[ptx] autopano-sift v2.4/linux 64b failures

[Michael Galloway]

good day, i seem to have no sucess running autopano-sift 2.4 on my 64bit systems.

here is a typical session with autopanog.exe run under mono:

mgx at lance:~> mono /usr/local/bin/autopanog.exe

===============================================================================
The use of this software is restricted by certain conditions.
See the "LICENSE" file distributed with the program for details.

The University of British Columbia has applied for a patent on the SIFT
algorithm in the United States.  Commercial applications of this software may
require a license from the University of British Columbia.
===============================================================================

Building octave, (463, 700)
Building octave, (231, 350)
Building octave, (115, 175)
Building octave, (57, 87)
  FindPeaks: scale 1.28, testing 3 levels
peak-search at level 1
peak-search at level 2
peak-search at level 3
Octave 0 has 908 raw peaks
  filtered: 553 remaining from 908, thats % 60.90
generating keypoints from peaks

Unhandled Exception: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
in <0x00645> DScaleSpace:GenerateKeypointSingle (double,ScalePoint,int,double,int,double)
in <0x00125> DScaleSpace:GenerateKeypoints (System.Collections.ArrayList,int,double)
in <0x0061d> LoweFeatureDetector:DetectFeaturesDownscaled (ImageMap,int,double)
in <0x00228> Autopanog:GenerateKeypointForImage (Gtk.TreeModel,Gtk.TreePath,Gtk.TreeIter)
in <0x000b5> (wrapper delegate-invoke) System.MulticastDelegate:invoke_bool_TreeModel_TreePath_TreeIter (Gtk.TreeModel,Gtk.TreePath,Gtk.TreeIter)
in <0x00167> GtkSharp.TreeModelForeachFuncWrapper:NativeCallback (intptr,intptr,Gtk.TreeIter&,intptr)
in <0x00058> (wrapper native-to-managed) GtkSharp.TreeModelForeachFuncWrapper:NativeCallback (intptr,intptr,Gtk.TreeIter&,intptr)
in (unmanaged) 0x2aaaabf3b6ae
in <0x0000f> (wrapper managed-to-native) Gtk.TreeStore:gtk_tree_model_foreach (intptr,GtkSharp.TreeModelForeachFuncNative,intptr)
in <0x0007e> Gtk.TreeStore:Foreach (Gtk.TreeModelForeachFunc)
in <0x004ff> Autopanog:OnComputeClicked (object,System.EventArgs)
in <0x0006c> (wrapper delegate-invoke) System.MulticastDelegate:invoke_void_object_EventArgs (object,System.EventArgs)
in <0x00110> GtkSharp.voidObjectSignal:voidObjectCallback (intptr,int)
in <0x0003f> (wrapper native-to-managed) GtkSharp.voidObjectSignal:voidObjectCallback (intptr,int)
in (unmanaged) 0x2aaaacab3321
in <0x0000f> (wrapper managed-to-native) Gtk.Application:gtk_main ()
in <0x00010> Gtk.Application:Run ()
in <0x0042c> Autopanog:Main (string[])

and the commandline session:

mgx at lance:~/pano> /usr/local/bin/autopano-complete.sh -o test.pto stev1.jpg stev2.jpg stev3.jpg
\Remaining arguments (3):
--> `stev1.jpg'
--> `stev2.jpg'
--> `stev3.jpg'
SIFT Keypoint Generation

Scaled picture, starting with scale 0.8929

===============================================================================
The use of this software is restricted by certain conditions.
See the "LICENSE" file distributed with the program for details.

The University of British Columbia has applied for a patent on the SIFT
algorithm in the United States.  Commercial applications of this software may
require a license from the University of British Columbia.
===============================================================================

Building octave, (528, 800)
Building octave, (264, 400)
Building octave, (132, 200)
Building octave, (66, 100)
Building octave, (33, 50)
  FindPeaks: scale 1.12, testing 3 levels
peak-search at level 1
peak-search at level 2
peak-search at level 3
Octave 0 has 1219 raw peaks
  filtered: 749 remaining from 1219, thats % 61.44
generating keypoints from peaks

Unhandled Exception: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
in <0x0064a> DScaleSpace:GenerateKeypointSingle (double,ScalePoint,int,double,int,double)
in <0x0012b> DScaleSpace:GenerateKeypoints (System.Collections.ArrayList,int,double)
in <0x0061d> LoweFeatureDetector:DetectFeaturesDownscaled (ImageMap,int,double)
in <0x00339> GenerateKeys:Main (string[])

mgx at lance:~/pano>



mgx at lance:~>
mgx at lance:~> uname -a
Linux lance 2.6.11.4-21.9-smp #1 SMP Fri Aug 19 11:58:59 UTC 2005 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

mgx at lance:~> rpm -qa | grep mono
dbus-1-mono-0.23.4-7
mono-data-1.1.4-15
mono-extras-1.1.4-15
mono-core-1.1.4-15
mono-winforms-1.1.4-15
mono-web-1.1.4-15
mono-devel-1.1.4-15
mono-data-sqlite-1.1.4-15
mono-basic-1.1.4-15
mgx at lance:~>

is there any workaround for this error?

-- michael