[Xastir] Best of Both Worlds

[Curt, WE7U]

On Wed, 13 Jan 2010, Keith Kaiser wrote:

> I also want to be able to use this setup with Xastir. To do this I
> turn off MacTNC (the terminal program) and launch Xastir. It comes
> up and I go to the 'Interface Control' and select the appropriate
> device. This device uses the "tnc-startup.kpc3" script. But it
> doesn't work. The TNC is not seen by Xastir, no packets come in as
> seen via the 'Display Packet Data' under the 'View' menu.
>
> Trying to turn it off again via the 'Interface Control' locks up
> Xastir to the point where I have to force quit the X11 application
> to get out of it. Then I have to delete the pid in order to start
> the entire process over again.
>
> Yes, I'm sure I have the correct port set in the 'Interface
> Control', the exact same one used by MacTNC.

I hate to get all "Unixy" on you, but have you looked at the
permissions and ownership/group ownership for the device you're
trying to open?

Also, have you tried starting Xastir from inside an Xterm or
equivalent?  I'll bet Xastir is emitting error messages but you're
not seeing them because you're starting Xastir graphically.

More than likely it's a permission/ownership problem.  The "normal"
solution is to do an "ls -l" in the directory where the device
resides to see the group ownership, then add yourself to the group
that owns the device.  After that, log out, log back in to gain
those permissions, then see if Xastir can open the device.

If that fails, there are other methods, such as changing the
permission on the device, or setting Xastir SUID Root.

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