Try swapping that out for the ubuntugis unstable repo, you might have a really old version of gdal (and some other libs) coming from the regular ubuntu repos. No promises but would be good to see if that has any change.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntugis/ubuntugis-unstable Thanks, Alex On 09/02/2011 07:23 PM, [email protected] wrote: > First of all, thanks for such a complete and quick response, Alex. > > Secondly, the repositories are those suggested at qgis.org: > > deb http://qgis.org/debian natty main > deb-src http://qgis.org/debian natty main > > Whether or not the nature of the shape i'm trying to work with is what > undermines my possibilities of running QGIS normally enough, i'm afraid > i have no way of giving you that info right away. > > The file, as i understand, can (in fact) be used by the general public, > so i'll try to sort out some way of gettin' it to the web. > > Finally, yes, i have tried other shapes (lighter ones, of course) and it > performs beautifully. > > Any other thoughts are welcomed, so thanks again... > > With regards, > > Andrés. > > > > > > > > > > > > Alex Mandel <[email protected]> escribió: > >> On 09/02/2011 04:34 PM, [email protected] wrote: >>> Dear all, >>> >>> I've just started using QGis (Wroclaw). I'm working on a 120 mb .shp >>> file, in my Toshiba L645 laptop. I agree it's not the greatest machine, >>> but it is what i can afford (as of now, just a grad-student). This model >>> includes core i3 cpu, with intel HD graphics, and 3 GB of RAM. >>> >>> My questions to you all are... >>> >>> a) shouldn't i be able to work comfortably with files this size? if yes, >>> in my laptop is certainly not the case, and i would very much like to >>> have a clue as to why. >>> >>> b) the program keeps crashing (in Windows and in Ubuntu, keep in mind >>> it's the first time i've had to kill a process in Linux to be able to >>> continue working normally), is this normal? >>> >>> c) do i need more RAM, do i need a state of the art video card? >>> >>> I'm a total newbie to the world of GIS, being trained to become a >>> biologist.. is it a matter of patience, solely? Trying, trying and >>> trying? >>> >>> Whatever help you can provide, it'll be most appreciated. >>> >>> With regards, >>> >>> Andrés. >>> >> >> I don't see why that machine would have any difficulty, many of us >> actually have much older machines with less computer power. >> >> Is the file something you can publicly post to the web for download so >> that some other people can try to see if it's a problem with the file? >> Have you tried other shapefiles of varying sizes? How do they perform? >> >> It's very unusual to have to kill QGIS in linux. Which repo are you >> using QGIS from? >> >> Thanks, >> Alex >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Qgis-user mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >> > > _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
