[Xastir] Xastir-Xubuntu Live CD/USB in Parallels on Mac

Fri Mar 27 09:08:13 EDT 2009

It's been running for 9 hours 47 minutes... yea.

Here is a question, in the terminal window where I launched Xastir it  
says;

Character '\104' not supported in Font.  Discarded.

It does this for a large number of different character numbers. What  
does that mean? I'm guessing it has to do with the icon chosen and  
that seems to be born out because the one I chose for my station still  
says 'No Sys Yet'.

On Mar 27, 2009, at 12:29 AM, Lee Bengston wrote:

> Cool that you chose #2 because now the subject of this thread matches
> up with what you did.   :-)
>
> Maps go in /usr/local/share/xastir/maps
>
> Lee-K5DAT
> Murphy, TX
>
> On 3/26/09, Keith Kaiser <wa0tjt at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I chose door number 2 and loaded xubuntu as another virtual machine.
>> Everything went great, and I have wonderful looking maps. I just wish
>> I could have gotten the whole thing working directly on my Mac as I
>> did before I tried to fix things. Lesson learned don't try to fix
>> anything.
>>
>> But that does beg the question, where do I put local maps, what
>> directory? I'll move them from my Mac to the xubuntu environment and
>> not have to re-download them.
>>
>> Thanks guys for all your time and sticking with me to the bitter end.
>>
>> 73's
>> WA0TJT-1  -- on APRS
>>
>> On Mar 26, 2009, at 1:20 PM, Lee Bengston wrote:
>>
>>> At least it all makes sense now.  It appears you have two choices.
>>>
>>> 1) Follow the instructions at the link below including the part
>>> labeled "if you already installed the binary version", which will
>>> remove the Xastir 1.92 binary from your existing Ubuntu virtual
>>> machine under Parallels and install the latests version of Xastir  
>>> from
>>> source.
>>> http://www.xastir.org/wiki/index.php/HowTo:Ubuntu_8.10
>>>
>>> 2) Use the new iso image that you recently downloaded and install
>>> Xubuntu under Parallels, i.e. create another virtual machine.   
>>> Xastir
>>> is already there, so you won't have to install Xastir in that case.
>>> The problem with this option (for me anyway) is that I don't have a
>>> Mac, so I am not able to tell you how to do it, although it may
>>> actually be easier than #1 above.
>>>
>>> Lee - K5DAT
>>> Murphy, TX
>>>
>>> On 3/25/09, Keith Kaiser <wa0tjt at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Oh Boy!
>>>> Here I sit red faced...
>>>> I'm very embarrassed.
>>>>
>>>> After downloading the .iso file from the web site and not really
>>>> knowing what I was suppose to do I opened a terminal window and  
>>>> typed
>>>> in xastir. Xastir came up, this is where the real brain fart comes
>>>> in,
>>>> the .iso image is still sitting on the desk top so obviously it's  
>>>> not
>>>> contributing to this run.
>>>>
>>>> Apparently Xastir v 1.9.2 was already install when I loaded Ubuntu.
>>>>
>>>> So what I want to do now is install from the .iso image (version
>>>> 1.9.5) but I'm back to the start... I don't know what to do to
>>>> install
>>>> it. Maybe it would be easier to just download it from sourceforge  
>>>> and
>>>> start from that, I actually know how to do that.
>>>>
>>>> I feel like I've wasted all your time, I so apologize.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mar 25, 2009, at 8:22 PM, Bob Nielsen wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> You  need to recompile Xastir so that it will actually use
>>>>> ImageMagick:
>>>>>
>>>>> ./configure
>>>>> make
>>>>> make install
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mar 25, 2009, at 5:59 PM, Keith Kaiser wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> This seemed to work to get ImageMagick loaded but Xastir still
>>>>>> won't display maps.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Could I just have some setting in the maps menu set up wrong?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mar 25, 2009, at 8:06 PM, Larry Shields wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Keith Kaiser wrote:
>>>>>>>> Seems there is always one more complication;
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> When I do the 'sudo apt-get install libmagick9-dev' I get the
>>>>>>>> following;
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Media change: please insert the disk labeled
>>>>>>>> 'Xubuntu 8.10 _Intrepid Ibex_ - Release i386 (20081030.3)'
>>>>>>>> in the drive '/cdrom/' and press enter
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The problem is what I have is the .iso file not a CD.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Now what?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Mar 25, 2009, at 2:46 PM, Lee Bengston wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> sudo apt-get install libmagick9-dev
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 3/25/09, Keith Kaiser <wa0tjt at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Hmmmm, not sure... seems like it should be simple enough to
>>>>>>>>>> install,
>>>>>>>>>> but I don't know how.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Mar 25, 2009, at 1:54 PM, Lee Bengston wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> It's hard to understand how imagemagick is not installed.   
>>>>>>>>>>> I'm
>>>>>>>>>>> running
>>>>>>>>>>> that Xubuntu image live now, and I get the following:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> ubuntu at ubuntu:~$ dpkg -l |grep imagemagick
>>>>>>>>>>> ii  imagemagick
>>>>>>>>>>> 7:6.3.7.9.dfsg1-2ubuntu3
>>>>>>>>>>>          image manipulation programs
>>>>>>>>>>> ubuntu at ubuntu:~$ dpkg -l |grep libmagick
>>>>>>>>>>> ii  libmagick10
>>>>>>>>>>> 7:6.3.7.9.dfsg1-2ubuntu3
>>>>>>>>>>>          image manipulation library
>>>>>>>>>>> ii  libmagick9-dev
>>>>>>>>>>> 7:6.3.7.9.dfsg1-2ubuntu3
>>>>>>>>>>>          image manipulation library - development files
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Lee - K5DAT
>>>>>>>>>>> Murphy, TX
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On 3/25/09, Keith Kaiser <wa0tjt at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> Looks like neither on is installed.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Is there a simple way to install them? Or which one?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mar 25, 2009, at 11:39 AM, Bob Nielsen wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, you have both of them installed, so there must be
>>>>>>>>>>>>> another
>>>>>>>>>>>>> problem.  Do you have either ImageMagick or GraphicsMagick
>>>>>>>>>>>>> (probably
>>>>>>>>>>>>> the -dev packages, as well) installed?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Bob, N7XY
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mar 25, 2009, at 8:56 AM, Keith Kaiser wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> OK, it looks like both are installed. Here is what I get
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> when I do
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the entries;
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ii  wget    1.11.4-lubuntul
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ii  libcurl3   7.18.2-lubuntu4.3
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Does that sound correct?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mar 25, 2009, at 10:34 AM, Bob Nielsen wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You can search for them in Synaptic or issue the  
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> following
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> commands in a terminal:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> dpkg -l |grep wget
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> dpkg -l |grep libcurl
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mar 25, 2009, at 5:39 AM, Keith Kaiser wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes I can get to the Internet without any problems.  
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> As to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wget or libcurl question I don't know. I downloaded
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the .iso file
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and installed it, other than that I didn't do anything
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> special.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> How could I know if wget or libcurl was installed?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mar 24, 2009, at 10:52 PM, Curt, WE7U wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, 24 Mar 2009, Jason KG4WSV wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> how is the parallels network config?  Can the VM get
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> out at
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> all?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> And do you have "wget" or "libcurl" installed,  
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> whichever
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> version of Xastir is compiled to use?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Curt, WE7U.                archer at eskimo dot com
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.eskimo.com/~archer
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Lotto:  A tax on people who are bad at math. - unknown
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Windows:  Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates. -
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> WE7U.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The world DOES revolve around me:  I picked the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> coordinate
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> system!"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Xastir mailing list
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Xastir at lists.xastir.org
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> xastir
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 73's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Keith Kaiser
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wa0tjt at gmail.com
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 73's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Keith Kaiser
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wa0tjt at gmail.com
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>>>> 73's
>>>>>>>>>>>> Keith Kaiser
>>>>>>>>>>>> wa0tjt at gmail.com
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>> 73's
>>>>>>>>>> Keith Kaiser
>>>>>>>>>> wa0tjt at gmail.com
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>> 73's
>>>>>>>> Keith Kaiser
>>>>>>>> wa0tjt at gmail.com
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> To fix your problem, click on the System menu > adminstration >
>>>>>>> software sources, when the sources screen pop's up, un-check  
>>>>>>> where
>>>>>>> is says installable from CD-ROM/DVD...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It will then not ask you for the cd...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hope this helps...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Larry
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
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>>>>>>> Reg# Linux User 484593
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>> 73's
>>>>>> Keith Kaiser
>>>>>> wa0tjt at gmail.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> 73's
>>>> Keith Kaiser
>>>> wa0tjt at gmail.com
>>>>
>>>>
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>> 73's
>> Keith Kaiser
>> wa0tjt at gmail.com
>>
>>
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73's
Keith Kaiser
wa0tjt at gmail.com