[Xastir] D700 Connection

[Keith Kaiser]

I did the chmod, I even did a ./configure then a make and a sudo make  
install then the chmod but it still didn't work. There is no directory  
under var called lock, should I create an empty one?

Hmmmm, we need another idea.


On Apr 9, 2008, at 7:21 PM, Jason KG4WSV wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 6:16 PM, Curt, WE7U <archer at eskimo.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, 9 Apr 2008, Keith Kaiser wrote:
>>
>>> I connect my laptop (Mac OS X) running Xastir to my D700 using a  
>>> Keyspan
>>> serial/USB adapter (cu.USA19H1a2P1.1). I can see the adapter in  
>>> terminal when
>>> I do ls /dev so I know I have the correct id for it. But now when  
>>> I select
>>> that connection in the interface control nothing happens, it  
>>> doesn't even
>>> blink.
>>
>>
>>> If all that seems unlikely to be the problem, does someone else  
>>> have an idea
>>> what could be causing it?
>>
>> It's likely that Xastir isn't able to open it.  Could be
>> permissions, could be a different interface being used now.
>
> hmm, i've never seen permissions problems working with a variety of
> mac os x 232/usb drivers, but i don't update my drivers too often,
> either.
>
> i do vaguely remember a lock directory that xastir wanted to use
> didn't exist, or had the wrong permissions on it.  Does /var/lock
> exist on your machine?  Curt's fix for making xastir setuid root will
> solve permissions problems on that directory, but won't help if it
> doesn't exist.
>
> Does the console where you kicked off xastir display any messages,
> helpful or otherwise?
>
>
> -Jason
> kg4wsv