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  • jsulmJ Offline
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    jsulm
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    wrote on last edited by
    #14

    /home is not the full path to your application except it is called home and is located in the root directory.
    So, you can start the program in a shell with /home/princi?
    Did you try it?
    This is quite strange path: in /home you usually have a directory for each user and /home is not writable by normal user.

    https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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    • jsulmJ jsulm

      /home is not the full path to your application except it is called home and is located in the root directory.
      So, you can start the program in a shell with /home/princi?
      Did you try it?
      This is quite strange path: in /home you usually have a directory for each user and /home is not writable by normal user.

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      AlvaroS
      wrote on last edited by
      #15

      @jsulm sorry yes, it is in /home/user1/ but it does not run as well...

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      • mrjjM Offline
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        mrjj
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        #16

        @AlvaroS said:

        QString program = "princi";

        should be

        QString program = "/home/user1/princi";

        ?

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        • mrjjM mrjj

          @AlvaroS said:

          QString program = "princi";

          should be

          QString program = "/home/user1/princi";

          ?

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          AlvaroS
          wrote on last edited by
          #17

          @mrjj It works in the same way... :(

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          • AlvaroSA AlvaroS

            @mrjj It works in the same way... :(

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            jsulm
            Lifetime Qt Champion
            wrote on last edited by
            #18

            @AlvaroS So, if you enter /home/user1/princi in a terminal window and press enter it does not start? What happens? Any error message?

            https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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            • AlvaroSA AlvaroS

              @mrjj It works in the same way... :(

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              mrjj
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              wrote on last edited by
              #19

              @AlvaroS

              Ok, you must debug then
              try to use
              http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qprocess.html#error
              to see what it thinks.

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              • jsulmJ jsulm

                @AlvaroS So, if you enter /home/user1/princi in a terminal window and press enter it does not start? What happens? Any error message?

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                AlvaroS
                wrote on last edited by
                #20

                @jsulm In a terminal if I write

                ./princi 0 747.37 427.68 0 844.37 42.54 prueba_princi.bmp 0 0 +
                

                in /home/user1/ directory it runs good

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                • AlvaroSA AlvaroS

                  @jsulm In a terminal if I write

                  ./princi 0 747.37 427.68 0 844.37 42.54 prueba_princi.bmp 0 0 +
                  

                  in /home/user1/ directory it runs good

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                  jsulm
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                  wrote on last edited by jsulm
                  #21

                  @AlvaroS Then try what @mrjj suggested

                  https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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                  • mrjjM mrjj

                    @AlvaroS

                    Ok, you must debug then
                    try to use
                    http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qprocess.html#error
                    to see what it thinks.

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                    #22
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                    • AlvaroSA AlvaroS

                      @jsulm In a terminal if I write

                      ./princi 0 747.37 427.68 0 844.37 42.54 prueba_princi.bmp 0 0 +
                      

                      in /home/user1/ directory it runs good

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                      AlvaroS
                      wrote on last edited by AlvaroS
                      #23

                      @AlvaroS said:

                      @jsulm In a terminal if I write

                      ./princi 0 747.37 427.68 0 844.37 42.54 prueba_princi.bmp 0 0 +
                      

                      in /home/user1/ directory it runs good

                      @jsulm said:

                      @AlvaroS Then try what @mrjj suggested

                      okey, it gives me UnknowError.... http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qprocess.html#ProcessError-enum

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                        mrjj
                        Lifetime Qt Champion
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #24

                        @AlvaroS

                        well you can use
                        qDebug() "qproc: " << myProcess->error();

                        and check the code in
                        http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qprocess.html#ProcessError-enum

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                        • mrjjM mrjj

                          @AlvaroS

                          well you can use
                          qDebug() "qproc: " << myProcess->error();

                          and check the code in
                          http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qprocess.html#ProcessError-enum

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                          AlvaroS
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #25

                          @mrjj Yes thanks!! See my last post. Thanks again. It gives me Unknow error...

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                          • AlvaroSA AlvaroS

                            @mrjj Yes thanks!! See my last post. Thanks again. It gives me Unknow error...

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                            mrjj
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                            wrote on last edited by
                            #26

                            @AlvaroS

                            " This is the default return value of error()."

                            You do call it AFTER u call
                            myProcess->start(program,arguments); ?

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                            • mrjjM mrjj

                              @AlvaroS

                              " This is the default return value of error()."

                              You do call it AFTER u call
                              myProcess->start(program,arguments); ?

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                              AlvaroS
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #27

                              @mrjj Yes:

                                  myProcess->start(program, arguments);
                              
                                  QProcess::ProcessError error = myProcess->error();
                              
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                              • AlvaroSA AlvaroS

                                @mrjj Yes:

                                    myProcess->start(program, arguments);
                                
                                    QProcess::ProcessError error = myProcess->error();
                                
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                                mrjj
                                Lifetime Qt Champion
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #28

                                @AlvaroS
                                hmm really odd then
                                it should say FailedToStart

                                Just to be 100% clear.

                                princi is never run ?

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                                • mrjjM mrjj

                                  @AlvaroS
                                  hmm really odd then
                                  it should say FailedToStart

                                  Just to be 100% clear.

                                  princi is never run ?

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                                  AlvaroS
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #29

                                  @mrjj said:

                                  @AlvaroS
                                  hmm really odd then
                                  it should say FailedToStart

                                  Just to be 100% clear.

                                  princi is never run ?

                                  okey look.
                                  if I write:

                                      myProcess->start(program, arguments);
                                  
                                      myProcess->waitForFinished(3000);
                                  
                                      QProcess::ProcessError error = myProcess->error();
                                  
                                  

                                  Now error says:
                                  QProcess::Crashed The process crashed some time after starting successfully.

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                                    mrjj
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                                    wrote on last edited by mrjj
                                    #30

                                    so it sounds like your princi do run but it crashes?

                                    oh. sorry my bad. start is async so calling error right after was
                                    not correct.

                                    waitForFinished fixed that.

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                                    • mrjjM mrjj

                                      so it sounds like your princi do run but it crashes?

                                      oh. sorry my bad. start is async so calling error right after was
                                      not correct.

                                      waitForFinished fixed that.

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                                      AlvaroS
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #31

                                      @mrjj Yes... I think so...
                                      How should I pass the arguments?

                                      the arguments of princi are:

                                      0 wps.front().x() wps.front().y() 0 wps.back().x() wps.front().y() prueba_princi.bmp 0 0 +
                                      

                                      so my QStringList arguments is:

                                       QStringList arguments;
                                      arguments << "0" << QString::number(wps.front().x()) << QString::number(wps.front().y()) << "0" << QString::number(wps.back().x()) << QString::number(wps.back().y()) << "prueba_princi.bmp" << "0" << "0" << "+" ;
                                      
                                      
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                                      • mrjjM Offline
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                                        mrjj
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                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #32

                                        it seems fine
                                        You should look inside princi for how it
                                        reads it. it must be that part that is crashing ?

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                                        • mrjjM mrjj

                                          it seems fine
                                          You should look inside princi for how it
                                          reads it. it must be that part that is crashing ?

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                                          AlvaroS
                                          wrote on last edited by
                                          #33

                                          @mrjj yes, but it really rare that if I run from terminal princi runs good...

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