Re: Xplanet works for a while then quits

[John Lindley]

Tom-

Thanks for looking at the code. Here is the xplanet command kine:

xplanet -latitude 35.0 -longitude -120.00 -wait 10 -output xplanet_image.jpeg -fontsize 16 -config 
config-TLF -geometry 1200x600  -projection peters

I think neither TLF or Xplanet are the problem.

I am running Ubuntu 18.04. I start Xplanet from the gnome terminal and run TLF from Xterm, and the 
old files from both go to trash.

In looking at the contents of the trash folder, There are all types of text files there (like logs, 
cabillo files, etc,) from many months ago. I only use this computer in the shack. The text files are 
small, and do not use much space. However, the xplanet images are large and a new one every 10 
seconds rapidly filled the folder. It looks as if files have been going to trash for quite some 
time, but were not a problem until I had lots of large files

As I have time, I have been reviewing all the config and setup files I can find but have not 
identified the trouble maker yet. TLF works fine without xplanet, so this is not a 1st priority 
task. Just annoying.

Thanks for your help!
Jack W6YOY

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> Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2021 07:39:27 +0100
> From: Thomas Beierlein <dl1jbe@darc.de>
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> Subject: Re: Xplanet works for a while then quits
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> Hi Jack,
>
> I just had a second look how TLF handles the marker file.
>
> There is no special magic on the work here. TLF just opens the
> existing file and replaces its content - the old file gets not deleted,
> no new file created.
>
> Can you please provide the command you use to start xplanet? Maybe
> anything special here.
>
> Otherwise the only idea may be some sort of backup mechanism from the
> operating system or distribution (time machine or similar). By the way
> what distribution do you use?
>
> 73, de Tom DL1JBE
>
>
> Am Wed, 15 Dec 2021 15:45:38 -0800 schrieb John Lindley
> <johnlindley0@gmail.com>:
>
> > I set up Xplanet on TLF with help from the previous entries here -
> > thank you!. It works as expected for an hour or two then stops and
> > will not restart. I know what is wrong, but I don't know how to fix
> > it. When TLF writes a marker file or when Xplanet writes a new map
> > image, the old file or image is being saved in the 'trash' folder. If
> > the band is active, lots of files are written, and it eventually uses
> > all the 'trash' space. I can delete these files from the trash
> > directory, and Xplanet will work again for a while. I am running
> > Ubuntu 18, TLF-1.4.1 and xplanet-1.3.0 I assume archiving old files
> > is a 'feature' that is enabled in some set-up file, but I have been
> > unable to find a file on the computer or any reference to this
> > problem or such a set-up file on the web. Any help would be
> > appreciated. I really like TLF. The Xplanet display is not essential
> > to my use, but I like to have everything working.
> > Jack W6YOY