[Xastir] Upgrading Xastir?

[hasan schiers]

I have version 1.7.0 up and running nicely. (agwpe interface). It has corrupted video at the start of the file menu (last 3 letters or so missing). I have changed video cards, I have put it on a different machine, same results.

It's time to upgrade.So, having never done this before, I need very specific and detailed help on how to upgrade Xastir. I don't know what the current version is, I'll browse the web and see what I can find.

I'm running Linspire 5.0, and it has some specific warnings about using "apt get" to install applications possibly breaking their "Click and Run" CNR auto download and install system that is built into Linspire.

Questions: (be patient with me, I'm very new to Linspire/Linux)

1. Precisely how do I upgrade Xastir? (I'm only using Tiger on-line maps)

2. How does the CVS system work, and would that be a better route to go (does it use apt get or what?)

I need VERY detailed instructions like:

a. Download it from "this location", using "....." command syntax.
b. Extract the file using ".....", and extract it to "......"
c. Issue the following commands to compile.... (and any editing required of a makefile, if that's what it uses)

Thanks,

hasan, N0AN
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John Ronan came across a bug yesterday that can crash Xastir.  I may
need help in debugging it.  It goes something like this:

    Two Kenwood APRS radios active.  In this case, a D7 and a D700
    set to different SSID's.

    Send a message from Xastir to the D700.

    Both the D700 and the D7 will ACK the message.  Xastir will
    crash at that point.

I could try to simulate this by bringing up three Xastir sessions
and tweaking one version to respond to any SSID, but it'd take a
while to set that up and get it right.  It'd probably be easier to
do it with a Perl script, in which case one script could simulate
both remote stations.

Timing may also be an issue in causing the crash.

Do the Kenwoods ACK a message sent to a different SSID even if the
correct station already ACK'ed the message?

Note:  This may be a new bug or it may be a long-standing bug that
we've just now discovered.  Until I see a good debug printout or can
duplicate it myself, we won't know.

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