Bug report #4076

Hanging on trying to use --snapshot option from command line

Added by Maxim Dubinin over 13 years ago. Updated almost 9 years ago.

Status:Closed
Priority:High
Assignee:-
Category:Project Loading/Saving
Affected QGIS version:master Regression?:No
Operating System:Windows Easy fix?:No
Pull Request or Patch supplied:No Resolution:fixed/implemented
Crashes QGIS or corrupts data:Yes Copied to github as #:14059

Description

Trying to use --snapshot option to export raster with 1000x1000 dimensions (no extent) set from command line according to the description from http://underdark.wordpress.com/2010/11/30/creating-high-resolution-images-using-qgis/

QGIS opens up the project but hangs indefinitely without producing anything.

Win7, QGIS trunk 4c2e54c (OSGeo4W)

screen_print.png - Manually saved image of the map (50.7 KB) Sake Wagenaar, 2012-07-22 01:14 AM

QGIS19_Test_snapshots.zip - Test project with batch file (73.6 KB) Sake Wagenaar, 2013-07-19 03:39 AM

Related issues

Duplicated by QGIS Application - Bug report #8256: QGis from command line Closed 2013-07-10

History

#1 Updated by Giovanni Manghi almost 13 years ago

  • Target version set to Version 1.7.4

#2 Updated by Paolo Cavallini over 12 years ago

  • Target version changed from Version 1.7.4 to Version 1.8.0
  • Affected QGIS version set to master
  • Crashes QGIS or corrupts data set to No

#3 Updated by Sake Wagenaar over 12 years ago

I have the same problem when I try to generate snapshots of a series of vector maps from a batch file (and also with a single snapshot from the command line). Several instances of QGIS are started. No images are saved and QGIS doesn't respond. The problem only occurs if I use the labeling function from the Layer menu. Not if I use the old labeling function from the Labels tab (Layer properties dialog).

I'm using QGIS 1.8.0, installed with the OSGeo4W installer (Windows 7).

#4 Updated by Giovanni Manghi over 12 years ago

  • Status changed from Open to Feedback
  • Pull Request or Patch supplied set to No

Maxim, can you confirm if in your case it is a matter of having labels enabled or not?

#5 Updated by Sake Wagenaar over 12 years ago

Today, I tried to generate snapshots on two different computers, both with Windows XP and QGIS 1.8.0 installed. On both systems this operation failed. Even for a simple vector map without labels no snapshot was made and QGIS didn't respond.

#6 Updated by Paolo Cavallini about 12 years ago

  • Target version changed from Version 1.8.0 to Version 2.0.0

#7 Updated by Amit Kulkarni over 11 years ago

This seems to work on master... If I leave off extents + height/width qgis creates a default 800 x 600 png image.

#8 Updated by Jason Paul Joines over 11 years ago

I'm using Quantum GIS 1.8.0-Lisboa (package 1.8.0-1~precise3) on Kubuntu 12.04.2. I've just started working through the User Guide and am at the --snapshot explanation.

I had a session up and running with the landcover.img and lakes.gml files loaded from sample data, then tried "qgis --snapshot snapshot000.png" from a separate terminal window which fired up a new QGIS session and made a PNG of an empty white background.

Then I saved my project, closed QGIS and tried "qgis --project userguide.qgs --snapshot snapshot001.png". That resulted in less than a second of my project being displayed followed by a white background session and the mouse pointer spinning around in waiting mode. After several minutes, I killed the session and tried again. It hangs each time.

Then I opened my project interactively again and used the File --> Save as Image... to create the snapshot which worked just fine.

I thought displaying Tool Tips at startup might be causing the problems so I disabled that but no luck. Then I disabled showing the logo with "qgis --nologo --project userguide.qgs --snapshot snapshot001.png" but the session still hangs each time without creating a snapshot until I kill it.

#9 Updated by Giovanni Manghi over 11 years ago

  • Resolution set to worksforme
  • Status changed from Feedback to Closed

seems to work on master. Reopen if necessary.

#10 Updated by Sake Wagenaar over 11 years ago

I tested the snapshot function with QGIS 1.9.0-Master (ddef9a9) on two systems (Windows 7 and Windows 8). The test failed on both systems. After the map is shown, the program does not react anymore and no snapshot is made. I used this command:

C:\\OSGeo4W\\bin\\qgis-dev.bat --project test.qgs --snapshot test.png

I uploaded a ZIP-file with a test project.

#11 Updated by Giovanni Manghi over 11 years ago

  • Resolution deleted (worksforme)
  • OS version deleted (7)

I confirm that does not work on Windows, but is ok on Linux.

#12 Updated by Giovanni Manghi over 11 years ago

  • Crashes QGIS or corrupts data changed from No to Yes
  • Priority changed from Normal to High

#13 Updated by Sake Wagenaar over 11 years ago

The snapshot function no longer works on openSUSE Linux (QGIS 1.8)!

#14 Updated by Giovanni Manghi over 11 years ago

Sake Wagenaar wrote:

The snapshot function no longer works on openSUSE Linux (QGIS 1.8)!

you must test qgis master anyway.

#15 Updated by Daniel Vaz over 11 years ago

Probably it is specific for windows. I test on Linux (Ubuntu 13.04) using master and it works.

#16 Updated by Paolo Cavallini almost 11 years ago

  • Target version changed from Version 2.0.0 to Future Release - High Priority

#17 Updated by Médéric RIBREUX almost 9 years ago

  • Status changed from Reopened to Feedback

Hello, bug triage...

I can't reproduce it on Debian Stretch with QGIS 2.13 master. I will try it on MS Windows tomorrow...

#18 Updated by Giovanni Manghi almost 9 years ago

  • Resolution set to fixed/implemented
  • Status changed from Feedback to Closed

it works also on Windows.

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