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hugin fails to call command: autopano-sift

Bug #301352 reported by mike
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: hugin

Using the align option in the assistant results in the following

command: autopano-sift --maxmatches 20 /tmp/ap_resI66OG9 "/home/mike/Pictures/2008/11/01/sta_0544.jpg" "/home/mike/Pictures/2008/11/01/stb_0545.jpg" "/home/mike/Pictures/2008/11/01/stc_0546.jpg"
failed with error code: 255

I notice that although hugin installed a package called autopano-sift the only executable of similar name is just autopano, does hugin need to call this rather than autopano-sift ?

Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10

hugin:
  Installed: 0.7.0~svn3191+beta5-1ubuntu1
  Candidate: 0.7.0~svn3191+beta5-1ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 0.7.0~svn3191+beta5-1ubuntu1 0

autopano-sift:
  Installed: 2.4-0ubuntu8
  Candidate: 2.4-0ubuntu8
  Version table:
 *** 2.4-0ubuntu8 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Fix applied in Jaunty:
I wrote a patch to use the right autopano executable name by default (patch 52_ubuntu_autopano-sift). This is because the Mono application autopano-sift does not exists in Debian.

Patch to apply:
See debdiff

TEST CASE:
- Install Hugin with apt-get install hugin
- run it from menu, and choose the 2 picture I put in this bug report (Load images)
- Click on the Align button
- it fails with "command: autopano-sift --maxmatches 20 /tmp/ap_resBMu46W "/home/fabrice/temp/miniDSC00101.JPG" "/home/fabrice/temp/miniDSC00102.JPG" failed with error code: 255"

When fixed, it should autodetect matching points automatically, and show the resulting panorama.

When uninstalling Hugin, don't forget to delete .hugin directory in your home

Risk of regression:
- As this affect default parameters, it won't affect existing users that already fixed the bad default executable command (that's why you have to delete .hugin directory to reproduce the problem)
- In case of wrong new default parameters, it will still be possible to update the parameters manually.
- hugin has no rdepend

See original description
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Fabrice Coutadeur (fabricesp) wrote :

The correct command for autopano-sift is:
executable: autopano-complete
Parameters: --points %p -o %o %i

This will be the value by default in next release.

Also, you can install the version that I have in my ppa in the meanwhile (http://ppa.launchpad.net/fabricesp/ubuntu)

Changed in hugin:
status: New → Fix Released
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Mathieu Leplatre (mathieu.leplatre) wrote :

Thanks !
I changed those values in the preferences, and it works !

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ale3andro (ale3andro) wrote :

That works for me too!
Thanks

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Sylvain (joss82) wrote :

Very good workaround, but the fix is still not in latest Ubuntu 8.10. Is that normal ?

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Fabrice Coutadeur (fabricesp) wrote :

Hi,

Yes, it's normal: the fix has been applied in development version (Jaunty), and also in my PPA, as it came too late for Intrepid.

Anyway, the fix only apply the first time you run Hugin, or if you delete $HOME/.hugin, so it could be possible that you have the right version, but as you have a old config file, it's not updated.

Cheers,
Fabrice

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LimCore (limcore) wrote :

Since this is an Epic Fail (the program affected is not usable), any chance of porting a fix into 8.10 ?

Fabrice Coutadeur (fabricesp)
Changed in hugin:
status: Fix Released → New
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Fabrice Coutadeur (fabricesp) wrote :
description: updated
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Fabrice Coutadeur (fabricesp) wrote :
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Fabrice Coutadeur (fabricesp) wrote :
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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

Apparently fixed in Jaunty.

Changed in hugin:
status: New → Fix Released
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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

Intrepid upload sponsored.

Changed in hugin:
assignee: nobody → fabricesp
status: New → In Progress
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LimCore (limcore) wrote :

Thanks

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Boyan Penkov (boyan-penkov) wrote : Re: [Bug 301352] Re: hugin fails to call command: autopano-sift

Sweet -- thanks all!

On Feb 26, 2009, at 7:34 AM, LimCore wrote:

> Thanks
>
> --
> hugin fails to call command: autopano-sift
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/301352
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> of a duplicate bug.

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

Accepted into intrepid-proposed; please test and give feedback here. Please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

Changed in hugin:
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

Any testers of the -proposed update?

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LimCore (limcore) wrote :

Martin: I will do it on weekend.

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LimCore (limcore) wrote :

It seems to work for me in 8.10. Should I test something more?

Martin Pitt (pitti)
tags: added: verification-done
removed: verification-needed
Artur Rona (ari-tczew)
tags: added: patch
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Paolo Benvenuto (donpaolo) wrote :

still present in karmic beta.

Resolvable:

http://www.ubuntu-news.net/2009/02/17/correcting-the-autopano-sift-hugin-error-in-810/

Paolo Benvenuto (donpaolo)
Changed in hugin (Ubuntu Intrepid):
status: Fix Committed → New
status: New → Fix Committed
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Fabrice Coutadeur (fabricesp) wrote :

Paolo,

Can you please provide more information? This bug has been fixed in Jaunty, and I'm not able to reproduce it with karmic.

Thanks,
Fabrice

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Alex Valavanis (valavanisalex) wrote :

Intrepid Ibex reached end-of-life on 30 April 2010 so I am closing the
report. The bug has been fixed in newer releases of Ubuntu.

Changed in hugin (Ubuntu Intrepid):
assignee: Fabrice Coutadeur (fabricesp) → nobody
status: Fix Committed → Invalid
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