[Xastir] First Time CVS source

[Curt Mills, WE7U]

On Thu, 10 Jul 2003, Stephen West-Fisher wrote:

> > Yea, it could be a problem if someone has incorrect GPS settings or
> > a broken HSP cable.  They could get stuck waiting for GPS data
> > forever, ignoring the TNC receive data.  In that case they'd still
> > be transmitting to the TNC.  I think this scenario will happen very
> > infrequently.
>
> How can I be sure about this? I was assuming that if Xastir knew where I
> was well enough to transmit my (moving) position, it should be happy
> with the GPS connection. If you'll tell me where in the code (like, what
> source file) it is waiting for GPS data I can take a look at it. And
> remember, it worked properly with 1.0.0.

I did some minor tweaks to the code that might help.  Had to do with
keeping SUID priviledges while doing the IOCTL commands to
raise/lower DTR.

The place to look is wherever port_dtr() or dtr_all_set() are used.
Currently those are in gps.c, interface.c, and main.c.a

I assume you're using the "chmod 4555 /usr/local/bin/xastir" command
after typing "make install"?

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