no timeline in keogram

[marco050969]

in test version v2024.12.06_04 no timeline in keogram

[EricClaeys]

@marco050969,
What are your Keogram settings for font, size, color, etc. in the WebUI?

[marco050969]

That’s all the same like the previous version of allsky, i have updates from old version to test the new.

[EricClaeys]

@marco050969,
Thanks. Those are all the defaults so I'm not sure why the timeline isn't there.
Please run generateForDay.sh --keogram --debug 20250607 and let me know what it says. And of course whether or not it worked (it shouldn't).

Has it worked at all since upgrading to _04?

Eric

[marco050969]

pi5@Garten:~ $ generateForDay.sh --keogram --debug 20250608
===== Generating Keogram
generateForDay.sh: Executing: '/home/pi5/allsky/bin/keogram' -d '/home/pi5/allsky/images/20250608' -e jpg -o '/home/pi5/allsky/images/20250608/keogram/keogram-20250608.jpg' --image-expand --font-name simplex --font-color '#fff' --font-size 2 --font-type 3
Done

Has it worked at all since upgrading to _04? Yes !!!!!

[EricClaeys]

Interesting. 20250608 works with _04. What day didn't work? Try it instead of 20250608. It's possible there a bad image in the day that didn't work that kept the timeline from being added.

I also noticed that the timeline is blue, but the color you specified is #fff which should be white. Try changing the color to #ffffff (six 'f's).

[EricClaeys]

If you still have the prior release of Allsky in allsky-OLD, try the following:

cd
sudo systemctl stop allsky
mv allsky allsky-saved
mv allsky-OLD allsky
generateForDay.sh --keogram --debug 20250607   # keep track of what it says
# see if the keogram shows the timeline
mv allsky allsky-OLD 
mv allsky-saved allsky
sudo systemctl start allsky

[marco050969]

pi5@Garten:~ $ cd
pi5@Garten:~ $
pi5@Garten:~ $ sudo systemctl stop allsky
pi5@Garten:~ $ mv allsky allsky-saved
pi5@Garten:~ $ mv allsky-OLD allsky
pi5@Garten:~ $ generateForDay.sh --keogram --debug 20250607
*** generateForDay.sh ERROR: '/home/pi5/allsky/images/20250607' does not exist!

[EricClaeys]

My bad. The images are in ~/allsky-saved but the generateForDay.sh command is looking in ~/allsky. Try

generateForDay.sh --keogram --debug ~/allsky-saved/images/20250607

but use the day that failed in _04 but (I assume) worked in the prior release.

[marco050969]

works...
pi5@Garten:~ $ generateForDay.sh --keogram --debug ~/allsky-saved/images/20250607
===== Generating Keogram
generateForDay.sh: Executing: '/home/pi5/allsky/bin/keogram' -d '/home/pi5/allsky-saved/images/20250607' -e jpg -o '/home/pi5/allsky-saved/images/20250607/keogram/keogram-20250607.jpg' --image-expand --font-name simplex --font-color '#fff' --font-size 2 --font-type 3
Done

================
If you want to upload the file(s) you just created,
execute 'generateForDay.sh --upload --keogram 20250607'

[EricClaeys]

How many times did the timeline NOT appear after upgrading to v2024.12.06_04 ?
Which day(s) did it fail and can you recreate the failure(s)?

[marco050969]

I have update 07.06.2025. After this the timeline not works. When I create the keogram manually it works…🤷🏼‍♂️ I wait tonight and send you data tomorrow.

[EricClaeys]

Can you attach /var/log/allsky.log ?

[marco050969]

last night it not works automaticly, when i start manually with pi5@Garten:~ $ generateForDay.sh --keogram 20250609
===== Generating Keogram
Done
the timeline shows.

allsky.log

[EricClaeys]

I didn't see errors in the logfile for keograms, but a quick check on my Pi showed a keogram without the timeline so it's not just your Pi.
Please run:

cd ~/allsky
./support.sh

Then upload the support log it creates.
Thanks

[marco050969]

done..

support-4643-20250610144519.log

[EricClaeys]

Note to self: check on these:

*** capture_RPi: WARNING, WBR and WBB not on line: 'ColourGains'
/home/pi5/allsky/bin/startrails: invalid option -- 'n'

[EricClaeys]

@marco050969,
Unrelated to the problem you reported, but the Keogram Font Color must be 6 characters long, so use #ffffff instead of #fff for white.

[marco050969]

@marco050969,Es hat nichts mit dem Problem zu tun, das Sie gemeldet haben, aber die Schriftfarbe von Keogram muss 6 Zeichen lang sein, also verwenden Sie#ffffff anstelle von #fff für weiß.

I have do that 👍🏼

[EricClaeys]

@marco050969,
Thanks to your support log, I figured out what is causing the "no timeline" problem with keograms when run at the end of the night.

I changed something in _04 that I thought improved things, but instead it's passing a -n option to the startrails program (which displays the "invalid option" message) and to the keogram program, which tells it to display "no timeline".

I will have a fix sometime in the next couple days - I am on holiday in Europe so don't have a lot of time to fix things right now.

[marco050969]

No problem 😉 Holliday must go on…nice days in Europe 👍🏼

[EricClaeys]

@marco050969,
I just fixed this in v2024.12.06_04 which we'll probably release in a day or three. Feel free to install it now or wait, whichever you prefer.
And thanks again for helping fix this.
Eric