Graph not updating on startup

[Barth Netterfield]

I just tried the following test:
in one terminal:

while 1;
do date +%s >> tmp.dat && sleep 1
done

In another terminal

kst2 tmp.dat -y 1

The resulting plot updates every second, as expected.  Can you try this
test?


On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 6:46 PM, Barth Netterfield <
netterfield at astro.utoronto.ca> wrote:

> Hmmm... these are ascii files?
>
> It sounds like the update type isn't getting set right.
>
> If you open one of the vectors in the vector edit dialog, what does it say
> the update type is?
>
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 6:35 PM, Trevor Young <tnyoung at hawaii.edu> wrote:
>
>> Actually I must have originally gotten the package from the opensuse
>> binaries page.  I installed a package from the ubuntu vivid ppa but still
>> have the same problem. Perhaps it is debian related.  Nobody else has ever
>> experienced this?
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 10:54 AM, Trevor Young <tnyoung at hawaii.edu>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> You're right, I thought I had grabbed 2.0.8 from the ubuntu ppa but I
>>> had only gotten 2.0.3 from the debian repo. I have several debian systems
>>> where I am happy to pull from the ubuntu ppa but I have another system
>>> where a kst binary isn't available at all so I'd like to learn to compile
>>> and it uses qt5 instead of qt4.  How do I effect the cmake switch mentioned
>>> on the kst source page?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Trevor
>>>
>>> On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 3:06 AM, C Barth Netterfield <
>>> netterfield at astro.utoronto.ca> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi, Trevor,
>>>>
>>>> Unfortunately, the version of kst in debian is extremely old, and full
>>>> of
>>>> known bugs, and there is no maintainer for that debian package :-(
>>>>
>>>> We do have an ubuntu ppa we keep up to date (but you would have to
>>>> switch to a
>>>> recent ubuntu)
>>>>
>>>> Or you can build from source.  Let me know if you would like some help
>>>> with
>>>> that.
>>>>
>>>> cbn
>>>>
>>>> On Wednesday, March 22, 2017 8:38:04 PM EDT Trevor Young wrote:
>>>> > I have a script logging data to file and use kde to graph it but I
>>>> often
>>>> > encounter an issue with the graph not updating itself on startup.
>>>> Kst will
>>>> > load an initial set of data, and then a second or so later, do a
>>>> single
>>>> > second update.  The graph won't start live updating until I go into
>>>> the
>>>> > data manager and double click on any of the entries there, then it
>>>> starts
>>>> > to auto update. I don't need to make any changes, just have to double
>>>> click
>>>> > on something and bring up the dialog box. Has anyone else encountered
>>>> this
>>>> > or have an idea why this may be happening?
>>>> >
>>>> > I'm running an up to date copy of debian stable.
>>>> >
>>>> > Thanks.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Trevor Young
>>> Senior Marine Technician
>>> Ocean Technology Group
>>> University of Hawaii Marine Center
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Trevor Young
>> Senior Marine Technician
>> Ocean Technology Group
>> University of Hawaii Marine Center
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> C. Barth Netterfield
> University of Toronto
> 416-845-0946 <(416)%20845-0946>
>
>


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C. Barth Netterfield
University of Toronto
416-845-0946
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