[Xastir] Internet Interface

[Tom Russo]

On Sun, Dec 06, 2009 at 03:26:59PM -0800, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <n6rob.rob at gmail.com> flavor, containing:
> I am a new user to Xastir and an advanced newbie in Linux.  I am using
> Ubuntu 9.04.
> 
> I have successfully loaded Xastir from source and have it running.  However,
> I cannot get the internet interface to connect.  When launching Xastir from
> the console it passes this message upon failure:
> 
> Interface Error!  Error opening interface 0 Time Out
> 
> I have set the parameters in the dialog box along with my passcode.  I have
> tried various servers including the rotate.aprs.net:14580 and
> rotate.aprs2.net:14580.

This would indicate that you have a network connectivity problem and not
a problem with Xastir.  Can you connect to rotate.aprs.net:14501 from a web 
browser?

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