[Xastir] So, a question on all this building...

[Norm, VK3XCI]

My build says V1.9.4
Compiled: ma nov 17th 19:25:40 CET 2008    (!)

It just worked, from the moment of install, on and old AMD2600+ plus box. Copied 
the maps from the old box and.... it just worked. Now running the local igate 
while VK3ecv has a well earned holiday





73 de Norm, VK3XCI
Mildura, Australia
The Wintersun City
QF15bt.

Curt, WE7U wrote:
> On Fri, 5 Feb 2010, Chris wrote:
> 
>> With a bunch of people running Ubuntu, why not just 'sudo apt-get
>> install xastir' ?
>>
>> Is the version shipped with 9.10's repositories lacking some major 
>> features?
> 
> Can't answer that as I don't run Ubuntu nor know what version of
> Xastir binary they have.
> 
> 
>> On a side note for the list, does anyone have a good dummy's guide to
>> reading and writing to the sm0 or other ax.25 devices in linux?  I do
>> know it's dgram mode, but have only done a cursory look so far.
>> Preferrably I'd like to access it via Perl or Python as I'm not much
>> of a C guy at this point, though it seems I may need to become one for
>> this project.
>>
>> I'd like to give a go at making a standalone APRS msg only client for
>> linux, the protocol is pretty simple as I've already poked at it and
>> conversed in raw UI mode doing the acks etc manually with a few
>> people.
> 
> I'd suggest scanning the linux-hams mailing list on "vger", perhaps
> via a Google search, to see what apps you might find there that talk
> to the AX.25 kernel networking port or to a serial KISS TNC.  You
> might get lucky and find non-C code to do what you want that you can
> borrow from another open-source project.
> 
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