[Xastir] serial port error with serial GPS

[Jerry Chamberlin]

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On Sun, 29 Feb 2004, Brian D Heaton wrote:

> How about how many remember Kermit?
> 
> 			THX/BDH
> 
> 
> On Sun, 2004-02-29 at 17:06, Gerry Creager N5JXS wrote:
> > This is a test.  How many on this list remember what 'uucp' means/meant?
> > 
> > gerry n5jxs
> > 
> > Curt, WE7U wrote:
> > > On Thu, 26 Feb 2004, Amanda K. Martino wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > >>I have Xastir compiled with ImageMagick support on a P3 machine running
> > >>Linux Red Hat 9. I've tried using both serial TNC and serial GPS with
> > >>Xastir. Serial TNC works just fine. Serial GPS, however, gives me an
> > >>"Error opening Interface 0. Hard fail" when I try to start the interface.
> > >>I did run the chmod 4555 /usr/local/bin/xastir command when I compiled
> > >>Xastir, and my procedure for starting up Xastir is as follows:
> > >>login to linux as user capstone
> > >>su to root
> > >>xastir & from a terminal window as root.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Once you've done the "chmod" command, it allows Xastir to gain root
> > > priviledges when it needs to, such as when opening ports.  You don't
> > > need to "su" in order to run Xastir, and in fact it's not
> > > recommended because then when Xastir tries to drop priviledges when
> > > it doesn't need them, you're still running as root.
> > > 
> > > I'd run Xastir as the "capstone" user.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > >>I don't see how it could be a permissions problem, but as I'm new to
> > >>Xastir I don't have much to base that on except what I just described
> > >>above. As mentioned before, serial TNC works perfectly fine. Does anyone
> > >>have any suggestions as to what might be causing this? Thanks in advance
> > >>for any help.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > If you do an "ls -l /dev/ttyS?" you'll see the permissions and
> > > user/group for your serial devices.  You are probably using
> > > /dev/ttyS0 and /dev/ttyS1 for your ports, right?
> > > 
> > > In your /etc/group file, add your "capstone" user to whatever group
> > > the serial ports belong to.  On my system it's the "uucp" group.
> > > Change the permissions on the serial devices to 660 if they're not
> > > already.  Mine look like this:
> > > 
> > > crw-rw----    1 root     uucp       4,  64 2003-10-02 13:45 /dev/ttyS0
> > > crw-rw----    1 root     uucp       4,  65 2003-10-02 13:45 /dev/ttyS1
> > > crw-rw----    1 root     uucp       4,  66 2003-10-02 13:45 /dev/ttyS2
> > > crw-rw----    1 root     uucp       4,  67 2003-10-02 13:45 /dev/ttyS3
> > > 
> > > After that, you should be able to come in using the "uucp"
> > > permissions as the "capstone" user, and run Xastir as the "capstone"
> > > user as well.  Make sense?
> > > 
> > > Also make sure you have the case correct for the device name in the
> > > Interface->Properties dialog for that interface.  You need a capital
> > > 'S'.
> > > 
> > > --
> > > Curt, WE7U			    archer at eskimo dot com
> > > Arlington, WA, USA		http://www.eskimo.com/~archer
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