dctimestep SEGFAULTS for sky vectors where all lines consist of zeros

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Hi Tim,

Yes, very unexpected. I don't know why dctimestep would care if the sky vector were all zeroes. Can you send me a private message with the input files that caused dctimestep to fault?

Thanks,
-Greg

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From: Tim Perry <tim.v2.0@gmail.com>
Date: February 20, 2012 5:12:39 PM PST

I get a SEGFAULT from dctimestep if the sky vector is all zeros.

If I run dctimestep during the night it SEGFAULTs:

~/radiance/3phase$ gensky 9 21 04:00 +s -a 37.71 -o 122.21 -m 120 | genskyvec > sky.dat

~/radiance/3phase$ dctimestep /dev/shm/comp/back_glazing_mat_%03d.hdr ~/1122/dynamicRadianceTemplate/scripts/70_NoBlinds.xml win1.dmx sky.dat > pic.hdr

Segmentation fault

~/radiance/3phase$ cat sky.dat | sort | uniq

0 0 0

perry@chinstrap:~/radiance/3phase$

At a more normal time of day dctimestep works properly.

~/radiance/3phase$ gensky 9 21 08:00 +s -a 37.71 -o 122.21 -m 120 | genskyvec > sky.dat

~/radiance/3phase$ dctimestep /dev/shm/comp/back_glazing_mat_%03d.hdr ~/1122/dynamicRadianceTemplate/scripts/70_NoBlinds.xml win1.dmx sky.dat > pic.hdr

I was trying to generate a sequence of images to animate. I can substitute black frames, but I thought maybe dctimestep could be extended to handle this condition as well.

Tim

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Fixed with Tim's help.

-Greg

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From: Tim Perry <tim.v2.0@gmail.com>
Date: February 20, 2012 5:12:39 PM PST

I get a SEGFAULT from dctimestep if the sky vector is all zeros.

If I run dctimestep during the night it SEGFAULTs:

~/radiance/3phase$ gensky 9 21 04:00 +s -a 37.71 -o 122.21 -m 120 | genskyvec > sky.dat

~/radiance/3phase$ dctimestep /dev/shm/comp/back_glazing_mat_%03d.hdr ~/1122/dynamicRadianceTemplate/scripts/70_NoBlinds.xml win1.dmx sky.dat > pic.hdr

Segmentation fault

~/radiance/3phase$ cat sky.dat | sort | uniq

0 0 0

perry@chinstrap:~/radiance/3phase$

At a more normal time of day dctimestep works properly.

~/radiance/3phase$ gensky 9 21 08:00 +s -a 37.71 -o 122.21 -m 120 | genskyvec > sky.dat

~/radiance/3phase$ dctimestep /dev/shm/comp/back_glazing_mat_%03d.hdr ~/1122/dynamicRadianceTemplate/scripts/70_NoBlinds.xml win1.dmx sky.dat > pic.hdr

I was trying to generate a sequence of images to animate. I can substitute black frames, but I thought maybe dctimestep could be extended to handle this condition as well.

Tim