OpenCPN Beta Version 4.5.213

[fgd3]

Originally Posted by rgleason

Perhaps I should just go back to v 4.5.213 instead. It might be easier.
But do not find v 4.5.213, do find v4.5.212

Things are a little confusing. The beta download page has 4.5.213 for Windows. But for Ubuntu the current version is 4.5.215. The major difference I noted is text for ENCs is back without requiring OpenGL, but it looks awful. Everything appears to be boldface.

The busy pointer problem with Ubuntu is better, but not completely fixed. The loss of focus remains a problem.

Fabbian

[bdbcat]

Fabbian...

The ppa for linux Betas is updated more frequently as we do private alpha testing on some features. Rest assured that the ppa has the latest code snapshot, but might not be identical to the "official" Beta release under test.

Your issues:

1. Screen shot on non-GL ENC text would be helpful.
2. Tell me more about the busy pointer on ENC dusplay. How to induce, what conditions. GL? Also on Raster charts?
3. Loss of focus on Ubuntu desktop is a problem without known solution today. Will continue to fuss with it, but really the issue seems to be in the way that the Unity desktop works.

Thanks
Dave

[CarCode]

You should not do testing only with your private linux but also for other OS.
This code in lines 652-658 in navutil.cpp does not work e.g. for macOS:

    Read( _T ( "iENCToolbarX"), &g_iENCToolbarPosX, -1 );
    Read( _T ( "iENCToolbarY"), &g_iENCToolbarPosY, -1 );
    
    Read( _T ( "iENCToolbarX"), &g_iENCToolbarPosX, -1 );
    Read( _T ( "iENCToolbarY"), &g_iENCToolbarPosY, -1 );

There are many other examples as well...

Gerhard

[bcn]

Gerhard..

so list them

[fgd3]

Originally Posted by bdbcat

Fabbian...

The ppa for linux Betas is updated more frequently as we do private alpha testing on some features. Rest assured that the ppa has the latest code snapshot, but might not be identical to the "official" Beta release under test.

OK. That's not a problem. It's just the first time I've seen a divergence in version numbers with different operating systems.

Originally Posted by bdbcat

Your issues:

1. Screen shot on non-GL ENC text would be helpful.

I'll get one to you soon. I'm on my Windows computer right now and don't have 4.5.215 for Windows. I don't know if it's a problem with the version or just with the Linux implementation of the version.

Originally Posted by bdbcat

2. Tell me more about the busy pointer on ENC dusplay. How to induce, what conditions. GL? Also on Raster charts?

The busy pointer issue is Linux only, not Windows. This usually works to induce it. I start OpenCPN with an RNC in the display and OpenGL switched off. When I select an ENC from the "piano bar" the pointer changes from an arrow to a spinning disk. Once the busy pointer appears nothing will make it go away but terminating OpenCPN and restarting it. The program functions fine with the busy pointer--I can click on things and get a proper response, but I'm stuck with the busy pointer until I restart. The problem doesn't appear as long as I stick to RNCs.

I have two computers running Ubuntu 14.04. Both are 64-bit machines. The busy pointer appears quite reliably on one, rarely on the other. The one that has the busy pointer problem is a Toshiba with an "AMD Athlon II P340 Dual-Core Processor x 2" with "Gallium 0.4 on AMD RS880" graphics. The other is a Compaq with an "Intel Pentium Dual CPU T2330 @1.60 GHz x 2" and "Intel 965GM" graphics.

Originally Posted by bdbcat

3. Loss of focus on Ubuntu desktop is a problem without known solution today. Will continue to fuss with it, but really the issue seems to be in the way that the Unity desktop works.

I understand. You've fixed some instances of it in the past so I thought you knew the solution but simply hadn't gotten around to identifying every place it occurs.

Fabbian

[CarCode]

Originally Posted by bcn

Gerhard..

so list them

Hubert,

simply read the code and you will see...

E.g. still wrong attributs are used for sizers, still dead variables initialized, mismatching of datatypes, still dead code never jumped to, use of null pointers and dereference of null pointers, potential memory leaks and so on, and so on.

Gerhard

[bcn]

You have read the code, corrected it for you - I suppose - and now what?
Not very practical.

[fgd3]

I've attached two screenshots, one showing the text on ENCs with OpenGL off, the other with OpenGL on. With OpenGL on the text looks normal. With OpenGL off everything is darker and heavier, as if it had been set in boldface.

Fabbian

[Erich Jung]

I have problems with some of my kap charts. Out of 40 charts 6 are not visible since version 4.5.213 Ubuntu 16.04 and Window 10. But they show in the Chart Bar. Everything was working well in all versions before,including version 4.5.204 and the android version. Surprisingly if I disable Chart Quilting all the charts are visible.
I am happy to send the charts concerned. All the charts are made with the same programs and at the same time
and they are working well since some 5 years.
Below pics from version 4.5.204 and 4.5.213




Cheers Erich

[bdbcat]

Eric...

Please post, or send me the charts, and I'll track it down.

opencpn (at) bigdumboat.com


Thanks
Dave

[hasse_A]

We end up in the exact same place with assertion failure.
Something is obviously wrong with the latest branch.

Maybe something for Dave to look at.

/Hans

[bdbcat]

Hans...

Which assertion failure is that? In Release or Debug mode?

Thanks
Dave

[hasse_A]

Originally Posted by bdbcat

Hans...

Which assertion failure is that? In Release or Debug mode?

Thanks
Dave

Sorry Dave, didn't see all post since Ricks post.
I was referring to his last post 44.

It's Debug mode inside VS 2013.

Se post 521 here:
http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/...-87680-35.html

/Hans

[rgleason]

Thanks Hans. Dave, assertion is in Debug mode only.

Some screenshots for you. Same as Hans.

[bdbcat]

Fabbian...

re:
"The busy pointer issue is Linux only, not Windows."

When the busy pointer problem appears, is it associated with building an ENC SENC, or are all SENCs already built? In other words, when you switch to a vector ENC by Piano bar, does it immediately switch, leaving an orphan busy pointer?

Thanks
Dave