[Xastir] Setting Station Symbol problems

[Dale Seaburg]

Thanks for the reply, Curt.

On Jan 15, 2008, at 11:47 AM, Curt, WE7U wrote:

> On Sat, 12 Jan 2008, Dale Seaburg wrote:
>
>> However, when I set up my station default values, I can't seem to set
>> the primary symbol to a house - it defaults to the secondary symbol
>> of a tornado.  Now, some may say that is appropriate once they see my
>> shop!  hi hi.  I did not have this problem when in the VMware  
>> version.
>
> Are you setting the symbol via the buttons or by typing in the
> characters?

As I recall, I was trying to use the symbol buttons.  Also, I think I  
tried to enter something in the box, but I don't think it let me.   
Just for grins, I will try what you pointed out later in your reply  
about the LANG setting.  I'll let the list know what I find out.   
Well, that was quick.  The "export LANF=C" took care of the Symbol  
select problem.  Thanks!

What I have done in the meantime is go back to the VMware version.   
To get around the lazy DNS lookup issues, I open up a copy of FireFox  
an bring up my home page, followed by a couple of reloads.  When I do  
that it's as if a "channel" is opened that tigermaps can use to get  
data - magically, the DNS comes alive.  Strange.  Occasionally, even  
FireFox will hang on a lazy DNS.  I have to do a reload sometimes  
several times before FireFox "finds" the server.

However, even after fixing the LANG=C issue, I have to spend most of  
my time in the (un)Real World - Microstupid's XP pro, so VMware will  
probably have to suffice for now.  I have started a new business and  
I have written my project in C#.  Too bad I don't have the time right  
now to convert to Java.  Then, I could make the switch to Linux.  Oh  
well, I digress and drift off-topic.  I think I will set the LANG in  
my .bashrc so it's automatic.  Boy, I've been away from Linux for way  
too long.

Thanks again, Curt for the help.

73 - Dale.  KG5LT

>
>
>> What have I done wrong to cause the symbol setting to not work?
>
> Best guess is that you have your LANG setting in your environment
> set to something other than "en_US" or 'C'.  In more recent Linux
> distributions they have been converting over to using UTFblah-blah
> instead.  The C libraries change how they do things based on the
> LANG variable, so some of the input/output routines for reading
> files get messed up, including the ones we use for reading/writing
> the Xastir config file.
>
> This is what I do when I start Xastir:
>
>     export LANG=C
>     xastir -geometry -0-0 &
>
> The first sets the LANG variable and make sure that this shell and
> all subshells will get the setting.  The second just starts Xastir
> in the background at the same size it was at when I shut it down,
> and at the bottom right corner of my screen.
>
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