[Xastir] Xastir with VMware

[Curt, WE7U]

On Fri, 18 Dec 2009, Tom Russo wrote:

> I thought that there was a pop-up or console message that it was doing that,
> though.

Yea, although I can't remember which.  Seems like it was a console
message though.


> Of course, if it's a console message and the user is using a desktop icon to
> start the thing...
>
>
> I've got my Ubuntu 9.10 VirtualBox machine running Xastir now, configured
> almost the same as the native Xastir running on the BSD machine that's
> running VirtualBox --- it's only been running for an hour now, so we'll have
> to see what happens in the next day or so.  I've run it from a terminal
> window, so I should see any warning message about Xastir going into the tank
> over time-warp issues.

I seem to remember a long time back having an issue with clicking a
mouse at just the wrong time and having something in the UI lock up,
but haven't had that happen in years.  1.9.4 is pretty old though.

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