[Xastir] No Maps

[Ray Wells]

Curt, WE7U wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Jun 2007, Ray Wells wrote:
>
>   
>> I've had a long standing problem with no maps in xastir and I almost
>> drove Curt to insanity with my problem.
>>     
>
> Define "almost"...
>
> By any chance have you tried the LSB version of Xastir to see if it
> runs ok too?  I just created another one today, so the 1.9.0 and
> 1.9.1 versions are both available.
>   

I haven't tried it recently but am prepared to have another go.
> These binaries use only the Linux LSB libraries to do their work, so
> anything else needed by Xastir must be statically-compiled in to the
> executable or provided along with the binary as separate libraries
> in the package.  So... GraphicsMagick is compiled in with it.
>
> If you have installed LSB support on your system, the binary should
> work.  Give it a shot and see if image files work for you that way.
> This one installs into /opt/Xastir (per the LSB spec), so you may
> want to move your ~/.xastir/config/xastir.cnf file to another
> filename and start with a fresh slate.  Or just rename your
> ~/.xastir directory to something else before starting it up.
>
>   
I'll just start with a clean slate.

However, with so many successfully compiled systems out there and 
working, I really would like to join them.

I haven't been up long enough this morning to look into the video card 
driver suggestion of Chris Thompson, but thanks, Chris, for the suggestion.

Ray vk2tv