OpenCpn 5.8.0 issues

[duichan]

Incidentally I did try just one chart from the CM93 portfolio and that crashed.


Happy to test tomorrow.



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[bdbcat]

Andrew


I have built a version of OCPN58 that supports Windows CrashReporting. Here is how to use it.

1. Download this file: https://www.dropbox.com/s/jxxnoikwwq...encpn.exe?dl=0
2. Copy the downloaded opencpn.exe file into your current OpenCPN 5.8.0-0 folder, probably C:/Program Files (x86)/OpenCPN 5.8.0-0+0b3....
This will overwrite the existing opencpn.exe, but will keep all configuration intact.
3. Run OpenCPN 5.8.0-0 as normal. Provoke a cm93 crash.
4. You will see a new message pop up on screen, about collecting data. It disappears quickly.
5. The reults of the CrashReport are in the folder C:/ProgramData/OpenCPN/CrashReports.
You will see a new folder, with a long GUID type name. In that folder you will see three files. (crashdump.dmp, crashrpt.xml, and screenshot0.jpg)
Please send all three files to me by email, my address sent to you by PM.


Other users with cm93 fails may also like to try this, for reference.
Thanks
Dave

[MazatlanMexico]

The copy of OpenCPN 5.8.0 that I downloaded originally has a crashReports folder already. I will look at those 3 files if I upgrade again. I downgraded to the previous version when the latest version was crashing a lot on me.

[redog]

Hi team
Just upgraded to O 5.8.0 using PPA on NUC running Ubuntu 24.04.2, standard install just updated prior to O upgrade.

Graphics Mesa Intel® HD Graphics 400 (BSW)
Anchored up in caravan so no gps connected, just testing upgrade.


O crashed on first start.
Second start chose safe mode and updated plugin master.
Closed and restarted and got another crash.
Restarted in safe mode several times , turned off opengl and removed CM93 charts and made sure no plugins are enabled.

Restarted and still getting crashes in normal mode, safe mode allows me to operate O.
Log attached from last startup of 5.6 to current.


Can I supply anything else that will help?

[CarCode]

Updates usually fix errors and bugs. Traditionally, the opposite is the case with OpenCPN. Functions that used to work well now lead to crashes. Experience has shown that it takes a long time before an update is stable again. Experienced users never install an update immediately after it is released, but wait at least six months.

[nohal]

Originally Posted by redog

Hi team
Just upgraded to O 5.8.0 using PPA on NUC running Ubuntu 24.04.2, standard install just updated prior to O upgrade.

Graphics Mesa Intel® HD Graphics 400 (BSW)
Anchored up in caravan so no gps connected, just testing upgrade.


O crashed on first start.
Second start chose safe mode and updated plugin master.
Closed and restarted and got another crash.
Restarted in safe mode several times , turned off opengl and removed CM93 charts and made sure no plugins are enabled.

Restarted and still getting crashes in normal mode, safe mode allows me to operate O.
Log attached from last startup of 5.6 to current.


Can I supply anything else that will help?

Just delete all the old plugins you might have on your system.

rm ~/.local/lib/opencpn/*

[redog]

nohal
As per usual your response is spot on the money.

Working now will keep on testing.



Thanks for the speedy advice.
redog

[bdbcat]

redog....


I looked at your logfile.
There were only two plugins in ~/.local/lib/opencpn/*
Pretty sure the problem is related to older version of draw_pi.
This gives us a good clue, thanks for the info.
Dave

[bdbcat]

redog...
I have been trying to replicate your experience with an upgrade of O562 to O580 on ubuntu 22.04.
I know you have resolved the issue by removing some offending plugins. And perhaps those plugins are now long gone from your system.
But I sure would like to know exactly which versions of o-draw_pi and aisradar_pi were present on your system before the upgrade. Do you remember?

For more info: O562 uses wxWidgets v3.0. O580 (on ubuntu 22.04) upgrades to wxWidgets 3.2. O58 knows how to detect this incompatibility with older plugins, and normally informs the user of the problem, and then automatically deletes the incompatible plugin. And so it does when I test it locally.
But for some reason, on your upgrade, that test did not run, or ran and failed.


Here is a quick test that would help us, if you have the time.
1. Remove all plugin files from /home/garbo/.local/lib/opencpn
2. Download and copy this file to /home/garbo/.local/lib/opencpn
https://www.dropbox.com/s/mezv01wrqb...raw_pi.so?dl=0
This is a version of o-draw_pi, for O562.
3. Start O58 normally.
4. Report results.



Thanks
Dave

[redog]

Dave
Have done as you requested



Here is a quick test that would help us, if you have the time.
1. Remove all plugin files from /home/garbo/.local/lib/opencpn
2. Download and copy this file to /home/garbo/.local/lib/opencpn
https://www.dropbox.com/s/mezv01wrqb...raw_pi.so?dl=0
This is a version of o-draw_pi, for O562.
3. Start O58 normally.
4. Report results.


O58 seem to be working.
IE not crashing after doing above.
Best I can deduce Draw would have been 1.8
However I found ocpn_draw_pi-1.8.0.17-ubuntu-18.04-bionic.deb in my download folder.


cheers

redog

[bdbcat]

redog....
"O58 seem to be working"


Did it report that the draw plugin was incompatible and was to be deleted?


Thanks
Dave

[Franziska]

Hi,

I seem to have a problem that the automatic daily track feature does not work.
Previously OpenCPN did always draw a track for me whenever we moved, which was great.

On O 5.8. I have the automatic daily track on and no track is recorded until I manually start one.
Or do I need automatic daily track switched off to always record a track?

Windows 10, current O 5.8 built.

[bdbcat]

Franziska...
More info, please.
Do you restart OCPN daily, or leave it running?
If you restart it daily, is GPS position always available?


Thanks
Dave

[Franziska]

Originally Posted by bdbcat

Franziska...
More info, please.
Do you restart OCPN daily, or leave it running?
If you restart it daily, is GPS position always available?


Thanks
Dave

Hi Dave,

I start it when we start to navigate. Which would be at varying times in the morning.

Mostly daytrips, sometimes passage.

GPS is always available when all instruments are switched on. They are switched on at the same time as the PC and we do not start moving before the boat icon turns red.
OpenCPN shows the boat in red and it's moving over the chart.
Just, there was no track.
When I went into the route manager and went to the track tab and started a new one it started to record it..

Sent from my MHA-L29 using Cruisers Sailing Forum mobile app

[wholybee]

Originally Posted by Franziska

Hi Dave,

I start it when we start to navigate. Which would be at varying times in the morning.

Mostly daytrips, sometimes passage.

GPS is always available when all instruments are switched on. They are switched on at the same time as the PC and we do not start moving before the boat icon turns red.
OpenCPN shows the boat in red and it's moving over the chart.
Just, there was no track.
When I went into the route manager and went to the track tab and started a new one it started to record it..

Sent from my MHA-L29 using Cruisers Sailing Forum mobile app

If I recall correctly in previous versions this was the case as well. Perhaps it shouldn't have been? The way I remember it working is you set a time for when to start the daily track, and it will start a new track at that time. But upon opening the program, you did have to manually start the track at that time. The feature broke the track into segments for multiday passages.

I would need to double check, but if tracking is on when OpenCPN shuts down, I think it will still be on when it opens again. Not sure though, not on my boat as often now.