[Xastir] Unuseable tiny dialog boxes on Aspire One under Ubuntu 8.04

[Keith Williamson]

Hello to the list! I'm new to xastir but am loving what I see so far (or can
see). I've searched back through the list archives, READMEs, FAQ, etc but
don't know if I missed a workaround for this or not. I started by just
installing xastir 1.90 binary from the Ubuntu repos but immediately ran into
a problem with some of the menu dialogs. The dialog opens as a tiny
bullet-shaped window with no handles to enlarge and right-click only allows
me to close, move, etc but not resize or maximize. Decided that I would
uninstall 1.90, remove the .xastir subdir under my home dir, and start over
following the Ubuntu 8.04 instructions in the wiki. Followed those to the
letter and built xastir 1.95 from source. Unfortunately, the problem
remains. I'm using lesstif and it appears that openmotif is not an option
(at least using the Ubuntu 8.04 repos). I was finally able to get to the Add
Interface dialog to add an internet server interface but it required moving
the interface dialog to the far right side of the main window before opening
the interface control submenu. I haven't been successful opening the
Station->Track Station item yet though and assume I'll keep running into
this "null-sized" dialog box problem for other features.

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance!

Keith, KF7DRV