[K12OSN] Repost: KStars downloaded images blank

[Terrell Prude', Jr.]

I'll try it out this weekend and let you know what I find; I've got a 
server box handy that I can use for this purpose.  I've just been so 
swamped this last week, otherwise I'd have this done for you by now.

--TP

Robert Arkiletian wrote:

>***** Has anyone gotten KStars show image to work on a client ? *******
>
>Update:
>I stuck in a S3 virge gx2 and the same problem persists. I asked a friend 
>about this and he asked a friend and he replied:
>===========================================
>- This sort of problem is often due to inadequate support for graphics
>acceleration.  KStars as provided by Debian is dynamically linked to the
>GL libraries.  Perhaps he should check what package he's using to provide
>libGL on his server; in an LTSP setup, something software-only like mesag3
>might be worth trying.
>
>- FWIW, I tried running KStars through an SSH tunnel (a possibly similar
>scenario) and did observe the problem described (but with the DSS query
>feature - a star with the SEDS option wasn't immediately handy): image
>downloaded but only a blank image-viewer window appearing.  At the time
>the image-viewer window appeared I got the following errors on the
>console:
>
>kstars: WARNING: KDE detected X Error: BadAccess (attempt to access private 
>resource denied) \x0a
>  Major opcode:  \x92
>kstars: WARNING: KDE detected X Error: BadShmSeg (invalid shared segment 
>parameter) \xab
>  Major opcode:  \x92
>kstars: WARNING: KDE detected X Error: BadShmSeg (invalid shared segment 
>parameter) \xab
>  Major opcode:  \x92
>============================================
>
>I can't figure out why KStars would need opengl support when it's only 
>displaying jpg's and gif's. 
>
>***** Has anyone gotten KStars show image to work on a client ? *******
>
>Robert Arkiletian
>
>On Friday 04 June 2004 11:45 pm, Robert Arkiletian wrote:
>  
>
>>Well all 30 of them use nvidia riva 128's but I do have a S3 trio64+ and an
>>old matrox sitting around. Thanks for the idea Terrell. I will pop out an
>>nvidia card on one of them and test it out on monday. But I doubt it will
>>make any difference because if I SAVE the image with KStars I can then view
>>it with any image viewer (gimp, eog, web browsers). It's a real showstopper
>>if you have to save and then open the image with another viewer though. I
>>still think it has something to do with kdeinit and/or the XF86config
>>settings in lts.conf. What I am looking for from this listserve is just
>>some people to take a couple of seconds and try KStars from a client and
>>see if they experience the same problem.
>>If they do, then I'm going to contact the developers and see if I can
>>report it as a bug.
>>
>>Thanks for your reply Terrell, I appreciate it.
>>
>>Robert Arkiletian
>>Eric Hamber Secondary
>>
>>On Friday 04 June 2004 7:15 pm, Terrell Prude', Jr. wrote:
>>    
>>
>>>Do you by any chance have a thin client with any other type of video
>>>card?  You're right; if they're just GIFs and JPEGs, they should display
>>>just fine.  Also, if you go Web surfing on your clients, do the GIFs and
>>>JPEGs display properly?  When you save these images from within KStars,
>>>can you view them with, say, Kuickshow, Electric Eyes, or The GIMP on
>>>your clients?
>>>
>>>--TP
>>>
>>>Robert Arkiletian wrote:
>>>      
>>>
>>>>Right clicking on a heavenly body in KStars will usually bring up the
>>>>"Show SEDS image" option. The image downloads but it will not display
>>>>with KStars. The image window is blank.
>>>>
>>>>I can save the image okay, though. This problem only exists on my
>>>>clients. They are all nvidia riva 128's. However, on the server which
>>>>has an on board ATI rage pro chip the images appear properly
>>>>(regardless if I log in as root or a user). However, on the clients,
>>>>even as root I do not get an image (just black space in the image
>>>>window)
>>>>
>>>>So it's not a permission problem. I figure it must be a problem with
>>>>XF86Config for the clients and server being different.
>>>>
>>>>I have enabled 24 bit color (as the riva 128 can't do 16 with xfree86
>>>>4.3) and set XSERVER = auto in lts.conf. I even tried XSERVER = nv, no
>>>>luck. The damn images are just gif's and jpg's. Any video card should
>>>>be able to display them.
>>>>
>>>>I looked at top (interactive A option) and I found the program was
>>>>----------kdeinit------------ that was trying to display the images.
>>>>I don't know anything about kdeinit but it must somehow call an image
>>>>viewing mechanism. Somehow the client xserver is not able to display
>>>>the downloaded image with kdeinit.
>>>>
>>>>Can someone try to view these celestial SEDS images on their clients and
>>>>confirm this behavior??? KStars is an awsome program worth the effort.
>>>>
>>>>Do I need any modules loaded with Xfree86? Anyone have any ideas to
>>>>solve this issue.
>>>>
>>>>BTW I'm using k12ltsp 3.1.2
>>>>
>>>>Robert Arkiletian
>>>>Eric Hamber Secondary
>>>>
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>>>>