[Xastir] serial comms lost... I can't figure this one out.

[mark]

T H A T   W A S   I T  !!!!

MANY thanks, Matt!

I did a 
chmod 4755 /usr/local/bin/xastir
chmod 4755 /usr/local/share/xastir

Then restarted Xastir and it popped the serial port to life!

I had rebuilt Xastir to include some mapping stuff (i.e., pcre) and
didn't recall that I had to issue the chmod.

Million thanks, Matt!

- Mark
N4CMB


On Wed, 2007-04-18 at 22:45 -0500, Matt Werner wrote:
> Do you get any error messages in the terminal you used to start xastir?
> 
> It could be that it's a permissions problem, especially if you've
> rebuilt xastir recently.
> 
> chmod 4755 /usr/local/share/xastir
> 
> (or wherever your xastir is) may help
> 
> On 4/18/07, mark <mark at neteffex.com> wrote:
> > I can't figure this one out...  Somehow I've lost serial communications
> > between Xastir and the serial TNC.  I'm at the end of my rope...
> >
> > With Xastir killed, I can bring up picocom using the command line:
> >
> >    picocom -d 9600 -p even -d 7 /dev/ttyS0
> >
> > And I can see TNC traffic streaming out of my TNC... no problem:
> >
> >    KC5EZZ-10>W5EEY-3*>WIDE5-2>APRS:!3117.23NN09951.27W#PHG7440
> >    KC5EZZ Digi Eden, Texas
> >
> > So, I kill picocom, and start Xastir.  The serial settings in Xastir
> > match those above for the Serial TNC (not the Serial KISS TNC).  I've
> > checked everything I can think of...
> >
> > Under the menu Interface>Interface Control, if I highlight
> >     "Device 0  DOWN  Serial  TNC  /dev/ttyS0"
> > and click on the "Start" button, the highlighting goes away, but the
> > interface is still shown as "DOWN".  The startup file that I've created
> > (and have had working for days...) exists and is called out in the TNC
> > Config Menu correctly (I've checked the file name twice).
> >
> > This setup USED to work... but somehow I'm overlooking something real
> > basic...
> >
> > Under the menu View > Incoming Data, I have "TNC Data only" selected,
> > but there's no incoming data to view... because the interface is thought
> > to be "DOWN" still.  I can kill Xastir and bring up picocom again, and
> > the serial stream of traffic continues to flow out of the TNC. I just
> > can't see it in Xastir.
> >
> > I've also tried deleting the Device 0 in Xastir's Interface Control and
> > rebuilding the configuration, but I still can't get anything going.
> >
> > I've also cycled power on the TNC... but that's not changed a thing...
> >
> > Now, what the heck am I doing wrong?  I'm really stumped.
> >
> > OS: Fedora Core 5
> > Xastir: 1.8.4
> > TNC: Heathkit HK232
> >
> > - Mark
> > N4CMB
> >
> >
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