[Gvsig_english] gvSIG and Windows 7

[Benjamin Ducke]

Dear all,

I just installed and (superficially) tested gvSIG 1.9
on Windows 7. It runs in a JRE 1.6u17, but as remarked
before, the raster data handling is dysfunctional.
Any attempt to load a raster layer (I tried TIFF and
ECW) kills gvSIG immediately after adding the layer
to the file selection list of the "Add layer" dialog.

I also had to disable all the 3D desktop effects stuff, 
otherwise I would get complete display corruption
in all Java Windows.

My guess is, the problem is not any Java code but
the few pieces of native C code that reside in
wrapped C interfaces such as GDAL and are called via
JNI. So updating those C libraries and relinking them
under Windows 7 could solve the problem.

I could not find any notes on GDAL and Windows 7, 
but it seems there were some problems with Vista 
and GDAL 1.6.0:

http://www.mail-archive.com/gdal-dev@lists.osgeo.org/msg01533.html

Currently, gvSIG 1.9 uses GDAL 1.5, so this is where I
would look first. However, this is just a guess. Maybe
GDAL is not even the real culprit here!

Ben

silvio grosso wrote:
> Hello Da Kn,
> 
> At present, gvSIG 1.9 doesn't support totally Windows 7.
> This is a pity because, in my opinion, Windows 7 is much better than 
> Windows Vista (well, it is easy to surpass Vista....).
> 
> If you wish to buy a new computer with Windows 7 I suggest you to go for 
> one which sports the two most expensive versions.
> In short, the "Professional" or the "Ultimate" versions (see this link: 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7_editions#Comparison_chart).
> With these two versions  you can download for "free" from Microsoft a 
> version of Windows xp and run it through Virtual Pc.
> I know it is a bit complicated but, for the time being, it is the only 
> option to run gvSIG, on Windows 7, with all its functionalities working.
> 
> As suggested by other users you can also run gvSIG on Linux (e.g. with 
> Ubuntu).
> To do so, with all versions of Windows 7, you can download for free 
> VirtualBox (http://www.virtualbox.org/) and run Linux and its version of 
> gvSIG on it.
> Needless to say, another completely different option, is to "dual boot" 
> your computer (with Linux and Windows 7 or Windows xp and Windows 7).
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Silvio
> 
> 
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