[Xastir] Re: Xastir Digest, Vol 32, Issue 31

[Keith Kaiser]

I have Internet access for Xastir because I more often than not I use  
it that way and thousands of calls stream in all the time. But I do  
agree the problems sound related, the trick is figuring out how.

Thanks.


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>   1. Map Directory (Tyler Parsons)
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>   3. Re: Map Directory (Tate)
>   4. Re: Findu Trail (Tate)
>   5. Re: Displaying .geo maps (Lee Bengston)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 12:02:20 -0700
> From: Tyler Parsons <Tyler at Parsons-Surveying.com>
> Subject: [Xastir] Map Directory
> To: xastir at xastir.org
> Message-ID: <1206817340.10197.5.camel at tyler-ubuntudesktop>
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> I just downloaded Ubuntu 7.1 and managed to install Xastir. I found
> where the xastir maps are located, but I cannot put downloaded maps in
> there as it appears to be read-only.
>
> /usr/share/xastir/maps
>
> I am not knowledgeable about Linux to be able to change the  
> permissions.
> Or should I?
>
> Tyler WB7DDL
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 18:25:50 -0500
> From: Keith Kaiser <keith.kaiser at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Xastir] Findu Trail
> To: xastir at xastir.org
> Message-ID: <F3C3704E-CF60-4D54-A360-7C3FB176D521 at gmail.com>
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> I have Xastir 1.9.2 loaded and running well on my MacBook Pro now
> thanks to several of you and your tips to getting the KeySpan working.
> But there are still a couple of outstanding issues I would like to
> throw out for discussion.
> The first is when I'm trying to retrieve a FindU trail, it always
> comes back "Failed". I've used it on other versions with no problem
> and 'yes' I have an internet connection ...etc.
> The second issue is with my maps, not even the default maps that come
> with Xastir in the Online folder show up when I try to configure there
> use. They just do not show in the list.
>
> The second issue above makes me wonder if I have the ability to
> display .geo maps, how do I know, how can I find out?
>
> Thanks guys.
>
> Great Plains Superlaunch at superlaunch.org
> Kansas City or Burst!
> --Keith
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 19:49:57 -0600
> From: Tate <kc7zru at kc7zru.net>
> Subject: Re: [Xastir] Map Directory
> To: Tyler Parsons <Tyler at Parsons-Surveying.com>
> Cc: xastir at xastir.org
> Message-ID: <47EEF1C5.7010202 at kc7zru.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> Welcome to Linux and file permissions.
>
> System wide executables and their files are normally not accessible  
> for
> writing by normal users.
>
> You'll need to have 'root' permission to write those files. Use the
> 'sudo' command.
>
> 73
>
> Tyler Parsons wrote:
>> I just downloaded Ubuntu 7.1 and managed to install Xastir. I found
>> where the xastir maps are located, but I cannot put downloaded maps  
>> in
>> there as it appears to be read-only.
>>
>> /usr/share/xastir/maps
>>
>> I am not knowledgeable about Linux to be able to change the  
>> permissions.
>> Or should I?
>>
>> Tyler WB7DDL
>>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 19:51:25 -0600
> From: Tate <kc7zru at kc7zru.net>
> Subject: Re: [Xastir] Findu Trail
> To: Xastir at xastir.org
> Message-ID: <47EEF21D.2000909 at kc7zru.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> Keith Kaiser wrote:
>> I have Xastir 1.9.2 loaded and running well on my MacBook Pro now  
>> thanks
>> to several of you and your tips to getting the KeySpan working. But
>> there are still a couple of outstanding issues I would like to  
>> throw out
>> for discussion.
>> The first is when I'm trying to retrieve a FindU trail, it always  
>> comes
>> back "Failed". I've used it on other versions with no problem and  
>> 'yes'
>> I have an internet connection ...etc.
>> The second issue is with my maps, not even the default maps that come
>> with Xastir in the Online folder show up when I try to configure  
>> there
>> use. They just do not show in the list.
>>
>> The second issue above makes me wonder if I have the ability to  
>> display
>> .geo maps, how do I know, how can I find out?
>>
>> Thanks guys.
>>
>> Great Plains Superlaunch at superlaunch.org
>> Kansas City or Burst!
>> --Keith
>
>
>
> All 3 sound related to me - sounds like you don't have I-net access  
> for
> Xastir - for some reason.
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:03:44 -0500
> From: "Lee Bengston" <lee.bengston at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Xastir] Displaying .geo maps
> To: xastir at xastir.org
> Message-ID:
> 	<ca8fad4f0803292103i6acb4424xe03f3bb2ea56fe82 at mail.gmail.com>
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> On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 11:13 PM, Phil <phillor at telstra.com> wrote
> <snip>
>
>>
>> I had looked for an Imagemagick developement package but because I  
>> wasn't
>> sure
>> that was what I actually needed I didn't dig deeply enough. Anyway,  
>> after
>> several reboots into Windows (I don't have Internet access under  
>> Linux,
>> and it's
>> a real pain) to resolve package dependencies these are the packages  
>> that
>> are
>> needed:
>>
>> libimagemagick-devel
>> libdjvulibre-devel
>> libjbig-devel
>> libjasper1-devel
>> libtiff-devel
>> libbzip2-devel
>>
>> Thanks again.
>>
>> Phil.
>> <http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir>
>>
>
> Hmm, I just added Mandriva One 2008 to my Linux box (dual booting  
> now with
> Mepis).  The package manager finds libmagick10.7.0-devel, which  
> matches up
> with what worked before.  Are you perhaps using a different flavor of
> Mandriva 2008?  Regardless, I'm glad to hear you got it resoloved.  No
> internet access on Linux?  Ouch - and perhaps a bit unlucky.    I  
> have tried
> out a lot of Linux distributions over the past year or so, and  
> Mandriva was
> one of the better ones for hardware detection (at least with my  
> stuff).
>
> Lee - K5DAT
>
>
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