[Xastir] Lockups using maps again

[Alex Carver]

--- On Sun, 6/29/08, Curt, WE7U  wrote:

> From: Curt, WE7U 
> Subject: Re: [Xastir] Lockups using maps again
> To: "Xastir - APRS client software discussion" <xastir at xastir.org>
> Date: Sunday, June 29, 2008, 11:25 PM
> On Sat, 28 Jun 2008, Alex Carver wrote:
> 
> > Well I was wrong, even using Fluxbox the system locked
> up again
> > while attempting to download the radar image.  It
> seems to have
> > timed out on the download and then froze at that
> point, unable to
> > recover.
> 
> If you're running wget w/Xastir, install libcurl and
> libcurl-devel
> and configure/make/make install again.
> 
> If you're running libcurl, remove libcurl-devel and
> configure/make/make install.
> 
> Like I said in an earlier e-mail, I haven't lockups due
> to failures
> at loading internet maps.  They fail gracefully.  There may
> be a bug
> in your wget or libcurl (whichever you're using).


I should also point out in addition to swapping methods that under Fluxbox the lockup period is longer than under Gnome.