Hi all,
New versions of the BackgroundModelization (DBE), MaskGeneration (StarMask) and Morphology modules are now available for all supported platforms. The new versions fix some critical bugs that have been detected after the release of PixInsight 1.6.1. We encourage all our users to update their installations as soon as possible.
1. Fixed BugsStarMask and MorphologicalTransformation. Fixed a race condition that led to a crash of the whole PixInsight platform. This bug was particularly problematic for the StarMask tool on Mac OS X, although it was present on all platforms. See the
original bug report.
DynamicBackgroundExtraction. Fixed DBE samples were not preserved when an existing DBE instance (e.g. a process icon) was launched. Fixed samples were incorrectly recalculated. Now fixed samples are
never recalculated and hence remain constant, as they are supposed to be.
2. Installation FilesBackgroundModelization ModuleMaskGeneration ModuleMorphology Module3. Installation InstructionsAll platforms. If you have one or more instances of the PixInsight Core application running, terminate all of them.
FreeBSD and Linux. Download the tarball (for example, with wget) for your machine architecture, uncompress it and copy the resulting -pxm.so file to your bin installation directory. For example, assuming you've installed PixInsight on a 'PixInsight' directory under your home directory:
cd ~
mkdir tmp
cd tmp
wget http://pixinsight.com/download/modules/20100908/MaskGeneration-lin-x86_64.20100908.tar.gz
tar -xzf MaskGeneration-lin-x86_64.20100908.tar.gz
cp -f MaskGeneration-pxm.so ~/PixInsight/binWindows. Download the compressed file (a standard zip file) for your architecture (x86 or x86_64), uncompress it, and copy the resulting -pxm.dll file to your bin installation folder. If you haven't changed it during installation, your bin installation folder is C:\PCL\bin (c:\PCL64\bin for 64-bit versions). Replace the old ImageCalibration-pxm.dll file.
Mac OS X. Download and uncompress the zip file for your architecture (x86 or x86_64). This will create an 'ImageCalibration-pxm.dylib' file. Locate the PixInsight.app application bundle with Finder. Normally, you should have it on your standard /Applications folder, although PixInsight.app can be executed from an arbitrary location. Right-click on PixInsight.app and select 'Show Package Contents'. Now open the Contents/MacOS folder and copy the new 'ImageCalibration-pxm.dylib' file there, replacing the existing file.
More bug fixes to come soon —stay tuned!
