[Xastir] Sidux 2010-01 Installation Notes

[Curt, WE7U]

On Thu, 17 Jun 2010, Rainer D., DL5PD wrote:

> Indexing maps...
> draw_geo_image_map:sscanf parsing error
> draw_geo_image_map:sscanf parsing error
> draw_geo_image_map:sscanf parsing error
> draw_geo_image_map:sscanf parsing error
> Finished indexing maps

Those are odd.


> *** Reading WX Alert log files
> *** Done with WX Alert log files
> ICE default IO error handler doing an exit(), pid = 1972, errno = 32

How are you starting Xastir?  As a normal user?  As root?  With
sudo?

Another thing to check:  Since you are switching from a pre-compiled
Xastir to a CVS version, it is likely installing in a new place
(/usr/local/share/xastir) instead of the old (/usr/share/xastir), so
your ~/.xastir/config/xastir.cnf file may be pointing at the old
instead of the new.  Check the paths in there.  Also check whether
you need to move your old maps to the new location for Xastir to
find them.


> Just another thought: I am not using KDE, but XFCE instead, perhaps it is up 
> to that fact, that I get this curious message and cannot run xastir.

I run Xastir on a P3-866MHz sometimes with 384MB of memory using
FVWM2 window manager, works fine.  FVWM2 is older than XFCE.

I did a quick check via Google for that error message and came
across this talkinga bout running an app with sudo (which you
shouldn't be doing in this case):

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/suse-linux-help/95858-ice-default-io-error-handler.html

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