. My mapscript code was written for >>>4.4.2, but the one function that is failing does not appear to have >>>significantly changed. I am not getting past construction of the >>>basic mapObj from the mapfile. Specifically, the call to : >>> >>>my $map = new mapscript::mapObj( $mapfile ) or carp "Could not create >>>mapscript object from mapfile: $mapfile"; >>> >>>produces the error message. I also went into mapscript.pm and added >>>debug code there to be sure I was using the correct module. The low >>>level call is producing an unusable result. >>>Joe Bussell >>>On Time Systems >>> >>> >>>Stephen Woodbridge wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>Hi Joe, >>>> >>>>A couple of things. >>>> >>>>1) what version does you existing code work on? >>>>2) There are probably two areas that you will need to change >>>> a) the mapfile >>>> b) the perl >>>> >>>>I would start with using shp2img to make sure you mapfile can load. >>>>It will at least print errors that you can read. >>>> >>>>shp2img -m /path/to/file.map -o junk.png ... >>>> >>>>Once you can get an image then you will probably have more luck >>>>tracking down the various mapscript changes. These will depend on >>>>what version of mapscript your code was written for. >>>> >>>>-Steve W. >>>> >>>>Joseph Bussell wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>Greetings Listers, >>>>> It has been a while since I deployed a new Mapserver application. >>>>>I have been leaning on old source on an old box to get the work >>>>>done. I have been given a new server to set up for our Air Force >>>>>project and have had some issues with getting my code to work. >>>>>First of all I am using Mapscript ala PERL. I recognize that the >>>>>PERL interface has not been updated due to a lack of user interest, >>>>>but I am still partial to using it if it can still be done (mostly >>>>>since I will not have to rewrite my routing path functionality). >>>>> >>>>> My problem is getting the actual mapObj to construct from my >>>>>mapfile. I have not been able to get any debug information our by >>>>>checking /tmp/mserrors, which used to work nicely in such cases. >>>>>All I get is an undefined reference. My code for construction is >>>>>simple: >>>>> >>>>>my $map = new mapscript::mapObj( $mapfile ) or carp "Could not >>>>>create mapscript object from mapfile: $mapfile"; >>>>> >>>>>in my httpd.conf I define >>>>>MS_ERRORFILE /tmp/mserrors.txt >>>>> >>>>>My mapfile exists and is very simple. >>>>>I am running: >>>>>CentOS release 4.3 >>>>>AMD64, dual core machine >>>>>Apache/2.0.52 >>>>>mapserver-4.8.3.tar.gz >>>>>perl, v5.8.5 built for x86_64-linux-thread-multi >>>>> >>>>>Thank you for your time. >>>>> >>>>>Joe Bussell >>>>>On Time Systems >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> > > >
