[Xastir] mac version of xastir yielding error

Tom Hayward esarfl at gmail.com
Thu Feb 5 19:51:16 EST 2009


I'm not sure what the error means, but I installed Xastir on OS X by
following these instructions:
http://n1ofz.connares.org/software/build

Ports for the dependencies and compile Xastir from source. These
instructions may workaround your error.

Tom KD7LXL

On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 4:43 PM, Erich J. Ritzmann <ejritz at genema.org> wrote:
> OK, I built xastir from source on Centos 5.2 Intel Linux, without a hickup.
>   Emboldened by this experience, I was thinking that it would be nice to
> also run Xastir on my laptop.
>
> After messing around for several days trying to get the various libraries
> and so forth compiled and in place, and then getting an error when I tried
> to run it .... I found a mac port called xastir.  So, I issued the command
> port -f install xastir.  Running it yields this error message (which is
> similar to what I was getting when I compiled by hand)...
>
> Error: attempt to add non-widget child "dsm" to parent "xastir" which
> supports only widgets
>
> uname -a
> Darwin ErichPB12.kit.genema.org 9.6.0 Darwin Kernel Version 9.6.0: Mon Nov
> 24 17:39:01 PST 2008; root:xnu-1228.9.59~1/RELEASE_PPC Power Macintosh
>
> Leopard/10.5.6 on a PowerBook G4 12" 1Ghz, with 1.2 gig RAM.
>
> Any suggestions?
> --
> Erich J. Ritzmann
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