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rocket357

10-09-2007, 02:24 PM

The project I linked a while back (the one that plots active tcp/ip connections in XEarth/XPlanet) has been hosted by sourceforge.net and is currently available for download:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/geoxplanet/

praka123

10-09-2007, 03:24 PM

really a nice work @rocket357.hope i can try this sometime later.

gary4gar

11-09-2007, 05:17 PM

Good work there
now i can also my desktop as mission critical control room:D

but just three donwloads is sad:)

rocket357

11-09-2007, 07:49 PM

@Praka123:

Thanks, man. Let me know if you do try it out how it works for you.

@Gary4gar:

I'm listing it as "alpha" state because honestly, I haven't tested it against every distro out there. And you have to keep in mind that I just uploaded the 0.1 release less than 48 hours ago (I posted at LinuxQuestions.org and then here immediately after I uploaded it) =P I consider this to be somewhat of "specialty" software (eyecandy is eyecandy, guaranteed, but if you look at the eyecandy provided by infra_red_dude's project, you'll notice it has a LOT more "flair" to it than GeoXPlanet)...and besides, this isn't a contest heh.

Thanks for your interest, guys!

infra_red_dude

12-09-2007, 09:54 PM

awesome work rocket. so finally you put it up :)

downloading it...........

rocket357

13-09-2007, 12:43 AM

I had a list of TO DO's that was quite long...all having to do with this project. I told a friend of mine about it, and he downloaded it, studied the code, and wrote up a patch that will open the platform list up quite a bit (writing that code was #3 on my TO DO list).

If you run Windows, or *BSD, or Solaris, or whatever, it should work when I get Version 0.2+ out (developer discussion going on currently about what version should be next...guess I set a bad precedent by going with 0.1 and following that immediately with 0.2...I should've followed with 0.1.1 or whatever). I personally think the project will hit "stable" before we get to 1.0 even if we go with 0.3, 0.4, etc...but the other dev on the team is concerned...

Anyhow, be looking for 0.2.x or 0.3 tonight, as I have plans to integrate all of the new code and push out a new release (Windows/BSD support + better database integration + a few optimizations).

And just so you know, infra_red_dude, I saw that you took over Mac4Lin, and it "inspired" me to give it a shot and see if my project would get accepted...so thanks! =)

infra_red_dude

13-09-2007, 02:28 AM

rocket357

13-09-2007, 04:08 AM

Version 0.3 is out now (the code has received quite a bit of functionality enhancement over the past 2-3 days), and this one is multi-platform (BSD/Windows/etc...). Running on Windows is not quite up to par with running on Linux (a few path issues), but it's useable.

gary4gar

13-09-2007, 12:01 PM

downloaded the latest release( a alpha tester here:D)

well i simply ran by
./GeoXPlanet.py
Reading the config file... Searching for database modules...please wait
unexpected EOF while parsing (<string>, line 1)
No module named psycopg2
No module named psycopg
No suitable database module was found!
Done reading config file
Performing lookup on xx.xx.xx.xx
Performing lookup on xx.xx.xx.xx
deleting xx.xx.xx.xx
Adding xx.xx.xx.xx from cache!
deleting xx.xx.xx.xx
Performing lookup on xx.xx.xx.xx
deleting xx.xx.xx.xx
Performing lookup on xx.xx.xx.xx
Performing lookup on xx.xx.xx.xx
Performing lookup on xx.xx.xx.xx
Performing lookup on xx.xx.xx.xx
deleting xx.xx.xx.xx
deleting xx.xx.xx.xx
Performing lookup on xx.xx.xx.xx
deleting xx.xx.xx.xx
deleting xx.xx.xx.xx
deleting xx.xx.xx.xx
Adding xx.xx.xx.xx from cache!
deleting xx.xx.xx.xx
Adding xx.xx.xx.xx from cache!
deleting xx.xx.xx.xx
Adding xx.xx.xx.xx from cache!
deleting xx.xx.xx.xx
Adding xx.xx.xx.xx from cache!
Performing lookup on xx.xx.xx.xx
Performing lookup on xx.xx.xx.xx
Performing lookup on xx.xx.xx.xx
deleting xx.xx.xx.xx
Performing lookup on xx.xx.xx.x

its not working for me!

rocket357

13-09-2007, 08:03 PM

Strange...it should try to use online lookup before database lookup. Perhaps I uploaded an incorrect GeoXPlanet.conf?

Edit - There were two problems with the uploaded package. One had to do with the Windows modifications interfering with Linux, and the other was an incorrect setting in GeoXPlanet.conf (useDatabase should default to "False", but it was set to "True")

Thanks for pointing it out, gary4gar.

GeoXPlanet-0.3.1 is available with the Windows/Linux fix and with a *correct* GeoXPlanet.conf file.

Edit #2 - When you say "it's not working for me", do you mean it isn't performing lookups, or it isn't plotting the locations in XPlanet/XEarth? Given the output, it appears to be performing lookups...so if you know for a fact it isn't performing lookups, please let me know!

gary4gar

13-09-2007, 10:54 PM

vish786

13-09-2007, 11:38 PM

great work dude. Thumbs up 2 u !!!!

praka123

13-09-2007, 11:52 PM

firewall?@gary?

infra_red_dude

14-09-2007, 12:08 AM

rocket, even i'm facing some problems.

i haf both xearch and xplanet installed. i edit some paths in gnome.sh and its works fine (xplanet as the desktop background). but on running ur script, it doesn't proceed to the 2nd step. its stuck at first: Reading the config file... Done reading config file

thats it... won't go further. upon breaking it (ctrl C), it gives this msg: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./GeoXPlanet.py", line 254, in <module>
time.sleep(delay)
KeyboardInterrupt

i'm clueless.....

rocket357

14-09-2007, 12:35 AM

gary4gar: do you have xearth/xplanet pointing to the correct markerfile? Check the README that comes with it...towards the bottom there's an example command to make xearth/xplanet plot with the markerfile...(also, if you run GeoXPlanet on Windows, be aware that there are known issues!)

infra_red_dude: it does that until you connect to something. Try connecting to aol/msn/yahoo/whatever or surfing to a website while it's running and see if it spits out "Performing lookup on <ip address>" If it still doesn't, then something's wrong, and I'd like more info (if you could).

Thanks guys, for testing! Let me know if you have any other problems...

Edit - if you're having issues with plotting, please check to see if there's a file called "markerFile.txt" in your GeoXPlanet-<version> folder. If there IS, then look at the contents of it. If it contains something *other than* a line such as:

"32.447 -93.845 "Home" align=above color=0xffffff"

Then it's doing what it's supposed to (this project just generates the markerfile!). If it IS generating that file and it's still not plotting the points, then please set "titles=True" in GeoXPlanet.conf and make sure your XPlanet/XEarth is pointing at the GeoXPlanet-<version>/markerFile.txt markerfile. Until I write the code to allow for the marker file to reside *outside* of the GeoXPlanet directory, you'll have to use that location (usually $HOME/GeoXPlanet-<version>/markerFile.txt). Currently the project writes the markerfile to the GeoXPlanet directory!

I'll post more as the codebase evolves (particularly when you can place the markerfile wherever you want!)

infra_red_dude

14-09-2007, 12:40 AM

oh stupid me! :D

it works like a charm, Jon! :)

rocket357

14-09-2007, 01:03 AM

infra_red_dude: Is it plotting in XPlanet, too? Just curious...I want to make sure that part is working right...

Edit - the README is available on sourceforge now...

infra_red_dude

14-09-2007, 01:22 AM

yeah, i'm using it on xplanet only. not xearth :)

vish786

14-09-2007, 12:44 PM

mehulved

14-09-2007, 07:41 PM

In Installation section of README, I can't find anything about making the GeoXPlanet.py file as executable. And the file wasn't executable too. I extracted the tarball with
sudo tar xjpvf GeoXPlanet-0.3.1.tar.bz2
A small quirk but it may confuse new users.

rocket357

15-09-2007, 11:13 AM

How to use it. :?:
installed both xplanet/xearth also.
command : geoplanet.py
error: command not found.

and i didnt see any windows related files in downloaded files, then how can it run in win :???:
The project is coded in Python. You need to have Python installed for it to run (Python runs on Windows, Linux, *BSD, etc...). If you do have Python installed the underlying OS doesn't matter (other than paths for finding file names, availability of certain tools outside of Python, a very few Python internals, etc...)

What you need to do is this:

If you're on Windows, download GeoXPlanet-0.3.1.zip, if you're on *nix, download the GeoXPlanet-0.3.1.tar.bz2. *These archives are EXACTLY the same files!!*, the zip is provided as a convenience for Windows users (WinZip/7zip/etc... can open tar.bz2 files, but some people don't know that). Once you download the archive of your choice, extract it to a directory of your choice (for Windows users, Desktop is probably best, since there is a compatibility issue with winXPlanetBG that's currently unresolved (I'll get to it this weekend, if I can)). Once you've extracted it, enter the directory where you extracted the project, and run "./GeoXPlanet.py" for *nix (Note the "X" in the name, and the capitalization!), and for Windows "python.exe GeoXPlanet.py" (assuming python.exe is on your PATH), though you might be able to type simply "GeoXPlanet.py". On my XP machine at work when I double click the GeoXPlanet.py file, it opens a command prompt and runs it. Perhaps I have a setting that needs to be outlined in the README?

Once the script is running, it should display "Performing lookup on <ip address>", but it's obviously only going to do that if you have active connections. I have a modification planned (implemented on my machine at home) that spits out a "Waiting for connections..." statement if no connections are found on the first pass, and that will be released soon with fixes for a few other issues.

By 0.4 I hope to have the Windows support working much better =\

In Installation section of README, I can't find anything about making the GeoXPlanet.py file as executable. And the file wasn't executable too. I extracted the tarball with
sudo tar xjpvf GeoXPlanet-0.3.1.tar.bz2 A small quirk but it may confuse new users.
ACK!

Thanks for pointing that out! If you're running GeoXPlanet on *nix, you need to run:

chmod 700 GeoXPlanet.py

and if you run gnome, you need to run:

chmod 700 gnome.sh

My apologies if this caused any confusion! This will be fixed in later releases...

EDIT -

GeoXPlanet-0.3.2 is out...

This release includes arcs, colors, and titling the points with the port numbers of the connections.

http://sourceforge.net/project/screenshots.php?group_id=205209

infra_red_dude

15-09-2007, 11:34 AM

^^^ downloading that... will check it out in sometime :)

rocket357

16-09-2007, 12:27 PM

GeoXPlanet-0.3.3 has been released, and this is a major step forward! Now, the script launches xplanet/xearth automatically (so you don't have to figure out paths, configuration options, etc...) while allowing you to control xplanet/xearth via the GeoXPlanet.conf file. Also new in this release is port-number color coordination (for instance, all IM protocols are shown in teal, whereas http connections are shown in purple), and marker size can be changed via the config file. It's most likely broken on Windows for the time being, but I plan on having it working again within the next two days (at least by Tuesday!)

infra_red_dude

17-09-2007, 03:50 PM

plotting the connections is perfect in xplanet! :) but few bugs in there.. i'm in bangalore, india. but it sayz my home's somewhere in Africa!!! :D :D :D

rocket357

17-09-2007, 08:15 PM

plotting the connections is perfect in xplanet! :) but few bugs in there.. i'm in bangalore, india. but it sayz my home's somewhere in Africa!!! :D :D :D
The home LAT/LONG need to be hardcoded (so you can modify it as you see fit) in the GeoXPlanet.conf file (Under "Display"). I set the defaults to (0, 0), which is somewhere off the western coast of Africa (near the ivory coast, I think?).

At any rate, I have a doc on sourceforge that covers the config file and all of the options that you can set for it...I haven't publicly announced that yet, but it's there. I've been unbelievably busy these past few days...

It's tough sometimes to view your own project like someone else would (because you're so familiar with the code and what it can/cannot do), so each time you guys point something out like this it *really* helps me. Thanks!

infra_red_dude

17-09-2007, 09:14 PM

The home LAT/LONG need to be hardcoded (so you can modify it as you see fit) in the GeoXPlanet.conf file (Under "Display"). I set the defaults to (0, 0), which is somewhere off the western coast of Africa (near the ivory coast, I think?).

At any rate, I have a doc on sourceforge that covers the config file and all of the options that you can set for it...I haven't publicly announced that yet, but it's there. I've been unbelievably busy these past few days...
i'll just check it out Jon :)

It's tough sometimes to view your own project like someone else would (because you're so familiar with the code and what it can/cannot do), so each time you guys point something out like this it *really* helps me. Thanks!
very true!

mehulved

18-09-2007, 10:41 AM

rocket357

18-09-2007, 02:04 PM

README mentions of gnome.sh file. I don't see any such file in version 3.3 :confused:
XPlanet is not showing up on my GNOME desktop.
Is this http://xplanet.sourceforge.net/FAQ.php#gnome2 used as gnome.sh?
Yeah, that's the gnome.sh script (though I'd modified it somewhat). It shouldn't be required anymore, however, since the GeoXPlanet.py script should handle it. Do you get any error output if you launch the main script from a terminal? Look in the GeoXPlanet-0.3.3 directory and tell me if the script is generating two images (should be GeoXPlanet0.jpg and GeoXPlanet1.jpg). If those files exist after you run the script, then something is wrong with setting the background. If they don't exist, then something is going wrong during launching xplanet. Check to make sure you have gnome=True (under "General") and useXEarth=False (under "XPlanet") set in your GeoXPlanet.conf and post any errors you get here.

Just out of curiousity, has anyone tried out setting up the MaxMind database? I'd like to know if the README is clear enough on that...

mehulved

18-09-2007, 02:06 PM

Yeah, that's the gnome.sh script. It shouldn't be required anymore, however, since the GeoXPlanet.py script should handle it.
I don't see XPlanet/XEarth on my desktop. Surely a problem with XPlanet/XEarth, not the project.
Do you get any error output if you launch the main script from a terminal?
Nope.
Look in the GeoXPlanet-0.3.3 directory and tell me if the script is generating two images (should be GeoXPlanet0.jpg and GeoXPlanet1.jpg).
Yes they're there.
If those files exist after you run the script, then something is wrong with setting the background.
If they don't exist, then something is going wrong during launching xplanet.

Yeah background is still the same, XEarth/XPlanet don't appear.
Check to make sure you have gnome=True (under "General") and useXEarth=False (under "XPlanet") set in your GeoXPlanet.conf and post any errors you get here. That's fine

rocket357

18-09-2007, 02:18 PM

mehulved,

Can you launch xplanet manually? Try running this:

xplanet -arc_file /path/to/GeoXPlanet/arcs.txt -marker_file /path/to/GeoXPlanet/markerFile.txt -longitude 0 -latitude 0 \
-projection mercator -config /path/to/GeoXPlanet/xplanet.conf.example -geometry 1280x1024 -wait 15.0 &

and tell me what it outputs...

EDIT -

GeoXPlanet-0.3.4 is out. This release fixes a bug in which GeoXPlanet would "hang" on non-gnome systems, and adds automated localhost ip lookup, a statement to inform the user that the code has entered a waiting state (waiting for initial connections), and a check system to prevent multiple xplanet instances running simultaneously.

gary4gar

19-09-2007, 12:12 PM

Tested 0.3.4
still does not work for me!
i tried your running it by
gaurish@hero:~$ tar xjpf GeoXPlanet-0.3.4.tar.bz2
gaurish@hero:~$ cd Desktop/GeoXPlanet-0.3.4/
gaurish@hero:~/GeoXPlanet-0.3.4$ chmod 700 GeoXPlanet.py
gaurish@hero:~/GeoXPlanet-0.3.4$ ./GeoXPlanet.py
Detecting environment settings... Done!
Reading the config file... Searching for database modules...please wait
No module named psycopg2
No module named psycopg2
No module named psycopg
No suitable database module was found!
Done reading config file
Autodetecting your public ip address...
Unable to determine your public address!
Performing lookup on 209.85.171.104
Performing lookup on 66.102.1.147
Performing lookup on 216.155.193.154
Performing lookup on 209.85.199.111
deleting 209.85.199.111
deleting 66.102.1.147
deleting 209.85.171.104
Performing lookup on 209.85.199.109

i am on gnome i am able to see the globe on desktop

in the GeoXplanet dir there aren't any images genrated

rocket357

19-09-2007, 01:28 PM

There seems to be quite a bit of problems with the home location autodetection routine (the site I was using was fine earlier when I tested the code from work, but when I tested it from home later on, they'd banned python's urllib). Sigh...its' updated now, and *should* work.

The latest release (0.3.5) removes a bunch of options from the config file because the code can autodetect most of the settings it requires now. It also unifies how XPlanet is launched (previously if you were on gnome and changed to kde or fluxbox, it would still attempt to use the gnome settings...now it autodetects what desktop you're using and launches XPlanet just long enough to generate the new image and then sets the background using that desktop's native background setter (XFCE isn't supported just yet...It'll be in the next release (0.3.6) for sure)).

0.3.5 will be available shortly.

@gary4gar:

I removed the options for XEarth with 0.3.5, so if you're still using XEarth, you need to change to XPlanet. If there's sufficient demand for it, I'll put XEarth back in (I was restructuring the code and it made sense to not include XEarth during the restructure).

gary4gar

20-09-2007, 12:16 AM

i have both xearth & xplannet installed

infra_red_dude

20-09-2007, 01:19 AM

nice and fast developments rocket! :)

mehulved

20-09-2007, 01:40 AM

rocket357

20-09-2007, 05:15 AM

nice and fast developments rocket! :)
Ehh, it's what I do for a living...only with this project I can focus on something more interesting than work! heh.

Nothing. Neither on terminal or on the Desktop
Sounds like your XPlanet install is broken. What distro? Did you install XPlanet via your package manager or through another means?

EDIT - It's been brought to my attention that there is a bug that results in this warning message:

Warning: Incomplete entry in arc file
line is " 43.65 -79.3833 color=0x009999"

The easy workaround to this error is to place your homeLAT and homeLON in the GeoXPlanet.conf file (instead of autodetecting). You can google <your town> latitude longitude and find the appropriate information you need, or you can use hostip.info to lookup your ip address. Alternatively, you can turn off arcs in the config file.

mehulved

20-09-2007, 09:16 AM

What distro?
ubuntu feisty
Did you install XPlanet via your package manager or through another means? using package manager only.

rocket357

20-09-2007, 10:24 AM

GeoXPlanet-0.3.6 is out. This release optimizes the online lookup times and includes a bugfix where $DESKTOP_SESSION being listed as "default" instead of "gnome" or "kde" was breaking the XPlanet rendering.

EVERYONE IS ENCOURAGED TO UPGRADE, as this new release handles determination of desktop session more gracefully and it now uses the hostip.info api backend (reducing bandwidth and time required to lookup lat/long values).

@mehulved:

Have you tried uninstalling XPlanet and reinstalling it? Try that and download 0.3.6 and try it again.

mehulved

21-09-2007, 01:08 AM

I just shutdown ubuntu and saw that xearth is running in the background. It's just covered by desktop background. I will try it on fluxbox on my gentoo install.

On gentoo, XPlanet works if I start it manually with your command, but doesn't get updated. It doesn't start at all if I just start GeoXPlanet. Weird, I seem to be missing something I guess.

Just saw that connections are getting mapped. So, that's one thing all right. But, still xplanet isn't starting automatically.

rocket357

22-09-2007, 04:07 AM

XPlanet is launched in -num_times 1 mode, and it's given an output filename to write the image to. The image file names are GeoXPlanet0.jpg and GeoXPlanet1.jpg (in the GeoXPlanet dir...I have to alternate between the two because of gnome =). After the current image is created, it's set based on a simple if/else structure that looks like this:

# Now let's set the background image
if self.userDesktop.find('gnome') == 0:
os.popen("gconftool -t str -s /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename %s%s%s%s.jpg" % (self.GeoXPlanetDir,self.Delimiter,self.outputFile Name,self.suffix))

elif self.userDesktop.find('kde') == 0:
os.popen("dcop kdesktop KBackgroundIface setWallpaper %s%s%s%s.jpg 5" % (self.GeoXPlanetDir,self.Delimiter,self.outputFile Name,self.suffix))

elif self.userDesktop.find('fluxbox') == 0:
os.popen("fbsetbg %s%s%s%s.jpg" % (self.GeoXPlanetDir,self.Delimiter,self.outputFile Name,self.suffix))

In each of those statements, if the given name (gnome, kde, fluxbox) is found in the userDesktop variable (sometimes it's listed as kde-3.5, etc...), then Python drops to the os object (the operating system) and runs the popen line directly (as if you're running it in a shell...for instance, if you're running fluxbox, it'll run "fbsetbg /path/to/GeoXPlanet/GeoXPlanet0.jpg"..."popen" is just the function call in Python that launches the command).

If the images are being created, then something between GeoXPlanet, Python, and the individual commands (fbsetbg, dcop kdesktop, and gconftool) is broken. See if you can manually set a background with the appropriate command. If you can, AND the images are there in the directory (and named correctly), then the problem could be your Python install. If the images aren't there, then the problem is with xplanet or GeoXPlanet...you can tell by trying to run this command manually:

xplanet -num_times 1 -projection mercator -config /your/GeoXPlanetDir/xplanet.conf.example -geometry 1280x1024 -output /your/GeoXPlanetDir/test.jpg

If XPlanet generates the file properly (in your GeoXPlanet folder), then I have a bug I need to hunt down =)

Let me know what you find out...

mehulved

22-09-2007, 08:39 AM

I am using fluxbox on gentoo.

In each of those statements, if the given name (gnome, kde, fluxbox) is found in the userDesktop variable (sometimes it's listed as kde-3.5, etc...), then Python drops to the os object (the operating system) and runs the popen line directly (as if you're running it in a shell...for instance, if you're running fluxbox, it'll run "fbsetbg /path/to/GeoXPlanet/GeoXPlanet0.jpg"..."popen" is just the function call in Python that launches the command).
It isn't detecting fluxbox here.

If the images are being created, then something between GeoXPlanet,
Yeah. The images are created
Python, and the individual commands (fbsetbg, dcop kdesktop, and gconftool) is broken. See if you can manually set a background with the appropriate command. fbsetbg is running fine. I have used it a couple of times after running GeoXPlanet without a problem.
If you can, AND the images are there in the directory (and named correctly), then the problem could be your Python install. If the images aren't there, then the problem is with xplanet or GeoXPlanet
My python version is 2.4.4 if that helps.

...you can tell by trying to run this command manually:

xplanet -num_times 1 -projection mercator -config /your/GeoXPlanetDir/xplanet.conf.example -geometry 1280x1024 -output /your/GeoXPlanetDir/test.jpg

If XPlanet generates the file properly (in your GeoXPlanet folder), then I have a bug I need to hunt down =) test.jpg is generated properly.

And now there's one more problem. When I start GeoXPlanet, I get this http://pastebin.ca/706646
It just came all of a sudden after running XPlanet manually using the command you had given.

rocket357

22-09-2007, 11:27 AM

Not detecting fluxbox, eh? That's the problem for sure. I have 2 methods for detecting kde and gnome, and only one for detecting fluxbox...guess I'll need to update the desktop environment detection then...

Thanks for pointing this out. One last thing...try running this:

echo $DESKTOP_SESSION

If you don't get any output from that, then there's the problem. I'm working on more robust desktop environment detection code, as that's the portion that makes the determination of what background setter command to run...

If the above command doesn't give output, please do this:

export DESKTOP_SESSION=fluxbox

And try running GeoXPlanet again. It should work after that (just to make sure there aren't any other problems!).

Thanks again, mehulved!

mehulved

22-09-2007, 06:32 PM

echo $DESKTOP_SESSION
returns a blank. export command worked.
Another thing. When I change useNetstat=True, I get the error that I have put in the pastebin.
So, besides the netstat error, it's working fine.

vish786

22-09-2007, 09:20 PM

@rocket357, i dont exactly understand what is ur plugin/program doing, i installed xearth/xplanet but i found that xearth by default(without using ur plugin) it does everything like displaying night/morning/rotating/displayin cities, but what is plugin meant for :confused:

rocket357

22-09-2007, 10:05 PM

@ vish786: My script determines what ip addresses you're connected to, runs them through a GeoLocation service (either online or via the MaxMind GeoLiteCity database), and plots them out on your desktop so you can see visually how many connections from what areas are active on your computer...

You're right that XPlanet/XEarth does most of the work (my script generates a few files that XPlanet uses to generate a custom background) =)

@ mehulved: Strange...what's the output of "netstat -na | grep ESTABLISHED"?

mehulved

23-09-2007, 01:20 AM

netstat is working fine, without a hitch. It's showing me the ESTABLISHED connections

mehulved

30-09-2007, 12:23 AM

Any plans on having ebuilds for the project?

rocket357

30-09-2007, 09:25 AM

Any plans on having ebuilds for the project?

Perhaps...I'm currently working on a few other projects (working on hashing out a package management system with a few friends, business plans with my brother-in-law, a new project for IT network management software, work, school, etc...), so just getting 0.3.7 out is going to prove fun. I'll keep you posted, though, and keep your eyes out for 0.3.7. It shouldn't be *much* longer...

infra_red_dude

30-09-2007, 12:20 PM

whats new in 0.3.7?

rocket357

30-09-2007, 03:17 PM

whats new in 0.3.7?

0.3.7 is available now...

0.3.7 includes a few enhancements to the base code (more structured path handling, so you can launch GeoXPlanet.py without having to be in the GeoXPlanet dir, a few bugfixes), as well as EXPERIMENTAL traceroute capabilities. The traceroute affects how arcs are displayed between "home" and each endpoint. It's still experimental, so should you give it a whirl DO NOT file a bug report with me...it's not stable yet, and I know it =)

Also, GeoXPlanet now requires you to edit the GeoXPlanet.conf file and set your Desktop environment (currently kde, gnome, and fluxbox are available), since desktop detection has proven to be such a pain.

Enjoy.

rocket357

31-03-2008, 05:32 AM

After a long delay, GeoXPlanet-0.4.0 is available for download at sourceforge.net!

The past few months have been riddled with major life changes (graduated from college, corporate advancement, and I bought a house), so I hadn't really worked on GeoXPlanet until recently. GeoXPlanet-0.4.0 is a major overhaul, and it includes 3 big changes:

1) Windows is supported (again)
2) Graphical configuration utility
3) Connection tracing is stable now

There's a potential bug that I didn't discover until *after* I released (affecting gnome users), so anyone who's interested in checking out GeoXPlanet that runs gnome, please let me know how successful you are in getting GeoXPlanet running!

Thanks.

praka123

31-03-2008, 12:36 PM

on Debian Sid Gnome-2.22 ,
erred in first itself :D
I have pygtk(python-gtk2) and other deps installed.xplanet is running.
I have to disable Nautilus Desktop management via gconf-editor>
apps>nautilus>preferences>Show_Desktop =>disable(untick)
to have xplanet to show up on Gnome
first try:

prakash@localhost:~/Desktop/GeoXPlanet-0.4.1/src$ ./GeoXPlanet.py

GeoXPlanet contains GPL code/files from the following sources:

clouds.py and controller.py now contain code from:
download_clouds.py ver. 1.1
Taken from:
http://xplanet.sourceforge.net//Extras/download_clouds.py
(C) 2004 Michal Pasternak <michal@pasternak.w.lub.pl>
This file has been modified by rocket357 for use in GeoXPlanet.

arcFiles directory: (boundaries_c, coast_c, and states_c)
Taken from:
http://xplanet.sourceforge.net/Extras/boundaries_c.gz
http://xplanet.sourceforge.net/Extras/coast_c.gz
http://xplanet.sourceforge.net/Extras/states_c.gz
These files are only used when GeoXPlanet.conf is set
with any of the following set to "True":
showNations, showCoast, and showStates

These files are, to the best of the author's knowledge,
GPL'd source. If you know that this is not the case, please
contact: rocket357 (at) users (dot) sourceforge (dot) net
so the files can be removed from distribution.

Looking for the GeoXPlanet.conf file:
/home/prakash/Desktop/GeoXPlanet-0.4.1/src/GeoXPlanet.conf...
The config file was not found...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./GeoXPlanet.py", line 71, in ?
from configGUI import configGUI
File "/home/prakash/Desktop/GeoXPlanet-0.4.1/src/configGUI.py", line 357
finally:
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

prakash@localhost:~/Desktop/GeoXPlanet-0.4.1/src$ cp /home/prakash/Desktop/GeoXPlanet-0.4.1/defaults/GeoXPlanet.conf /home/prakash/Desktop/GeoXPlanet-0.4.1/src/
prakash@localhost:~/Desktop/GeoXPlanet-0.4.1/src$ ./GeoXPlanet.py

GeoXPlanet contains GPL code/files from the following sources:

clouds.py and controller.py now contain code from:
download_clouds.py ver. 1.1
Taken from:
http://xplanet.sourceforge.net//Extras/download_clouds.py
(C) 2004 Michal Pasternak <michal@pasternak.w.lub.pl>
This file has been modified by rocket357 for use in GeoXPlanet.

arcFiles directory: (boundaries_c, coast_c, and states_c)
Taken from:
http://xplanet.sourceforge.net/Extras/boundaries_c.gz
http://xplanet.sourceforge.net/Extras/coast_c.gz
http://xplanet.sourceforge.net/Extras/states_c.gz
These files are only used when GeoXPlanet.conf is set
with any of the following set to "True":
showNations, showCoast, and showStates

These files are, to the best of the author's knowledge,
GPL'd source. If you know that this is not the case, please
contact: rocket357 (at) users (dot) sourceforge (dot) net
so the files can be removed from distribution.

Looking for the GeoXPlanet.conf file:
/home/prakash/Desktop/GeoXPlanet-0.4.1/src/GeoXPlanet.conf...
Found the config file!
Location of xplanet executable:
Detecting environment settings...
Detecting Operating System: linux2
Detecting Desktop Environment:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./GeoXPlanet.py", line 88, in ?
program = GeoXPlanet(configFile)
File "/home/prakash/Desktop/GeoXPlanet-0.4.1/src/controller.py", line 209, in __init__
serf.useGnome = True
NameError: global name 'serf' is not defined

I have to copy GeoXPlanet.conf from default/ dir to src/ dir to start it!
and here in India,many still uses old samtron 15" monitors etc whose resolution is 800x600 :D
prakash@localhost:~/Desktop/GeoXPlanet-0.4.1$ cat defaults/GeoXPlanet.conf
################################################## ##############################
## GeoXPlanet.conf
##
## Base configuration options for GeoXPlanet.py
##
## Author: rocket357 (rocket357@users.sourceforge.net)
################################################## ##############################

# CHANGELOG
#
# Version 0.3.8
# Added options for boundaries under "Display" - rocket357
# Removed warning from trace, since trace is now stable - rocket357
#
# Version 0.3.7
# Added DESKTOP and DEBUG to General - rocket357
# Added warning to trace option - rocket357
#
# Version 0.3.5
# Removed useless options - rocket357
#
# Version 0.3.4
# Cleaned up comments (since config option list is in docs) - rocket357
#
# Version 0.3.3
# Added symbolsize option - rocket357
# Added options to pass to xplanet - rocket357
#
# Version 0.3.2
# Added defaultColor option - rocket357
# Now colors, titleType, arcs, and arcFileName are used - rocket357
#
# Version 0.3.1
# Fixed default "useDatabase=False" - rocket357
#
# Version 0.3
# Added option to use netstat - rocket357
# Commenting - rocket357
#
# Version 0.2
# Added to project - rocket357
#

[General]
# DESKTOP doesn't apply to Windows Systems! (acceptable values are fluxbox, kde, and gnome)
DESKTOP=gnome
# DEBUG to get more output for troubleshooting
DEBUG=True
# delay - forced delay between updating the background (to reduce CPU usage)
delay=15.0
# useNetstat - only applies to Linux. The default on all other systems is useNetstat=True
# Linux users can opt to pull the information directly from /proc/net/tcp by setting this to False
useNetstat=True
xplanetExe=/usr/bin/xplanet
defaultColor=0x999900
homeName=Muvattupuzha
homeLAT=9.979848
homeLON=76.573807

[XPlanet]
/usr/bin/xplanet
[Display]
Xinerama=False
NumberOfDisplays=1
Monitor_1_projection=mercator
Monitor_1_latitude=9.979848
Monitor_1_longitude=76.573807
Monitor_1_geometry=800x600
Monitor_1_trace=True
Monitor_1_arcs=True
Monitor_1_titles=True
Monitor_1_titleType=port
Monitor_1_colors=True
Monitor_1_symbolsize=7
Monitor_1_showNations=True
Monitor_1_showCoast=True
Monitor_1_showStates=True
Monitor_1_nationColor=0x999999
Monitor_1_coastColor=0x0044FF
Monitor_1_stateColor=0x009900
Monitor_1_showClouds=True

[Database]
useDatabase=False
# the following settings are only required if you set useDatabase=True...
# see the README for more information
dbHost=<your MaxMind DB installation server!>
dbName=geoip
dbUser=<your MaxMind DB installation username>
dbPassword=<your MaxMind DB installation password>

xplanet and xplanet-images are installed.

rocket357

31-03-2008, 07:36 PM

praka123

31-03-2008, 08:09 PM

Ok.thx for the fixes :)
I think python 4 may be. will make sure that!

QwertyManiac

31-03-2008, 09:40 PM

Python 4? You mean 2.4? :)

praka123

31-03-2008, 11:05 PM

Err...I am not a programmer dude! yes it is 2.4 :p

NucleusKore

31-03-2008, 11:20 PM

I installed it successfully on Open SuSE 10.3 but am having a few problems
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
neville@linux-ab6m:~/GeoXPlanet-0.4.1/src> chmod 700 GeoXPlanet.py
neville@linux-ab6m:~/GeoXPlanet-0.4.1/src> ./GeoXPlanet.py

GeoXPlanet contains GPL code/files from the following sources:

clouds.py and controller.py now contain code from:
download_clouds.py ver. 1.1
Taken from:
http://xplanet.sourceforge.net//Extras/download_clouds.py
(C) 2004 Michal Pasternak <michal@pasternak.w.lub.pl>
This file has been modified by rocket357 for use in GeoXPlanet.

arcFiles directory: (boundaries_c, coast_c, and states_c)
Taken from:
http://xplanet.sourceforge.net/Extras/boundaries_c.gz
http://xplanet.sourceforge.net/Extras/coast_c.gz
http://xplanet.sourceforge.net/Extras/states_c.gz
These files are only used when GeoXPlanet.conf is set
with any of the following set to "True":
showNations, showCoast, and showStates

These files are, to the best of the author's knowledge,
GPL'd source. If you know that this is not the case, please
contact: rocket357 (at) users (dot) sourceforge (dot) net
so the files can be removed from distribution.

Looking for the GeoXPlanet.conf file:
/home/neville/GeoXPlanet-0.4.1/src/GeoXPlanet.conf...
The config file was not found... Starting the GeoXPlanet GUI Config tool
xplanet executable: /usr/bin/xplanet
Attempting to autodetect screen resolution(s)
Detected Monitor #1: {'width': 1024, 'height': 768}
Now attempting to determine your public ip address.
This information is not stored or used in any way other
than to determine your latitude and longitude.

Detecting your public ip address: 122.167.28.169
Connecting to "http://hostip.info" to determine your lat/long...
Done
Your latitude (according to hostip.info):
Your longitude (according to hostip.info):
neville@linux-ab6m:~/GeoXPlanet-0.4.1/src> ./GeoXPlanet.py

GeoXPlanet contains GPL code/files from the following sources:

clouds.py and controller.py now contain code from:
download_clouds.py ver. 1.1
Taken from:
http://xplanet.sourceforge.net//Extras/download_clouds.py
(C) 2004 Michal Pasternak <michal@pasternak.w.lub.pl>
This file has been modified by rocket357 for use in GeoXPlanet.

arcFiles directory: (boundaries_c, coast_c, and states_c)
Taken from:
http://xplanet.sourceforge.net/Extras/boundaries_c.gz
http://xplanet.sourceforge.net/Extras/coast_c.gz
http://xplanet.sourceforge.net/Extras/states_c.gz
These files are only used when GeoXPlanet.conf is set
with any of the following set to "True":
showNations, showCoast, and showStates

These files are, to the best of the author's knowledge,
GPL'd source. If you know that this is not the case, please
contact: rocket357 (at) users (dot) sourceforge (dot) net
so the files can be removed from distribution.

Looking for the GeoXPlanet.conf file:
/home/neville/GeoXPlanet-0.4.1/src/GeoXPlanet.conf...
Found the config file!
Location of xplanet executable: /usr/bin/xplanet
Detecting environment settings...
Detecting Operating System: linux2
Detecting Desktop Environment:
Please set DESKTOP=<your desktop> in /home/neville/GeoXPlanet-0.4.1/src/GeoXPlanet.conf (Under "General")
Acceptable values are 'gnome', 'kde', and 'fluxbox' (more to come)
neville@linux-ab6m:~/GeoXPlanet-0.4.1/src> ./GeoXPlanet.py

GeoXPlanet contains GPL code/files from the following sources:

clouds.py and controller.py now contain code from:
download_clouds.py ver. 1.1
Taken from:
http://xplanet.sourceforge.net//Extras/download_clouds.py
(C) 2004 Michal Pasternak <michal@pasternak.w.lub.pl>
This file has been modified by rocket357 for use in GeoXPlanet.

arcFiles directory: (boundaries_c, coast_c, and states_c)
Taken from:
http://xplanet.sourceforge.net/Extras/boundaries_c.gz
http://xplanet.sourceforge.net/Extras/coast_c.gz
http://xplanet.sourceforge.net/Extras/states_c.gz
These files are only used when GeoXPlanet.conf is set
with any of the following set to "True":
showNations, showCoast, and showStates

These files are, to the best of the author's knowledge,
GPL'd source. If you know that this is not the case, please
contact: rocket357 (at) users (dot) sourceforge (dot) net
so the files can be removed from distribution.

Looking for the GeoXPlanet.conf file:
/home/neville/GeoXPlanet-0.4.1/src/GeoXPlanet.conf...
Found the config file!
Location of xplanet executable: /usr/bin/xplanet
Detecting environment settings...
Detecting Operating System: linux2
Detecting Desktop Environment: kde
Detecting GeoXPlanet directory: /home/neville/GeoXPlanet-0.4.1
Done detecting environment settings
Reading the config file options... Done reading the config file

Performing lookup on 128.241.220.72
Generating image file: /home/neville/GeoXPlanet-0.4.1/temp/images/Monitor_0_Output1.png
XPLANET ERROR: Warning: Can't find /home/neville/GeoXPlanet-0.4.1/temp/arcs/Monitor_0_arcFile.txt in

XPLANET ERROR: xplanet/arcs

XPLANET ERROR: /home/neville/.xplanet/arcs

XPLANET ERROR: /usr/share/xplanet/arcs

XPLANET ERROR: Warning: Can't load arc file /home/neville/GeoXPlanet-0.4.1/temp/arcs/Monitor_0_arcFile.txt

XPLANET ERROR: Warning: Can't find /home/neville/GeoXPlanet-0.4.1/temp/arcs/Monitor_0_arcFile.txt in

XPLANET ERROR: xplanet/arcs

XPLANET ERROR: /home/neville/.xplanet/arcs

XPLANET ERROR: /usr/share/xplanet/arcs

XPLANET ERROR: Warning: Can't load arc file /home/neville/GeoXPlanet-0.4.1/temp/arcs/Monitor_0_arcFile.txt

Setting wallpaper!
Performing lookup on 84.215.162.167
Generating image file: /home/neville/GeoXPlanet-0.4.1/temp/images/Monitor_0_Output0.png
XPLANET ERROR: Warning: Can't find /home/neville/GeoXPlanet-0.4.1/temp/arcs/Monitor_0_arcFile.txt in

XPLANET ERROR: xplanet/arcs

XPLANET ERROR: /home/neville/.xplanet/arcs

XPLANET ERROR: /usr/share/xplanet/arcs

XPLANET ERROR: Warning: Can't load arc file /home/neville/GeoXPlanet-0.4.1/temp/arcs/Monitor_0_arcFile.txt

XPLANET ERROR: Warning: Can't find /home/neville/GeoXPlanet-0.4.1/temp/arcs/Monitor_0_arcFile.txt in

XPLANET ERROR: xplanet/arcs

XPLANET ERROR: /home/neville/.xplanet/arcs

XPLANET ERROR: /usr/share/xplanet/arcs

XPLANET ERROR: Warning: Can't load arc file /home/neville/GeoXPlanet-0.4.1/temp/arcs/Monitor_0_arcFile.txt

Setting wallpaper!
deleting 84.215.162.167
Generating image file: /home/neville/GeoXPlanet-0.4.1/temp/images/Monitor_0_Output1.png
XPLANET ERROR: Warning: Can't find /home/neville/GeoXPlanet-0.4.1/temp/arcs/Monitor_0_arcFile.txt in

XPLANET ERROR: xplanet/arcs

XPLANET ERROR: /home/neville/.xplanet/arcs

XPLANET ERROR: /usr/share/xplanet/arcs

XPLANET ERROR: Warning: Can't load arc file /home/neville/GeoXPlanet-0.4.1/temp/arcs/Monitor_0_arcFile.txt

XPLANET ERROR: Warning: Can't find /home/neville/GeoXPlanet-0.4.1/temp/arcs/Monitor_0_arcFile.txt in

XPLANET ERROR: xplanet/arcs

XPLANET ERROR: /home/neville/.xplanet/arcs

XPLANET ERROR: /usr/share/xplanet/arcs

XPLANET ERROR: Warning: Can't load arc file /home/neville/GeoXPlanet-0.4.1/temp/arcs/Monitor_0_arcFile.txt

Setting wallpaper!
deleting 128.241.220.72
Generating image file: /home/neville/GeoXPlanet-0.4.1/temp/images/Monitor_0_Output0.png
XPLANET ERROR: Warning: Can't find /home/neville/GeoXPlanet-0.4.1/temp/arcs/Monitor_0_arcFile.txt in

XPLANET ERROR: xplanet/arcs

XPLANET ERROR: /home/neville/.xplanet/arcs

XPLANET ERROR: /usr/share/xplanet/arcs

XPLANET ERROR: Warning: Can't load arc file /home/neville/GeoXPlanet-0.4.1/temp/arcs/Monitor_0_arcFile.txt

XPLANET ERROR: Warning: Can't find /home/neville/GeoXPlanet-0.4.1/temp/arcs/Monitor_0_arcFile.txt in

XPLANET ERROR: xplanet/arcs

XPLANET ERROR: /home/neville/.xplanet/arcs

XPLANET ERROR: /usr/share/xplanet/arcs

XPLANET ERROR: Warning: Can't load arc file /home/neville/GeoXPlanet-0.4.1/temp/arcs/Monitor_0_arcFile.txt

Setting wallpaper!
Performing lookup on 76.123.186.5
Adding 84.215.162.167 from cache!
Generating image file: /home/neville/GeoXPlanet-0.4.1/temp/images/Monitor_0_Output1.png
XPLANET ERROR: Warning: Can't find /home/neville/GeoXPlanet-0.4.1/temp/arcs/Monitor_0_arcFile.txt in

XPLANET ERROR: xplanet/arcs

XPLANET ERROR: /home/neville/.xplanet/arcs

XPLANET ERROR: /usr/share/xplanet/arcs

XPLANET ERROR: Warning: Can't load arc file /home/neville/GeoXPlanet-0.4.1/temp/arcs/Monitor_0_arcFile.txt

XPLANET ERROR: Warning: Can't find /home/neville/GeoXPlanet-0.4.1/temp/arcs/Monitor_0_arcFile.txt in

XPLANET ERROR: xplanet/arcs

XPLANET ERROR: /home/neville/.xplanet/arcs

XPLANET ERROR: /usr/share/xplanet/arcs

XPLANET ERROR: Warning: Can't load arc file /home/neville/GeoXPlanet-0.4.1/temp/arcs/Monitor_0_arcFile.txt

Setting wallpaper!
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./GeoXPlanet.py", line 89, in <module>
program.run(GUI)
File "/home/neville/GeoXPlanet-0.4.1/src/controller.py", line 812, in run
time.sleep(self.delay)
KeyboardInterrupt
neville@linux-ab6m:~/GeoXPlanet-0.4.1/src>
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Had to kill it as it was looping. can't load arc file? I never found Monitor_0_arcFile.txt in the specified destination, and the picture generated was of Africa again.

What am I doing wrong?

I fed in the latitude and longitude when asked for manually from here
http://www.ip2location.com/

praka123

31-03-2008, 11:22 PM

for me,even /src/configGUI.py failed to start :(

rocket357

31-03-2008, 11:27 PM

Thanks for the updates...there have been a small number of bugs reported that affect GeoXPlanet operation, though the "Can't find <arcfile> in xplanet//arcs" bug has been fixed already and many of the configGUI bugs have been fixed. I'll package it all up once I've had a chance to test the final code on Windows and gnome, and I'll upload it tonight.

Again, thanks for the updates!

gary4gar

01-04-2008, 12:07 AM

can you Upload Binary packages?

rocket357

01-04-2008, 12:46 AM

can you Upload Binary packages?

While python does "byte-compile" source files to speed things up a bit, Python doesn't have true binary executables (unless you run py2exe on them, which last I checked was windows-only). Python is much like Java in this respect, though gcj (Java compiler that compiles Java to machine code) is unix-only, last I checked.

I can include a convenience file in the top level-directory to launch the entire project if you'd like...though I've considered writing small C or C# programs to launch the project, I haven't decided on the route I'd like to go there, and I wasn't considering including a launcher until around GeoXPlanet-0.5.0. I'll speed up the process, though, since you've requested it.

for me,even /src/configGUI.py failed to start :(

This one was a definite bug. The script contained a faulty "standalone execution" routine that failed to start the configGUI.py file in "standalone" mode (Python files can be called from other Python files, in which case they run like a library, or they can be run by themselves, in which case they operate like a standalone script). The standalone code was faulty and wouldn't allow configGUI to launch as a standalone.

Fix will be included in 0.4.2.

praka123

01-04-2008, 12:53 AM

^will download.when will u upload latest?

...and this is :
prakash@localhost:~/Desktop/GeoXPlanet-0.4.1/src$ ./configGUI.py
File "./configGUI.py", line 357
finally:
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

gary4gar

01-04-2008, 01:05 AM

I am asking for DEB package:p

rocket357

01-04-2008, 02:53 AM

praka123:

look for 0.4.2 sometime in the next few hours...I need to package it up still, and I have a few fixes on my machine at home that I need to get before I can do that. The specific bug you've pointed out (the "finally:" invalid syntax bug) has been fixed and will be in this next release. Also included will be a fix that corrects how GeoXPlanet sets the background in gnome.

gary4gar:

ACK! I run Gentoo on all my Linux boxes, and while I'm sure I *could* create a deb package, I have no clue where I'd put the files other than the user's home directory (hence me not creating a deb, rpm, ebuild, etc...). If I can get someone with considerable experience packaging source packages for Debian/RedHat/Portage/etc... to give me some pointers, I'll step to it and push one out. Until then, though, I'd rather not run the risk.

mehulved

01-04-2008, 04:01 AM

I am asking for DEB package:p distribution specific packages are usually created by package maintainers for their distribution rather than upstream provider providing them.

rocket357

01-04-2008, 10:41 AM

GeoXPlanet-0.4.2 has been uploaded and should be available for download shortly.

This release fixes a few gnome-specific bugs (undefined global "serf" is fixed, as is a bug dealing with how GeoXPlanet sets the wallpaper in gnome), fixes one Windows-related bug (pop-up in Windows asking if the user is running fluxbox, gnome, or kde...doh?), fixes quite a few configGUI.py bugs (standalone launching works now, and it now properly saves your configuration), and this release adds in a basic framework for the upcoming MySQL and SQLite database support.

NucleusKore, the bugs you reported ("arcFile not found", "markerfile not found") should be fixed now, as well as the bug causing your viewing lat/long to get stuck to 0.0, 0.0 (just off the coast of Africa). Please report if you have any more trouble.

I'm debating on the next release focus. I'm thinking about adding in SQLite support first (since the maxmind GeoLiteCity database is redistributable under the GPL...I just need to import it into SQLite), as it's been my experience that the maxmind database is more accurate than hostip.info (the site used for online lookups). I might work more on the graphical side (i.e. create a tray icon that reports statistics and the like), but I haven't decided yet.

Thoughts?

praka123

01-04-2008, 10:51 AM

a shell script for installing your application is good(not necessary).
Even I am waiting to install gentoo after 3-4 yrs back :D got funtoo.org's portage and stage3 balls. ;)

will download geoXplanet now

mehulved

01-04-2008, 12:57 PM

a shell script for installing your application is good(not necessary).
Sorry, I disagree to that. It is much better to have a GUI config utility since this is intended as a 'eye candy'. It wouldn't be such a nice idea to have it in such a way. It would be a better idea IMHO to have a GUI installer which has configuration options as well. shell script installer can be there as an optional way.

ray|raven

01-04-2008, 01:26 PM

^Perhaps using gtkdialog with a shell script would be good enough?

rocket357

01-04-2008, 01:54 PM

This project is intended to run *purely* in non-priv user-space. I do not wish to cross over into a situation where someone needs root priv to install or suid priv to run the program...I just want to have the program running quietly in the background without hassle of su or sudo, etc...

That said, I *am* planning on writing such niceties as a tray icon or runtime GUI...but first things first...let me get this project out of Beta status...heh. Once that's done, and the code is *really* operational, I'll consider packaging for different distros and/or installer scripts. Keep in mind I have a Windows user-base to support, too...imagine how they feel seeing the install directions: "1) Unzip to a directory of your choice 2) navigate to that directory 3) go into the "src" directory there 4) launch GeoXPlanet.py by double-clicking on it or from cmd.exe"...I get responses like "what...no double-click install then Program Files -> GeoXPlanet.exe??" and "wtf is a py file? Is that a virus?"

Patience, my friends...the finer things will come in good time.

Edit - I've considered re-writing GeoXPlanet in C or C++, but I haven't worked very hard on that "sub-project" yet because of time constraints. If/when the C/C++ port becomes (or even writing optimized python modules in C) possible, I'll keep everyone posted on my progress...and I fully intend on the C/C++ port having a no-kidding installer.

ray|raven

01-04-2008, 01:58 PM

^Dude, an installer doesnt really mean root access.
The user could select to have it installed in a specific folder,
and you could automatically add it to the path, and create a .desktop file in his desktop folder to make it easier to launch the app for him.

And yea, as you said, getting a stable release is much more important than everything else.

Btw, whats the min. req's for this?

rocket357

01-04-2008, 02:08 PM

Btw, whats the min. req's for this?

I haven't really done any "minimum requirements" testing, honestly...I have an amd64 3000+ (Athlon, not the Sempron model) with 2GB RAM. The RAM is no concern, as I stay under 300 MB pretty much at all times (with virtually everything I use opened up), and the big bottleneck is xplanet image generation. If you have a Xinerama dual-head setup (like I do), it's twice as hard on the CPU bottleneck, but even still I'll get a spike in CPU usage that might last between 1/2 - 2 seconds, then it cools back off. The faster I create new connections (surfing around between websites, downloading torrents, etc...), the more CPU it's going to take. (and if I'm not creating or destroying connections, the CPU usage is very low...peaks at about 8% every little bit). That's why I put a "delay" setting in there to let the user choose how much "CPU time" they want to dedicate to their desktop background =)

But whatever you do, don't put GeoXPlanet on a 486 with the delay on 1 second then fire up 4 torrent downloads... heh.

ray|raven

01-04-2008, 02:11 PM

^Lolz, the only reason i asked is coz , im on a quite ancient setup,
P4 2.4 with 256Megs.

Btw, does this use OpenGL to draw the planet?

rocket357

01-04-2008, 02:34 PM

P4 2.4 with 256Megs.

Btw, does this use OpenGL to draw the planet?

P4 with 256 MB should suffice, depending on the desktop environment you're using and how you have it set up.

No, GeoXPlanet is just a control script. The XPlanet project is what GeoXPlanet calls out to for image generation, then GeoXPlanet calls the underlying desktop libs (gconftool, dcop, fbsetbg, etc...) to set the background. No OpenGL required...GeoXPlanet really just sorts through connection data, gathers geolocation info on the relevant data, then formats the two together in a way that XPlanet understands and handles setting the desktop background.

ray|raven

01-04-2008, 02:37 PM

^Cool, Then i might try it.
Am using Xfce and it leaves nearly 70% of the memory free on startup.

rocket357

01-04-2008, 03:06 PM

70% of the memory free on startup.

Very nice...you'll probably think I'm crazy, but I'm running fluxbox on my machine...yeah, I could handle kde or gnome multiple times over, but I guess I just like flux...alot.

People who use these slick "minimalistic" wm's never have to deal with thrashing...that's for sure haha

XFCE uses the "root" window for drawing the desktop background, right? If it doesn't, then I guess I need to get on the ball and include XFCE when I include enlightenment...

ray|raven

01-04-2008, 03:21 PM

^Not at all, I used fluxbox for sometime, but cudnt live without the gtk themes and ended up running the xfce processes needed to get it working.

So, i switched to xfce for good, coz i was running a few processes anyway.

Yeah, xfce uses root to display the wallpaper AFAIK.
And enlightenment is one rocking DE.Too bad it isnt as stable,
if you ask me , i doubt it ever will be.
Darn things under alpha for 10 years now :p

Btw, its funny how you mention fluxbox, i was searching for some good fluxbox themes, was thinkin of getting back to it for sometime.

rocket357

01-04-2008, 03:46 PM

I found a short howto for setting the xfce background programmatically...I'll put that in the queue for inclusion in a "near-future" release =)

Actually, I probably should just go ahead and roll that out before bothering with KDE4 support (KDE4 switched away from the dcop interface...doh?). As I see it, KDE4 will pick up relatively quickly, but I've got a bit of time before it becomes mainstream.

And I share your thoughts on enlightenment...man, what a gorgeous desktop! If it wasn't so quirky, I'd probably switch to E-17 full time.

ray|raven

01-04-2008, 04:20 PM

rocket357

01-04-2008, 04:58 PM

^Please, link me to that how-to.
I was trying to write a script with gtkdialog to allow random wallpaper changes.

The only way i know is to include the single image link in a backdrops.lst file in the user's config files and choose it as the backdrop.
Later on we can change the image link in the file and run xfdesktop --reload for it to take effect.
Xfce has got to have the most clumsiest way to change the wallpaper. :(

It will quite some time before KDE 4 stabilizes itself.
If you ask me , dont even bother trying to support it, for IMO its gonna go through quite a lot of changes.

And abt e17, yeah dude, same here.
If only they made a beta release atleast.

http://s7dhansh.wordpress.com/2007/04/18/xfce-set-as-desktop-and-random-desktop-background-wallpaper-option/

I haven't dug into it much yet, so I can't comment on the quality...just that it exists and it looks promising =) I think you pretty much summed it up, though...so I can't say if that link will help you much.

You're probably right about KDE4...no doubt they'll restructure and reorganize a few times in the coming months. Building support now is probably not in my best interest heh.

An E17 *Beta* release...sigh...that'd be the day!

ray|raven

01-04-2008, 05:10 PM

^Yep, the guide says pretty much what i've said,
but do one thing, instead of killing xfdesktop, just reload it, using the command posted by me.

Also, the script looks a bit rough, but then again , i havent gone through it very well, only thing is that, it takes way less statements to achieve what he meant to do.

You can even do it through sed,
sed -i -e "s:^/.*$:imagepath:" -e "s:^'::" -e "s:'$::" /path/to/created/list && xfdesktop -reload
That should change the wallpaper,provided the path-to-list is given as wallpaper in the settings.

praka123

01-04-2008, 07:30 PM

OK.latest try:- erred out,
prakash@localhost:~/Desktop/GeoXPlanet-0.4.2/src$ ./GeoXPlanet.py

GeoXPlanet contains GPL code/files from the following sources:

clouds.py and controller.py now contain code from:
download_clouds.py ver. 1.1
Taken from:
http://xplanet.sourceforge.net//Extras/download_clouds.py
(C) 2004 Michal Pasternak <michal@pasternak.w.lub.pl>
This file has been modified by rocket357 for use in GeoXPlanet.

arcFiles directory: (boundaries_c, coast_c, and states_c)
Taken from:
http://xplanet.sourceforge.net/Extras/boundaries_c.gz
http://xplanet.sourceforge.net/Extras/coast_c.gz
http://xplanet.sourceforge.net/Extras/states_c.gz
These files are only used when GeoXPlanet.conf is set
with any of the following set to "True":
showNations, showCoast, and showStates

These files are, to the best of the author's knowledge,
GPL'd source. If you know that this is not the case, please
contact: rocket357 (at) users (dot) sourceforge (dot) net
so the files can be removed from distribution.

Looking for the GeoXPlanet.conf file:
/home/prakash/Desktop/GeoXPlanet-0.4.2/src/GeoXPlanet.conf...
Found the config file!
Location of xplanet executable: /usr/bin/xplanet
Detecting environment settings...

Environment Variables:

GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID: Default
LESSOPEN: | /usr/bin/lesspipe %s
LOGNAME: prakash
USER: prakash
HOME: /home/prakash
PATH: /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games:/sbin:/usr/sbin:
WINDOWPATH: 7
SSH_AGENT_PID: 3051
LANG: en_US.UTF-8
HISTCONTROL: ignoredups
TERM: xterm
SHELL: /bin/bash
XAUTHORITY: /home/prakash/.Xauthority
LANGUAGE: en_US.UTF-8
SESSION_MANAGER: local/localhost:/tmp/.ICE-unix/3004
SHLVL: 1
DISPLAY: :0.0
WINDOWID: 35655849
USERNAME: prakash
GDM_XSERVER_LOCATION: local
COLORTERM: gnome-terminal
SSH_AUTH_SOCK: /tmp/keyring-8hTb7q/ssh
GNOME_KEYRING_SOCKET: /tmp/keyring-8hTb7q/socket
GDMSESSION: default
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS: unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-wYnoBN6STD,guid=cbdc533ca72cc028f46c7e7047f239b7
_: ./GeoXPlanet.py
DESKTOP_SESSION: default
LESSCLOSE: /usr/bin/lesspipe %s %s
GTK_MODULES: gnomebreakpad
OLDPWD: /home/prakash/Desktop/GeoXPlanet-0.4.2
GDM_LANG: en_US.UTF-8
FLASH_FORCE_PULSEAUDIO: 1
XDG_DATA_DIRS: /usr/local/share/:/usr/share/:/usr/share/gdm/
PWD: /home/prakash/Desktop/GeoXPlanet-0.4.2/src
DESKTOP_STARTUP_ID:
GTK_RC_FILES: /etc/gtk/gtkrc:/home/prakash/.gtkrc-1.2-gnome2
LS_COLORS: no=00:fi=00:di=01;34:ln=01;36:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do =01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=40;31;01:su=37;4 1:sg=30;43:tw=30;42:ow=34;42:st=37;44:ex=01;32:*.t ar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.svgz=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.ta z=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.lzma=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=0 1;31:*.Z=01;31:*.dz=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:* .bz=01;31:*.tbz2=01;31:*.tz=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*.rp m=01;31:*.jar=01;31:*.rar=01;31:*.ace=01;31:*.zoo= 01;31:*.cpio=01;31:*.7z=01;31:*.rz=01;31:*.jpg=01; 35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.pbm=01;3 5:*.pgm=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.xbm=01;35: *.xpm=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:*.png=01;35:* .svg=01;35:*.mng=01;35:*.pcx=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.m pg=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.m2v=01;35:*.mkv=01;35:*.og m=01;35:*.mp4=01;35:*.m4v=01;35:*.mp4v=01;35:*.vob =01;35:*.qt=01;35:*.nuv=01;35:*.wmv=01;35:*.asf=01 ;35:*.rm=01;35:*.rmvb=01;35:*.flc=01;35:*.avi=01;3 5:*.fli=01;35:*.gl=01;35:*.dl=01;35:*.xcf=01;35:*. xwd=01;35:*.yuv=01;35:*.aac=00;36:*.au=00;36:*.fla c=00;36:*.mid=00;36:*.midi=00;36:*.mka=00;36:*.mp3 =00;36:*.mpc=00;36:*.ogg=00;36:*.ra=00;36:*.wav=00 ;36:

Detecting Operating System: linux2
Detecting Desktop Environment: gnome
Detecting GeoXPlanet directory: /home/prakash/Desktop/GeoXPlanet-0.4.2
Done detecting environment settings
Reading the config file options... Done reading the config file

Generating image file: /home/prakash/Desktop/GeoXPlanet-0.4.2/temp/images/Monitor_0_Output1.png
XPLANET COMMAND:
/usr/bin/xplanet -num_times 1 -searchdir /home/prakash/Desktop/GeoXPlanet-0.4.2/temp -tmpdir /home/prakash/Desktop/GeoXPlanet-0.4.2/temp -marker_file Monitor_0_markerFile.txt -arc_file Monitor_0_arcFile.txt -latitude 0.0 -longitude 0.0 -geometry 800x600 -config /home/prakash/Desktop/GeoXPlanet-0.4.2/Monitor_0_xplanet.conf -output /home/prakash/Desktop/GeoXPlanet-0.4.2/temp/images/Monitor_0_Output1.png
XPLANET ERROR: Warning: Can't find Monitor_0_arcFile.txt in

XPLANET ERROR: /home/prakash/Desktop/GeoXPlanet-0.4.2/temp/arcs

XPLANET ERROR: xplanet/arcs

XPLANET ERROR: /home/prakash/.xplanet/arcs

XPLANET ERROR: /usr/share/xplanet/arcs

XPLANET ERROR: Warning: Can't load arc file Monitor_0_arcFile.txt

XPLANET ERROR: Warning: Can't find Monitor_0_arcFile.txt in

XPLANET ERROR: /home/prakash/Desktop/GeoXPlanet-0.4.2/temp/arcs

XPLANET ERROR: xplanet/arcs

XPLANET ERROR: /home/prakash/.xplanet/arcs

XPLANET ERROR: /usr/share/xplanet/arcs

XPLANET ERROR: Warning: Can't load arc file Monitor_0_arcFile.txt

Setting wallpaper!
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./GeoXPlanet.py", line 89, in ?
program.run(GUI)
File "/home/prakash/Desktop/GeoXPlanet-0.4.2/src/controller.py", line 728, in run
self.runXPlanet()
File "/home/prakash/Desktop/GeoXPlanet-0.4.2/src/controller.py", line 673, in runXPlanet
os.popen("mv %s%stemp%simages%s%s%s.%s %s%stemp%simages%s%s%s.%s" % (extension,
TypeError: not all arguments converted during string formatting

also,in Debian(ubuntu too) the xplanet-images is installed in :
prakash@localhost:~$ dpkg --listfiles xplanet-images
/.
/usr
/usr/share
/usr/share/doc
/usr/share/doc/xplanet-images
/usr/share/doc/xplanet-images/copyright
/usr/share/doc/xplanet-images/README
/usr/share/doc/xplanet-images/changelog.Debian.gz
/usr/share/xplanet
/usr/share/xplanet/images
/usr/share/xplanet/images/sublunar.png
/usr/share/xplanet/images/iss.png
/usr/share/xplanet/images/smile.png
/usr/share/xplanet/images/odyssey.png
/usr/share/xplanet/images/night.jpg
/usr/share/xplanet/images/earth.jpg
/usr/share/xplanet/images/shuttle.png
/usr/share/xplanet/images/subsolar.png
/usr/share/xplanet/images/sun.jpg
/usr/share/xplanet/images/hubble.png
/usr/share/xplanet/images/mgs.png
/usr/share/xplanet/images/README
and xplanet package have:
prakash@localhost:~$ dpkg --listfiles xplanet
/.
/usr
/usr/share
/usr/share/xplanet
/usr/share/xplanet/arcs
/usr/share/xplanet/arcs/README
/usr/share/xplanet/arcs/constellations
/usr/share/xplanet/config
/usr/share/xplanet/config/README
/usr/share/xplanet/ephemeris
/usr/share/xplanet/ephemeris/README
/usr/share/xplanet/fonts
/usr/share/xplanet/fonts/README
/usr/share/xplanet/fonts/FreeMonoBold.ttf
/usr/share/xplanet/images
/usr/share/xplanet/markers
/usr/share/xplanet/markers/README
/usr/share/xplanet/markers/brightStars
/usr/share/xplanet/markers/mars
/usr/share/xplanet/markers/moon
/usr/share/xplanet/origin
/usr/share/xplanet/origin/README
/usr/share/xplanet/satellites
/usr/share/xplanet/satellites/README
/usr/share/xplanet/spice
/usr/share/xplanet/spice/README
/usr/share/xplanet/spice/asteroids
/usr/share/xplanet/spice/asteroids.krn
/usr/share/xplanet/spice/cassini
/usr/share/xplanet/spice/cassini.krn
/usr/share/xplanet/spice/mgs
/usr/share/xplanet/spice/mgs.krn
/usr/share/xplanet/spice/voyager
/usr/share/xplanet/spice/voyager.krn
/usr/share/xplanet/stars
/usr/share/xplanet/stars/BSC
/usr/share/xplanet/scripts
/usr/share/xplanet/scripts/convertCassini.perl
/usr/share/xplanet/scripts/convertCassini2.perl
/usr/share/doc
/usr/share/doc/xplanet
/usr/share/doc/xplanet/FAQ.html
/usr/share/doc/xplanet/README.Debian
/usr/share/doc/xplanet/copyright
/usr/share/doc/xplanet/README.gz
/usr/share/doc/xplanet/NEWS.gz
/usr/share/doc/xplanet/changelog.Debian.gz
/usr/share/doc/xplanet/changelog.gz
/usr/share/man
/usr/share/man/man1
/usr/share/man/man1/xplanet.1.gz
/usr/share/menu
/usr/share/menu/xplanet
/usr/bin
/usr/bin/xplanet
/etc
/etc/xplanet
/etc/xplanet/satellites
/etc/xplanet/satellites/iss
/etc/xplanet/satellites/iss.tle
/etc/xplanet/config
/etc/xplanet/config/default
/etc/xplanet/config/earth_markers
/etc/xplanet/config/moon_orbit
/etc/xplanet/config/overlay_clouds
/etc/xplanet/markers
/etc/xplanet/markers/earth
/etc/xplanet/origin
/etc/xplanet/origin/cassini
/etc/xplanet/origin/galileo
/etc/xplanet/stars
/etc/xplanet/rgb.txt
/usr/share/xplanet/config/moon_orbit
/usr/share/xplanet/config/default
/usr/share/xplanet/config/earth_markers
/usr/share/xplanet/config/overlay_clouds
/usr/share/xplanet/markers/earth
/usr/share/xplanet/origin/galileo
/usr/share/xplanet/origin/cassini
/usr/share/xplanet/satellites/iss
/usr/share/xplanet/satellites/iss.tle
/usr/share/xplanet/rgb.txt
/usr/share/doc/xplanet/README.config

what is wrong :?
the Debian xplanet and xplanet-images .debs are available at these links: perhaps you may see what is wrong :?
http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/x/xplanet/xplanet_1.2.0-4_i386.deb

http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/x/xplanet/xplanet-images_1.2.0-4_all.deb

extract data.gz for the files.

rocket357

01-04-2008, 07:51 PM

Ehh, so the "unable to find arcs/markers" bug is NOT fixed. Lovely.

The cause of this bug is that I'm overriding a few key locations by defining -tmpdir and -searchdir when I launch xplanet. It's an ugly hack that came about when I decided to reinstate support for Windows because of the brain-dead way Windows handles paths...

Sigh.

0.4.3 will be out shortly hahaha

PS - preconfigured support for SQLite is in the works and will likely be included in 0.4.3 as well. With SQLite, you get a few improvements: increased accuracy, no outgoing requests (so someone sniffing traffic between you and hostip.info can't determine what sites you're visiting), and it's exceptionally simple to setup (i.e. apt-get install sqlite pysqlite...or something to that effect). I'm working on the HOWTO and once I have that finished, and I've tested SQLite on my home machine, it'll be time to roll 0.4.3 out (assuming I can determine a fix for the "unable to find arcs/markers" bug).

Thanks again guys, you're really helping out with the bug-hunting!

rocket357

01-04-2008, 09:04 PM

praka123,

would you post the generated Monitor_0_xplanet.conf and GeoXPlanet.conf files? If the override isn't doing what it's supposed to, I need a bit more info to figure out what's going on. The only way I could see this happening is if you had markers turned on but not arcs.

Thanks!

praka123

01-04-2008, 09:14 PM

@rocket:sure!

prakash@localhost:~/Desktop/GeoXPlanet-0.4.2$ cat Monitor_0_xplanet.conf
[default]
marker_color=red
shade=30
text_color={255,0,0}
twilight=6
[earth]
"Earth"
image=/home/prakash/Desktop/GeoXPlanet-0.4.2/temp/images/earth.jpg
night_map=/home/prakash/Desktop/GeoXPlanet-0.4.2/temp/images/night.jpg
color={28, 82, 110}
marker_file=Monitor_0_markerFile.txt
arc_file=Monitor_0_arcFile.txt
marker_fontsize=10
#cloud_map=/home/prakash/Desktop/GeoXPlanet-0.4.2/temp/images/clouds_2048.jpg

another file is also there:

prakash@localhost:~/Desktop/GeoXPlanet-0.4.2$ cat Monitor_1_xplanet.conf
[default]
marker_color=red
shade=30
text_color={255,0,0}
twilight=6
[earth]
"Earth"
image=/home/rocket357/GeoXPlanet-0.4.0/temp/images/earth.jpg
night_map=/home/rocket357/GeoXPlanet-0.4.0/temp/images/night.jpg
color={28, 82, 110}
marker_file=Monitor_1_markerFile.txt
arc_file=Monitor_1_arcFile.txt
marker_fontsize=10
cloud_map=/home/rocket357/GeoXPlanet-0.4.0/temp/images/clouds_2048.jpg

and ...src/GeoXPlanet.conf
prakash@localhost:~/Desktop/GeoXPlanet-0.4.2$ cat src/GeoXPlanet.conf

################################################
### This file was generated by configGUI.py ###
################################################
[General]
DESKTOP=gnome
DEBUG=True
delay=15.0
useNetstat=True
defaultColor=0xFFFFFF
homeName=Home
homeLAT=9.9932
homeLON=76.5706
xplanetExe=/usr/bin/xplanet

[Display]
Xinerama=False
NumberOfDisplays=1
Monitor_0_geometry=800x600
Monitor_0_trace=False
Monitor_0_arcs=False
Monitor_0_projection=None
Monitor_0_titles=False
Monitor_0_titleType=port
Monitor_0_colors=False
Monitor_0_symbolsize=7
Monitor_0_showNations=False
Monitor_0_showCoast=False
Monitor_0_showStates=False
Monitor_0_nationColor=0x777777
Monitor_0_coastColor=0x002277
Monitor_0_stateColor=0x004400
Monitor_0_showClouds=False
Monitor_0_latitude=0.0
Monitor_0_longitude=0.0

[Database]
useDatabase=False
dbHost=
dbName=
dbUser=
dbPassword=
preferreddbmodule=

rocket357

01-04-2008, 09:41 PM

Wow...I'm speechless...

The problem is simple...I set up the xplanet.conf to define an arc file, but you don't have arcs turned on, meaning that arc file doesn't get built. XPlanet bombs when it tries to find the arc file that's defined in the xplanet.conf file that doesn't exist.

Guess I need to add a check for arcs being active, ehh? heh

Thanks for posting the files, praka123...

PS - the Monitor_1_xplanet.conf file can be deleted...it's a hold-over from 0.4.0 and it isn't being used by 0.4.2. (or you can leave it there...it's not "in the way" or anything)

praka123

01-04-2008, 09:54 PM

well,what should be the remedy?do I have to edit my /etc/xplanet/config/default ?
I dont know how to point towards the arc files :?
here is it:

cat /etc/xplanet/config/default
# This file contains options you might want to customize for each
# body. It's best to leave this file alone and modify a copy. Use the
# -config option to tell xplanet to read your copy.

[default] # Values in this section apply to all
# bodies unless overridden below.

arc_color=white
#arc_file=

#bump_map=
bump_scale=1

cloud_gamma=1
#cloud_map=
cloud_ssec=false # true if the cloud map is from the
# University of Wisconsin Space
# Science and Engineering Center
cloud_threshold=90

color={255,255,255} # fallback color in case an image map
# isn't found

draw_orbit=false # if true, draw this body's orbit
# about its primary

grid=false
grid1=6
grid2=15

#image=

magnify=1 # draw the body as if its radius were
# magnified by this factor

marker_color=red
#marker_file=
#marker_font=

max_radius_for_label=3 # don't draw a label if the body's
# radius in pixels is more than this

min_radius_for_label=.01 # don't draw a label if the body's
# radius in pixels is less than this

min_radius_for_markers=40 # don't draw markers if the body's
# radius in pixels is less than this

#night_map=

orbit={-.5,.5,2} # extent of orbit to draw,
# {start, end, delta}, where
# start and end are in units of period
# of revolution and delta is angular
# increment in degrees to evaluate
# position

orbit_color={255,255,255} # color for the orbit

random_origin=true # Can this body be considered if
# -origin random is used?

random_target=true # Can this body be considered if
# -target random is used?

#satellite_file=

shade=30 # 0 = black, 100 = same as dayside

#specular_map=

text_color={255,0,0} # color for text (markers & body label)

twilight=6 # blend the day and night images for
# pixels within this many degrees of
# the terminator

[sun]
"Sun"
color={255,255,166}

max_radius_for_label=0 # never draw a label for the sun

shade=100 # No night side!

[mercury]
"Mercury"
color={100, 100, 100}

min_radius_for_label=0 # always draw a label

[venus]
"Venus"
color={161, 129, 70}

min_radius_for_label=0

[earth]
"Earth"
color={28, 82, 110}

# I have day and night maps of Australia centered on Alice Springs,
# which are cropped from higher resolution maps.
#map=alice_springs.png
#night_map=alice_springs_night.png
#mapbounds={-1.2,98.7107,-46.2,169.023} # lat1, lon1, lat2, lon2

#marker_file=earth

min_radius_for_label=0

#satellite_file=iss

[moon]
"Moon"
color={100, 100, 100}

[mars]
"Mars"
color={172, 123, 67}

min_radius_for_label=0

[phobos]
"Phobos"

[deimos]
"Deimos"

[jupiter]
"Jupiter"
color={204, 163, 133}
min_radius_for_label=0

[io]
"Io"
color={212, 182, 52}

[europa]
"Europa"
color={140, 140, 140}

[ganymede]
"Ganymede"
color={150, 150, 150}

[callisto]
"Callisto"
color={70, 70, 70}

[saturn]
"Saturn"
color={244, 199, 134}
min_radius_for_label=0

[mimas]
"Mimas"

[enceladus]
"Enceladus"

[tethys]
"Tethys"

[dione]
"Dione"

[rhea]
"Rhea"

[titan]
"Titan"

color={252,94,7}

[hyperion]
"Hyperion"

[iapetus]
"Iapetus"

[phoebe]
"Phoebe"

[uranus]
"Uranus"

color={105, 197, 238}

min_radius_for_label=0

[miranda]
"Miranda"

[ariel]
"Ariel"

[umbriel]
"Umbriel"

[titania]
"Titania"

[oberon]
"Oberon"

[neptune]
"Neptune"
color={95, 133, 232}

min_radius_for_label=0

[triton]
"Triton"

[nereid]
"Nereid"

[pluto]
"Pluto"
color={206, 180, 153}

min_radius_for_label=0

[charon]
"Charon"

rocket357

01-04-2008, 10:09 PM

well,what should be the remedy?do I have to edit my /etc/xplanet/config/default ?
I dont know how to point towards the arc files :?
here is it:

Don't modify that file...it won't fix it, and if you read the beginning comment, it suggests using -config /some/alternate/xplanet.conf for program-specific configurations (which is what GeoXPlanet does).

The problem isn't that xplanet is pointing at the wrong directory...the problem is that the arc file isn't being generated in the first place. Go to your GeoXPlanet.conf and set "Monitor_0_arcs=True" (Meaning GeoXPlanet will generate arcs between Home and the connection end-points). You still have the string format conversion bug though...(if you edit line 673 of controller.py (there's the word "extension," on the end of that line) and remove the trailing "extension,":

Change this:

os.popen("mv %s%stemp%simages%s%s%s.%s %s%stemp%simages%s%s%s.%s" % (extension,

to this:

os.popen("mv %s%stemp%simages%s%s%s.%s %s%stemp%simages%s%s%s.%s" % (

), you should be able to run GeoXPlanet without problem after that).

The string format conversion bug will be fixed in next release, but I thought I'd give you a head's up on that fix to get you moving forward...heh.

praka123

01-04-2008, 11:16 PM

added below line replacing line 673 in controller.py and now it seems working,will log out and re-login to confirm :)
os.popen("mv %s%stemp%simages%s%s%s.%s %s%stemp%simages%s%s%s.%s" % (

prakash@localhost:~/Desktop/GeoXPlanet-0.4.2/src$ ./GeoXPlanet.py

GeoXPlanet contains GPL code/files from the following sources:

clouds.py and controller.py now contain code from:
download_clouds.py ver. 1.1
Taken from:
http://xplanet.sourceforge.net//Extras/download_clouds.py
(C) 2004 Michal Pasternak <michal@pasternak.w.lub.pl>
This file has been modified by rocket357 for use in GeoXPlanet.

arcFiles directory: (boundaries_c, coast_c, and states_c)
Taken from:
http://xplanet.sourceforge.net/Extras/boundaries_c.gz
http://xplanet.sourceforge.net/Extras/coast_c.gz
http://xplanet.sourceforge.net/Extras/states_c.gz
These files are only used when GeoXPlanet.conf is set
with any of the following set to "True":
showNations, showCoast, and showStates

These files are, to the best of the author's knowledge,
GPL'd source. If you know that this is not the case, please
contact: rocket357 (at) users (dot) sourceforge (dot) net
so the files can be removed from distribution.

Looking for the GeoXPlanet.conf file:
/home/prakash/Desktop/GeoXPlanet-0.4.2/src/GeoXPlanet.conf...
Found the config file!
Location of xplanet executable: /usr/bin/xplanet
Detecting environment settings...

Environment Variables:

GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID: Default
LESSOPEN: | /usr/bin/lesspipe %s
LOGNAME: prakash
USER: prakash
HOME: /home/prakash
PATH: /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games:/sbin:/usr/sbin:
WINDOWPATH: 7
SSH_AGENT_PID: 3051
LANG: en_US.UTF-8
HISTCONTROL: ignoredups
TERM: xterm
SHELL: /bin/bash
XAUTHORITY: /home/prakash/.Xauthority
LANGUAGE: en_US.UTF-8
SESSION_MANAGER: local/localhost:/tmp/.ICE-unix/3004
SHLVL: 1
DISPLAY: :0.0
WINDOWID: 35655849
USERNAME: prakash
GDM_XSERVER_LOCATION: local
COLORTERM: gnome-terminal
SSH_AUTH_SOCK: /tmp/keyring-8hTb7q/ssh
GNOME_KEYRING_SOCKET: /tmp/keyring-8hTb7q/socket
GDMSESSION: default
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS: unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-wYnoBN6STD,guid=cbdc533ca72cc028f46c7e7047f239b7
_: ./GeoXPlanet.py
DESKTOP_SESSION: default
LESSCLOSE: /usr/bin/lesspipe %s %s
GTK_MODULES: gnomebreakpad
OLDPWD: /home/prakash/Desktop/GeoXPlanet-0.4.2
GDM_LANG: en_US.UTF-8
FLASH_FORCE_PULSEAUDIO: 1
XDG_DATA_DIRS: /usr/local/share/:/usr/share/:/usr/share/gdm/
PWD: /home/prakash/Desktop/GeoXPlanet-0.4.2/src
DESKTOP_STARTUP_ID:
GTK_RC_FILES: /etc/gtk/gtkrc:/home/prakash/.gtkrc-1.2-gnome2
LS_COLORS: no=00:fi=00:di=01;34:ln=01;36:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do =01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=40;31;01:su=37;4 1:sg=30;43:tw=30;42:ow=34;42:st=37;44:ex=01;32:*.t ar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.svgz=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.ta z=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.lzma=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=0 1;31:*.Z=01;31:*.dz=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:* .bz=01;31:*.tbz2=01;31:*.tz=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*.rp m=01;31:*.jar=01;31:*.rar=01;31:*.ace=01;31:*.zoo= 01;31:*.cpio=01;31:*.7z=01;31:*.rz=01;31:*.jpg=01; 35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.pbm=01;3 5:*.pgm=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.xbm=01;35: *.xpm=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:*.png=01;35:* .svg=01;35:*.mng=01;35:*.pcx=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.m pg=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.m2v=01;35:*.mkv=01;35:*.og m=01;35:*.mp4=01;35:*.m4v=01;35:*.mp4v=01;35:*.vob =01;35:*.qt=01;35:*.nuv=01;35:*.wmv=01;35:*.asf=01 ;35:*.rm=01;35:*.rmvb=01;35:*.flc=01;35:*.avi=01;3 5:*.fli=01;35:*.gl=01;35:*.dl=01;35:*.xcf=01;35:*. xwd=01;35:*.yuv=01;35:*.aac=00;36:*.au=00;36:*.fla c=00;36:*.mid=00;36:*.midi=00;36:*.mka=00;36:*.mp3 =00;36:*.mpc=00;36:*.ogg=00;36:*.ra=00;36:*.wav=00 ;36:

Detecting Operating System: linux2
Detecting Desktop Environment: gnome
Detecting GeoXPlanet directory: /home/prakash/Desktop/GeoXPlanet-0.4.2
Done detecting environment settings
Reading the config file options... Done reading the config file

Generating image file: /home/prakash/Desktop/GeoXPlanet-0.4.2/temp/images/Monitor_0_Output1.png
XPLANET COMMAND:
/usr/bin/xplanet -num_times 1 -searchdir /home/prakash/Desktop/GeoXPlanet-0.4.2/temp -tmpdir /home/prakash/Desktop/GeoXPlanet-0.4.2/temp -marker_file Monitor_0_markerFile.txt -arc_file Monitor_0_arcFile.txt -latitude 0.0 -longitude 0.0 -geometry 800x600 -config /home/prakash/Desktop/GeoXPlanet-0.4.2/Monitor_0_xplanet.conf -output /home/prakash/Desktop/GeoXPlanet-0.4.2/temp/images/Monitor_0_Output1.png
Setting wallpaper!

Thanks!http://broadbandforum.in/images/smilies/happy15.gif

well,this is how my desktop looks after restarting gdm :-|
_th. (http://img77775.pictiger.com/images/14735466/)

http://img7.uploadhouse.com/fileuploads/1559/1559518-holder-6979318187fa72626c9ed12f99e7e03d.jpg (http://www.uploadhouse.com/viewfile.php?id=1559518&showlnk=0)

one thing more :( xplanet is not executed when GeoXplanet.py is ran!I have to manually start xplanet.

rocket357

01-04-2008, 11:29 PM

one thing more :( xplanet is not executed when GeoXplanet.py is ran!I have to manually start xplanet.

XPlanet is not run in daemon mode (the usual) with GeoXPlanet...it's run with -num_times 1 -output /some/output/filename to simply generate the background then exit. I did that so synchronizing would be easier (i.e. early versions of GeoXPlanet (prior to 0.3.3) had the seriously annoying habit of being in the middle of an arcFile or markerFile write when xplanet would read the files, and xplanet would complain about "incomplete line in markerfile.txt" and display very strange data on the background). Once I discovered how to get the background set in kde/gnome/fluxbox manually, I changed xplanet to run one time and exit. It prevents broken (half-written) data being displayed (not to mention the task of getting the configurations in sync between xplanet and GeoXPlanet is no longer on the end-user).

Did you set the "Monitor 1" settings in the configGUI when it ran, or did you copy your config from an earlier version? It looks to me like you haven't set "Monitor_0_latitude" and "Monitor_0_longitude" (The configGUI is "human readable" (starting at 1) and the config file is "computer readable" (starting at 0), so don't worry about the difference there in numbering) in GeoXPlanet.conf, but GeoXPlanet appears to be writing marker files properly (as there is a marker visible on the right side of the image you posted). Try copying your homeLAT and homeLON to Monitor_0_latitude and Monitor_0_longitude and re-run GeoXPlanet...that'll center GeoXPlanet on your home location.

praka123

01-04-2008, 11:46 PM

here is mine GeoXPlanet.conf
yes,I tried some hand editing :p

prakash@localhost:~/Desktop/GeoXPlanet-0.4.2/src$ cat GeoXPlanet.conf

################################################
### This file was generated by configGUI.py ###
################################################
[General]
DESKTOP=gnome
DEBUG=True
delay=15.0
useNetstat=True
defaultColor=0xFFFFFF
homeName=Home
homeLAT=9.9932
homeLON=76.5706
xplanetExe=/usr/bin/xplanet

[Display]
Xinerama=False
NumberOfDisplays=1
Monitor_0_geometry=800x600
Monitor_0_trace=False
Monitor_0_arcs=True
Monitor_0_projection=None
Monitor_0_titles=False
Monitor_0_titleType=port
Monitor_0_colors=False
Monitor_0_symbolsize=7
Monitor_0_showNations=False
Monitor_0_showCoast=False
Monitor_0_showStates=False
Monitor_0_nationColor=0x777777
Monitor_0_coastColor=0x002277
Monitor_0_stateColor=0x004400
Monitor_0_showClouds=False
Monitor_0_latitude=9.9932
Monitor_0_longitude=76.5706

[Database]
useDatabase=False
dbHost=
dbName=
dbUser=
dbPassword=
preferreddbmodule=

OK,I have edited to incl lat and lon in geoxplanet.conf file.
now below is the screenshot:
http://img5.uploadhouse.com/fileuploads/1559/1559764-holder-a96a781614ab4e989cb43a8f555059d9.jpg (http://www.uploadhouse.com/viewfile.php?id=1559764&showlnk=0)
after 15 sec or so,in terminal shows that the program connects to some IPs(for update?).
is the below one OK?
also,for this program to start on boot,what have to be done?adding
sh /path/to/GeoXplanet.py to /etc/rc.local enough?

EDIT:
on login,I can see the map focused on my location(kerala,india).but after sometime,again it went back to somewher west of africa continent :?

rocket357

01-04-2008, 11:55 PM

after 15 sec or so,in terminal shows that the program connects to some IPs(for update?).
is the below one OK?
also,for this program to start on boot,what have to be done?adding
sh /path/to/GeoXplanet.py to /etc/rc.local enough?

If you're using online lookups (useDatabase=False in GeoXPlanet.conf), then you'll see it connect to a server in California, USA (hostip.info) to look the data up (lat/long values). By 0.4.4 I want to have a working SQLite image of the MaxMind database so GeoXPlanet doesn't have to rely on online lookups. MaxMind has released a "GPL" version of their geolocation datasets, and I've successfully imported it into PostgreSQL and (as of this morning), SQLite. SQLite would be the way to go since it's a simple "apt-get install" (rather than installing, configuring, and maintaining a full-blown database server system). I'll be testing performance of MaxMind/SQLite tonight...

As for startup, you should be able to add it to your gnome startup (GeoXPlanet is kinda pointless without the desktop running, so I wouldn't add it to rc.conf). I'm no gnome guru, but I'd imagine you could go Control Center -> Sessions -> startup and add GeoXPlanet.py there, or add it to ~/.gnome2/session-manual.

on login,I can see the map focused on my location(kerala,india).but after sometime,again it went back to somewher west of africa continent

Is there a "rogue" copy of xplanet running in the background? How did you launch GeoXPlanet on login?

praka123

01-04-2008, 11:57 PM

^yeah,already added to sessions :) BTW,do see this :
EDIT:
on login,I can see the map focused on my location(kerala,india).but after sometime,again it went back to somewher west of africa continent :???:

also,is it possible in xplanet to show whole world in a plane wallpaper rather than 3D?

the script tries changing the wallpaper saying,setting wallpaper,but nothing,no change in Desktop though :-|

rocket357

02-04-2008, 12:04 AM

also,is it possible in xplanet to show whole world in a plane wallpaper rather than 3D?

the script tries changing the wallpaper saying,setting wallpaper,but nothing,no change in Desktop though :-|

Set Monitor_0_projection=mercator
That's a good one...and turn on clouds in your GeoXPlanet.conf! You'll like it heh.

As for the desktop not changing, it might be that a connection on the other side of the planet is dropping or connecting and you aren't seeing it, or it might be that there's another copy of geoxplanet or xplanet running. Set the projection to mercator and watch the endpoints closely...sometimes connections cluster and it's a bit hard seeing them connect or disconnect...(when connections start or end GeoXPlanet kicks off a background update)

praka123

02-04-2008, 12:08 AM

rocket357

02-04-2008, 12:17 AM

^will try those!no,no xplanet cmd is manually invoked :?,just have the script placed in gnome-session-properties option. :-|
now after a reboot,it shows a pointer(a small circle) in my location),but no other changes though(no 15sec updates) .

http connections typically don't last long (and online lookups are notoriously error-prone, in my experience). Try this: find an ftp site you can browse to (http://openbsd.org/ftp.html has a nice list of them) and click on one of the ftp links. ftp connections have a much longer timeout than http, and other persistent connections (instant messengers, ssh, etc...) will give you an idea of how quickly GeoXPlanet does (or does not) respond to new connections.

praka123

02-04-2008, 12:27 AM

well,the problem is,the wallpaper doesnot change/no plotting was seen. :?

if I restart X,I can see the plot though.I think it is Nautilus File Manager(Desktop too) have some hand on this :-| (sry,for my poor English )
see for eg,below,the script is running fine,but xplanet doesnot change!

tcp 0 0 208.65.153.253:80 ESTABLISHED

tcp 0 0 129.128.5.191:21 ESTABLISHED

deleting 199.185.137.3
Generating image file: /home/prakash/Desktop/GeoXPlanet-0.4.2/temp/images/Monitor_0_Output1.png
XPLANET COMMAND:
/usr/bin/xplanet -num_times 1 -searchdir /home/prakash/Desktop/GeoXPlanet-0.4.2/temp -tmpdir /home/prakash/Desktop/GeoXPlanet-0.4.2/temp -marker_file Monitor_0_markerFile.txt -projection mercator -arc_file Monitor_0_arcFile.txt -latitude 9.9932 -longitude 76.5706 -geometry 800x600 -config /home/prakash/Desktop/GeoXPlanet-0.4.2/Monitor_0_xplanet.conf -output /home/prakash/Desktop/GeoXPlanet-0.4.2/temp/images/Monitor_0_Output1.png
Setting wallpaper!
tcp 0 0 208.65.153.253:80 ESTABLISHED

tcp 0 0 129.128.5.191:21 ESTABLISHED

tcp 0 0 208.65.153.253:80 ESTABLISHED

tcp 0 0 129.128.5.191:21 ESTABLISHED

tcp 0 0 59.xx.xx.xx 208.65.153.253:80 ESTABLISHED

tcp 0 0 129.128.5.191:21 ESTABLISHED

tcp 0 0 208.65.153.253:80 ESTABLISHED

tcp 0 0 129.128.5.191:21 ESTABLISHED

tcp 0 0 208.65.153.253:80 ESTABLISHED

tcp 0 0 129.128.5.191:21 ESTABLISHED

gary4gar

02-04-2008, 12:33 AM

Got some free time, tried project again. again failed:|
here the log: http://digit.wsnw.net/geoxplanet

Ubuntu 7.10,Gnome 2.20,Xplanet & Xplanet images installed.

GeoXPlanet-0.4.2

General]
DESKTOP=gnome
DEBUG=True
delay=15.0
useNetstat=True
defaultColor=0xFFFFFF
homeName=Home
homeLAT=19.8833
homeLON=76.7833
xplanetExe=/usr/bin/xplanet

[Display]
Xinerama=False
NumberOfDisplays=1
Monitor_0_geometry=1280x1024
Monitor_0_trace=True
Monitor_0_arcs=True
Monitor_0_projection=None
Monitor_0_titles=True
Monitor_0_titleType=port
Monitor_0_colors=False
Monitor_0_symbolsize=7
Monitor_0_showNations=False
Monitor_0_showCoast=False
Monitor_0_showStates=False
Monitor_0_nationColor=0x777777
Monitor_0_coastColor=0x002277
Monitor_0_stateColor=0x004400
Monitor_0_showClouds=False
Monitor_0_latitude=0.0
Monitor_0_longitude=0.0

[Database]
useDatabase=False
dbHost=
dbName=
dbUser=
dbPassword=
preferreddbmodule=

rocket357

02-04-2008, 01:11 AM

^^ That's the string format conversion bug that praka reported earlier. I haven't released a fix for it yet, though I know what the problem is. Look back a couple of posts where I posted a line that looks like this:

os.popen("mv %s%stemp%simages%s%s%s.%s %s%stemp%simages%s%s%s.%s" % (

That's instructions on how to fix that bug, or you can wait a bit until I release 0.4.3 =)

Your GeoXPlanet.conf looks great, though you may wish to set Monitor_0_projection (projection of none draws earth in 3D, meaning you can't see everything at once (though it's great for closeups heh). I prefer mercator projection, but there are tons others available. Also, unless you want to be staring at the west coast of Africa you should copy homeLAT to Monitor_0_latitude and copy homeLON to Monitor_0_longitude (to center GeoXPlanet on your home location). I'll set 0.4.3 to copy the homeLAT and homeLON values over by default.

praka123

02-04-2008, 01:22 AM

I want to know,why the Geoxplanet doesnot change the directions(line drawn) although the script is reporting setting wallpaper every time.
I tried ftp ,still the line doesnot change :(

rocket357

02-04-2008, 01:31 AM

^^ check to see if there is a triplet of images in GeoXPlanetDir/temp/images

Should be something to the effect of "Monitor_0_Output0.png", "Monitor_0_Output1.png", and "Output1.png" (or "Output0.png"). If those images are all the same, then something is triggering GeoXPlanet to update when it shouldn't be updating (or the images being generated aren't correct). If they're different, then something is going wrong in the way GeoXPlanet is setting the background image.

PS - did you set Monitor_0_projection to something other than None? Here's the list (and sample images) of each projection:

http://cweiske.de/xplanet-projections/

gary4gar

02-04-2008, 01:34 AM

I ran the GeoXPlanet but the homeLAT
homeLON values are wrong. will try & correct them.

http://www.imgx.org/pthumbs/small/6410/Screenshot.png (http://www.imgx.org/public/view/6410)

rocket357

02-04-2008, 01:36 AM

^^^hostip.info doesn't have your ip address information. You can add it manually, or you can jump over to http://www.ip2location.com/ to get the information that way.

NOTE:
ip2location is a pay-for service, but when you visit the main page it gives you *your own* ip geolocation information, so you can check your homeLAT/homeLON there =)

gary4gar

02-04-2008, 01:42 AM

Correct valued in GeoXPlanet.conf
now it looks like this
http://www.imgx.org/pthumbs/small/6411/Screenshot.png (http://www.imgx.org/public/view/6411)
Do i live in africa, that too in the sea, maybe under water submarine

################################################
### This file was generated by configGUI.py ###
################################################
[General]
DESKTOP=gnome
DEBUG=True
delay=15.0
useNetstat=True
defaultColor=0xFFFFFF
homeName=Home
homeLAT=26.917
homeLON=75.817
xplanetExe=/usr/bin/xplanet

[Display]
Xinerama=False
NumberOfDisplays=1
Monitor_0_geometry=1280x1024
Monitor_0_trace=True
Monitor_0_arcs=True
Monitor_0_projection=None
Monitor_0_titles=True
Monitor_0_titleType=port
Monitor_0_colors=False
Monitor_0_symbolsize=7
Monitor_0_showNations=False
Monitor_0_showCoast=False
Monitor_0_showStates=False
Monitor_0_nationColor=0x777777
Monitor_0_coastColor=0x002277
Monitor_0_stateColor=0x004400
Monitor_0_showClouds=False
Monitor_0_latitude=0.0
Monitor_0_longitude=0.0

[Database]
useDatabase=False
dbHost=
dbName=
dbUser=
dbPassword=
preferreddbmodule=

rocket357

02-04-2008, 01:48 AM

^^^

Change "Monitor_0_latitude" to the same value as homeLAT
Change "Monitor_0_longitude" to the same value as homeLON

You want it to look like this:

Monitor_0_latitude=26.917
Monitor_0_longitude=75.817

gary4gar

02-04-2008, 01:55 AM

Now looks somewhat better but still not up to the mark.
1) the arc are more like lines, the projection(cuves) is missing.
2) instead of round, how about making it flat. it renders much better
3) Also label name of places
http://www.imgx.org/pthumbs/small/6412/Screenshot-1.png (http://www.imgx.org/public/view/6412)

rocket357

02-04-2008, 01:57 AM

^^^ set

Monitor_0_projection=mercator

and restart GeoXPlanet

As for naming places, I've got the files necessary, but I hadn't included them yet...heh.

You always seem to be a step ahead of me, man!

Praka123, any luck with it yet? Did you check for those images in the temp/images directory?

gary4gar

02-04-2008, 02:02 AM

used Monitor_0_projection=rectangular
http://www.imgx.org/thumbs/small/14523_l06gu/Screenshot.png (http://www.imgx.org/view/full/14523_l06gu)
It looks good now;)

Nice work
My desktop looks cool now:D

Like Mission control:lol:

Huston we got a problem, My Landing pads have jammed!:D

As for naming places, I've got the files necessary, but I hadn't included them yet...heh.

work fast:p

rocket357

02-04-2008, 02:09 AM

work fast:p

Aww man...it's gonna be like that, ehh? hahaha

Look for city/country names around 0.4.5 or so...perhaps sooner (if I can find *more* GPL'd lists). I need to get 0.4.3 out the door quickly, though, to fix the string conversion bug. (and a Windows bug that causes GeoXPlanet to attempt to lookup the lat and long of "").

Sigh...ain't multiplatform fun? heh

gary4gar

02-04-2008, 02:55 AM

Again getting some errors.

gaurish@gaurish-desktop:~/file:/GeoXPlanet-0.4.2/src$ ./GeoXPlanet.py

GeoXPlanet contains GPL code/files from the following sources:

clouds.py and controller.py now contain code from:
download_clouds.py ver. 1.1
Taken from:
http://xplanet.sourceforge.net//Extras/download_clouds.py
(C) 2004 Michal Pasternak <michal@pasternak.w.lub.pl>
This file has been modified by rocket357 for use in GeoXPlanet.

arcFiles directory: (boundaries_c, coast_c, and states_c)
Taken from:
http://xplanet.sourceforge.net/Extras/boundaries_c.gz
http://xplanet.sourceforge.net/Extras/coast_c.gz
http://xplanet.sourceforge.net/Extras/states_c.gz
These files are only used when GeoXPlanet.conf is set
with any of the following set to "True":
showNations, showCoast, and showStates

These files are, to the best of the author's knowledge,
GPL'd source. If you know that this is not the case, please
contact: rocket357 (at) users (dot) sourceforge (dot) net
so the files can be removed from distribution.

Looking for the GeoXPlanet.conf file:
/home/gaurish/file:/GeoXPlanet-0.4.2/src/GeoXPlanet.conf...
Found the config file!
Location of xplanet execut