OpenCPN Nothing Happens Ubuntu 12.04?

[sdowney717]

I just today tried to run opencpn on the home PC running the latest 32 bit Ubuntu and nothing happens. It used to work on the prior version of ubuntu.
So I run from terminal and get no messages and nothing happens.
So I upgraded to 2.6 beta. When run from terminal, I get an opencpn standard beta warning window, close it and nothing happens.

Any ideas?

[sdowney717]

Ok after 5 minutes of nothing, it pops up with this version mismatch
a libgps api version mismatch.
select ok, and it seems to work.
I dont have a GPS on the home PC.

But why the long long delay?

[sdowney717]

weird, maybe my PC anyway it popped me another message


terminal response window errors

scott@scott-P5QC:~$ opencpn

(opencpn:16117): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_label_set_markup: assertion `GTK_IS_LABEL (label)' failed

(opencpn:16117): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_label_set_markup: assertion `GTK_IS_LABEL (label)' failed

(opencpn:16117): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_label_set_markup: assertion `GTK_IS_LABEL (label)' failed

(opencpn:16117): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_label_set_markup: assertion `GTK_IS_LABEL (label)' failed
Killed
scott@scott-P5QC:~$

[bdbcat]

s...717:

libgps is reported broken on 12.04
see: OpenCPN::Tracker All Projects: Tasklist

I'll take a look at this as soon as I get the nerve to try upgrading from 8.04 to 12.04. Yikes....

Can you run without gpsd?

Also, the messages like

(opencpn:16117): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_label_set_markup: assertion `GTK_IS_LABEL (label)' failed

are of no consequence. Seem to be built into the wxWidgets libraries.

Thanks for the report
Dave

[sdowney717]

It wont restart today, just waiting or hanging.
You can set up a VM of 12.04 using virtual box from oracle.
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

Do you mean delete uninstall gpsd?

[cagney]

Originally Posted by sdowney717

It wont restart today, just waiting or hanging.
You can set up a VM of 12.04 using virtual box from oracle.
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

Do you mean delete uninstall gpsd?

To get going again, just rename the opencpn.config file, and restart.
Installing OpenCPN | Official OpenCPN Homepage

Thomas

[sdowney717]

thanks for that. That file is in a hidden folder called .opencpn and is named opencpn.conf
I renamed the file to oldopencpn.conf

When you do that you have to redirect opencpn to your charts.
It is running again and responding quickly.
I am also not getting libgps mismatch error. still dont have any gps attached to the home PC.
So what happened?

[fulup]

I got the same error, and deleting .opencpn did not change anything. I used the latest beta (built 1624) with an up-to-date Ubuntu 12.04.

Opencpn detect that I have libgps-2.0 (message in opencpn.log), as I saw an trace for missing libnss-db, I added the library but quite logically it does not change anything.

I run opencpn with strace the file can be downloaded here http://www.portanna.org/download/private/strace.log as far as I can see, they is not missing dependency, but libgpsd client lock on waiting information.

My GPS being a Sirf-binary only GPS, I have no alternative to GPSd, any bypass would be welcome. Note that I tried to force the load of an old version libgpsd-19 from a 10.04 without any success.

[dave777]

Originally Posted by sdowney717

thanks for that. That file is in a hidden folder called .opencpn and is named opencpn.conf
I renamed the file to oldopencpn.conf

When you do that you have to redirect opencpn to your charts.
It is running again and responding quickly.
I am also not getting libgps mismatch error. still dont have any gps attached to the home PC.
So what happened?

Are you able to run xgps and your getting signal? Just to isolate if its the gpx and linux, or opencpn.

[sdowney717]

Next time I get to boat I can retrieve the GPS which is a yellow USB Delorme unit.I can try and get the signal here and post back in a few days.

[sdowney717]

xgps works fine, so I get a signal on the home PC.

dmesg says it was connected to dev/ttyusb0

I tried all different settings and can't get opencpn to work.

[105897.608083] usb 7-1: new full-speed USB device number 2 using uhci_hcd
[105897.887846] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial
[105897.887882] USB Serial support registered for generic
[105897.887950] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial_generic
[105897.887952] usbserial: USB Serial Driver core
[105897.896498] USB Serial support registered for DeLorme Earthmate USB
[105897.896609] USB Serial support registered for HID->COM RS232 Adapter
[105897.896619] USB Serial support registered for Nokia CA-42 V2 Adapter
[105897.896634] cypress 7-1:1.0: DeLorme Earthmate USB converter detected
[105897.898105] usb 7-1: DeLorme Earthmate USB converter now attached to ttyUSB0
[105897.898118] usbcore: registered new interface driver cypress
[105897.898119] cypress_m8: v1.10:Cypress USB to Serial Driver

attached a pic showing various things working and not working

I tried typing in the dev/ttyusb0 as it will not show up in the list. And I tried gpsd libgps.

[cagney]

Originally Posted by sdowney717

xgps works fine, so I get a signal on the home PC.

dmesg says it was connected to dev/ttyusb0

I tried all different settings and can't get opencpn to work.



attached a pic showing various things working and not working

I tried typing in the dev/ttyusb0 as it will not show up in the list. And I tried gpsd libgps.

sdowney717
As you have gpsd running, you must connect to gpsd not /dev/ttyUSB0, which gpsd is using. Xgps works because it is connected to gpsd. Gpsd is a gps server allowing multiple connections.
Instructions are available in the documentation Toolbox Settings | Official OpenCPN Homepage. Your nmea data source must be "Network LIBGPS", unless your system is very old (ubuntu 9.10 and older).

Thomas

[sdowney717]

I tried that, opencpn hangs after selecting it. Menu wont return.

[bdbcat]

Sdowney...

Are you on the VERY latest Beta? (1705)

Dave

[sdowney717]

if the beta is at the opencpn download page, I just tried to install and get several serious errors about the package management.

I have installed lots of packages but this was a first.