[Xastir] Maps from picture files (ie JPG, etc)

[Tom Russo]

On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 06:00:59PM -0400, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <n8fau15 at gmail.com> flavor, containing:
> Tom:
> 
> What system: Ubuntu 9.10
> What version of Xastir 1.9.6
> What version of GraphicsMagick: 1.3.5
> 
> I will do an upgrade...  Right now I think I have 3 different releases on 3
> different machines, Good time to get all of them up to date...

That explains it.  GM on Ubuntu 9.10 is built with QuantumDepth=8, and Xastir
1.9.6 has the bug that renders images all black with that GM configuration.

1.9.8 or CVS built from source should fix it.

> On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 18:11, Tom Russo <russo at bogodyn.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 03:27:02PM -0400, we recorded a bogon-computron
> > collision of the <n8fau15 at gmail.com> flavor, containing:
> > > Hello all:
> > >
> > > Radio Mobile creates files in JPG, GIF, PNG, etc.  It creates the .geo
> > file
> > > as well. I did modify it to Xastir standards for .geo file (using tabs,
> > not
> > > spaces). I get a big black hole where the picture should be....
> > >
> > > I'm missing something and I've tried all of the picture formats......
> >
> > What system, what version of Xastir, and what version of
> > Graphics/ImageMagick
> > (you can get this information in the Help->About menu)?
> >
> > Versions of Xastir prior to December 4th, 2009 will display images as black
> > rectangles if you're using GraphicsMagick and GM is compiled with 8 bit
> > quanta.
> > Version 1.9.8 was released with this fix.
> >
> > If you installed Xastir as a binary package, it is likely older than that.
> >  If
> > you installed from source and it's older than that, you should upgrade.
> >
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> 
> 
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> Bob
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 "It is better to live on your feet than to die with your knees."
  -- Mil Millington on running, in Instructions for Living Someone Else's Life