Bug 76269

Summary:	Converting file to lss using ppmtolss16 doesn't work
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Forrest <forresttaylor2000>
Component:	syslinux	Assignee:	Matt Wilson <msw>
Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE	QA Contact:	Brock Organ <borgan>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	8.0
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Hardware:	i386
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	syslinux-2.03	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Description Forrest 2002-10-18 22:59:34 UTC

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Description of problem:
When trying to rebuild the Red Hat Linux discs, mk-images.i386 tries to run this
line:
pngtopnm $BOOTDISKDIR/syslinux-splash.png | ppmtolss16 \#000000=0 \#c4c7ce=7
\#c60000=2 \#ffffff=15 \#7790c2=9 > $BOOTDISKDIR/splash.lss

and it gives this error:

/usr/bin/ppmtolss16: Premature EOF at (301,225) of (640,300)

Trying pngtopnm syslinux-splash.png|ppmtolss16 > temp.lss16 gives the same
error, but this command works on Red Hat Linux 7.3.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
syslinux-1.75-3
anaconda*-8.0-4


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.  get syslinux-splash.png from disc 1
2.  pngtopnm syslinux-splash.png|ppmtolss16 > /tmp/temp.lss16

Actual Results:  /usr/bin/ppmtolss16: Premature EOF at (301,225) of (640,300)

Expected Results:  I should get a splash.lss file

Comment 1 Forrest 2002-10-21 21:50:54 UTC

I just tested:

pngtopnm syslinux-splash.png | LANG=C ppmtolss16 > /tmp/temp.lss16, and it
worked.  For some reason, perl has problems sometimes when not using LANG=C.  I
would still like to know if there is a better fix.

Comment 2 Steve Bonneville 2003-04-02 16:46:40 UTC

This is also true for /usr/bin/lss16toppm.  Verified with the boot floppy lss
file from 8.0.  I haven't looked closely at the scripts, but something in there
isn't UTF-8 safe.

  lss16toppm < splash.lss > /tmp/splash.ppm          (FAILS in an ugly way)
  LANG=C lss16toppm < splash.lss > /tmp/splash.ppm   (WORKS)

Setting LANG=C works as a workaround.  Tested with syslinux-1.75-3.

Comment 3 Forrest 2003-08-27 22:02:10 UTC

syslinux-2.03 fixed this problem