Error opening Hugin

David_LaCivita · March 10, 2016, 6:59pm

Spring is here so I was out shooting and tried to make a panorama. I got my shots home and tried to start Hugin but I get the following error and then it crashes. I’m running Ubuntu 15.10 and just added the PPA and update to latest Hugin version.

I have no idea what any of this means.

ASSERT INFO:
/usr/include/wx-3.0/wx/object.h(160): assert “wxDynamicCast(ptr, T)” failed in wxCheckCast(): wxStaticCast() used incorrectly

BACKTRACE:
[1] GLPreviewFrame::SetGuiLevel(GuiLevel)
[2] MainFrame::SetGuiLevel(GuiLevel)
[3] MainFrame::MainFrame(wxWindow*, HuginBase::Panorama&)
[4] huginApp::OnInit()
[5] wxEntry(int&, wchar_t**)
[6] main
[7] __libc_start_main
[8] _start

patdavid · March 10, 2016, 9:50pm

Did you follow this for installation?

http://wiki.panotools.org/Hugin_Compiling_Ubuntu#Shortcut

Stable

This will install the latest stable version of the tools:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:hugin/hugin-builds
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install hugin enblend panini

Unstable

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:hugin/hugin-builds
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:hugin/nightly
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install hugin enblend panini

Jonas_Wagner · March 11, 2016, 1:26am

Not much more than ‘I can’t turn something into something else’ really.
If I had to take a random guess it’s some sort of version mismatch.

David_LaCivita · March 11, 2016, 1:31am

@patdavid I did not but will do so now. Thanks.

David_LaCivita · March 11, 2016, 1:46am

Hmm…? I did add the stable ppa and I can install hugin and enblend but I get “Unable to locate package panini.”

UPDATE: I add the nightly ppa and it still can’t find panini.

patdavid · March 11, 2016, 2:12am

I wonder if @Morgan_Hardwood might have any insight?

I’ve got a 15.10 lying around. I’ll give it a try also a little later and see if I can replicate the problem.

patdavid · March 11, 2016, 3:40am

I just tried this on my Ubuntu Wily (15.10).

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:hugin/hugin-builds
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install hugin enblend enfuse hugin-data

This seems to work ok.
I can launch Hugin (though there’s a ton of gtk-CRITICAL assertions on a widget size).

These are the packages installed (and suggested) from the above apt-get install.

The following extra packages will be installed:
  freeglut3 hugin-tools libimage-exiftool-perl libpano13-3 libpano13-bin
  libvigraimpex5v5 libwxbase3.0-0v5 libwxgtk3.0-0v5
Suggested packages:
  python-wxgtk3.0
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  enblend enfuse freeglut3 hugin hugin-data hugin-tools
  libimage-exiftool-perl libpano13-3 libpano13-bin libvigraimpex5v5
  libwxbase3.0-0v5 libwxgtk3.0-0v5

I see that the last build for panini was for Quantal:

There are other builds you could possibly try, including nightlies and next builds.

Morgan_Hardwood · March 11, 2016, 10:15am

I compile my own Hugin from mercurial. Don’t bother with Panini, it’s dead.

David_LaCivita · March 11, 2016, 6:34pm

Everything was installed and on the latest version except the python package. I keep getting the same error. I removed the ppa and used Synaptic to remove everything related to “hugin” and started fresh. I ran: [quote=“patdavid, post:7, topic:1009”]
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:hugin/hugin-builds
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install hugin enblend enfuse hugin-data
[/quote]

I started hugin from the command line and got:

dave@dave-K55A:~$ hugin
01:31:31 PM: Debug: Failed to connect to session manager: SESSION_MANAGER environment variable not defined

(hugin:8809): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_widget_set_size_request: assertion ‘height >= -1’ failed

(hugin:8809): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **: gdk_pixbuf_new: assertion ‘width > 0’ failed

(hugin:8809): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_widget_set_size_request: assertion ‘height >= -1’ failed

(hugin:8809): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **: gdk_pixbuf_new: assertion ‘width > 0’ failed

(hugin:8809): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_widget_set_size_request: assertion ‘height >= -1’ failed

(hugin:8809): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_widget_set_size_request: assertion ‘height >= -1’ failed
/usr/share/hugin/data/plugins/shooting_pattern.py
CAT:initial distribution
NAM:6-1-1 Shooting Pattern
/usr/share/hugin/data/plugins/woa.py
CAT:Control Points
NAM:Warped Overlap Analysis
/usr/share/hugin/data/plugins/crop_cp.py
CAT:Control Points
NAM:Crop Control Points
/usr/share/hugin/data/plugins/top_five.py
CAT:Control Points
NAM:keep 5 CPs per image pair
/usr/include/wx-3.0/wx/object.h(160): assert “wxDynamicCast(ptr, T)” failed in wxCheckCast(): wxStaticCast() used incorrectly
Trace/breakpoint trap (core dumped)

I’m so confused…

patdavid · March 11, 2016, 6:37pm

This seems to indicate a problem with wxWidgets. Did you have something else using that? (the …/wx-3.0/ might be helpful?).

Morgan_Hardwood · March 11, 2016, 7:09pm

For what it’s worth, I’m using:
wxpython-2.8.12.1
wxwidgets 2.8.12.1 and 3.0.2.0

David_LaCivita · March 11, 2016, 8:38pm

I don’t know what wxWidgets is.

Morgan_Hardwood · March 11, 2016, 8:42pm

You don’t need to, just search your system for that package and see what version you have, and try upgrading or downgrading to my version.

David_LaCivita · March 11, 2016, 10:11pm

As best I can tell I’ve got the same versions as @Morgan_Hardwood but the normal package_name --version (or -version or -v) doesn’t work. I’ve added ppas and updates from all over the internet for wxwidgets and wxpython, specifically looking the correct versions. When I start from command line I still get the same errors.

And thanks for the help, if my questions lead you to believe I have no idea what I’m doing, you would be correct.

patdavid · March 11, 2016, 10:24pm

Well, part of the problem is that you shouldn’t have to know all this just to be able to use Hugin. I’m sure it’s something silly that we’ll figure out sooner or later…

paperdigits · August 26, 2016, 6:08pm

I’ve moved this post to our shiney new category and removed the other post that just linked to this post.

I’m not sure if regular users can change categories, but if you want a change in the future, just ping me, I’ll take care of it.

David_LaCivita · August 29, 2016, 9:12pm

I finally figured this out and I feel not so smart. Some how I checked a box about fast preview screens… If I control-click when I open Hugin I have the option to fix the problem. At least now I can play along with everyone now!

paperdigits · August 29, 2016, 9:25pm

Success!

patdavid · August 30, 2016, 2:04pm

Oh man, this bugged me for a while also… Glad you got it sorted!

Adm_Odnar · April 12, 2017, 2:08pm

Me also! I had no idea that the Ctrl-click on start was even an option and had been very frustrated with trying ppa, re-install, and etc, but kept getting that same message.
THANK YOU!!