[Xastir] Can't connect to internet server.

[Gerry Creager N5JXS]

As root:  'chmod 4555 /usr/local/bin/xastir'

gerry

Mike Fenske wrote:
> Good morning all. I can't seem to connect Xastir to an internet server. I get the following message "Error opening device 1 hard fail". I just have dial-up internet and don't regularly use an internet server, but I was able to connect to one several months ago. I am trying to connect to aprswest.net:14580. I have set my passcode to 22956 and my filter parameters to "p/VE7/VA7".
> 
> If I telnet to aprswest:14580, I can connect fine and if I send "user VE7MKF-1 pass 22956 vers XASTIR 1.3.3 filter p/VE7/VA7", I then start to receive data, so aprswest.net is working OK and it's not my firewall blocking it.
> 
> I set debug level to 1024, I get the following when starting the interface:
> Start Host lookup
> Creating pipe
> Host fork
> Parent closing write end of pipe
> Host fork
> Child closing read end of pipe
> Set alarm 
> NO HOST
> Clear alarm 1
> Clear alarm 2
> Child closing write end of pipe
> Parent closing read end of pipe
> 
> Using the latest CVS of Xastir, SuSE 7.3 with Kernel 2.2.19. Any suggestions?
> 
> Thanks,
> Mike Fenske
> VE7MKF
> 
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