[Xastir] New user...

[Jerry Chamberlin]

Mine used to run fine, last few weeks it gets 
Cannot allocate Memory and dies


On Sat, 25 Jan 2003, Mark Dieterich wrote:

> Curt,
> 
> Good news, I think...  I recompiled the latest cvs version on my home 
> machine and it stayed up all night.  It was running with transmit 
> enabled for both internet and RF.  I did have one lock up problem last 
> night, but I think it was a serial port issue.  Xastir would start up, 
> but whenever I enabled the ttyS0 port, it would just hang in a read 
> loop.  I reset the TNC and this didn't change the result.  I eventually 
> ended up rebooting the machine and it's been working ever since.  I'm 
> not sure how I got it into the lock up situation, but I'll keep tinkering.
> 
> > Could it be an RF lockup problem?  RF getting back into the TNC or
> > the computer?  You might try the same test, but put the radio in
> > extreme low-power mode and enable transmit.
> 
> I don't think it's an RF issue, I'm only about 3 miles from a WIDE node, so
> I always run on low power.   I had been running WinAPRS for about a year 
> in this configuration before I got a high speed internet connection at 
> home.  I never experienced a lock TNC lockup problem.
> 
> I almost have the machine fully configured again after nuking windows 
> two nights ago, not bad ;)  I'll have to post some pictures once I'm 
> done.  It's actually running on a tabletPC and my goal is to only have 
> pen input!  I've got to start configuring the handwriting recognition 
> software this weekend, but this should be the last big hurdle.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
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