[Xastir] failure to use gpsd

[Piotr Gluszenia Slawinski]

> On Thu, 17 Jun 2010, Piotr Gluszenia Slawinski wrote:
>
>>  thanx! it still behaves bit weird, i.e. it cycles first via
>>  messages like 'looking up hostname (and numbers going up)
>>  but this time after few seconds it connects fine and interface remains
>>  'up' 
>> :) 
>
> You might try 127.0.0.1 and 2947 to avoid the hostname lookup.  It
> sounds like your hostname lookup is doing a timeout somewhere, which
> is not an Xastir problem but a system configuration problem.

i am doing exactly that, still hostname lookup messages do appear - that
is why i consider it weird.

Xastir connects to internet aprs servers just fine, and system is
configured properly.

hostname 'lookup' does not 'time out'
when looking for gpsd server it just displays
'looking up hostname [number]' and number increases from (perhaps 0?)
and tediously cycles via 1000 20000 and so on, increasing by 1.
it consumes ~100% cpu time and lasts up to minute.
then connection is attempted.

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