[Xastir] Can't connect to internet server.

[Curt, WE7U]

On Thu, 17 Jun 2004, Gerry Creager N5JXS wrote:

> Just a guess...
> As root:  'chmod 4555 /usr/local/bin/xastir'

I didn't think that was necessary except for accessing AX.25 ports
and perhaps serial ports, depending on the serial port permissions.


> Mike Fenske wrote:
> >
> > 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

There's a spot in the code where we fork a process to go look up the
hostname.  Looks like either you typed it incorrectly in the
properties dialog, or your DNS stuff isn't working correctly, as the
hostname was not found.

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