[Xastir] Sidux 2010-01 Installation Notes

[Rainer D., DL5PD]

Hello again.

@Curt:
- I am starting xastir as a user, not as root, no sudo
- After the new installation of sidux 2010-01, I did no installation of
the precompiled version, I directly installed from cvs after the
installation of the base system

@Lee:
- Tnx fer testing a little bit more, perhaps it is really a hardware
issue...

Question is: Is there another possibility to get xastir 1.9.9 to work?
The precompiled version at least worked on the hardware. Though I would
love to integrate OSM, because I am also engaged in that project.

73 de Rainer, DL5PD

Lee Bengston schrieb:
> On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 2:45 PM, Curt, WE7U <curt.we7u at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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
>>
> 
> Built-in map types:
>       gnis   USGS GNIS Datapoints
>        pop   USGS GNIS Datapoints w/population
>        map   APRSdos Maps
>        map   WinAPRS/MacAPRS/X-APRS Maps
>        pdb   PocketAPRS Maps
> 
> Support for these additional map types has been compiled in:
>        geo   Image Map (ImageMagick/GraphicsMagick library, many
> formats allowed)
>        geo   URL (Internet maps via wget)
>        osm   URL (OpenStreetMaps via wget)
>        shp   ESRI Shapefile Maps (Shapelib library)
>        tif   USGS DRG Geotiff Topographic Maps (libgeotiff/libproj)
>        xpm   X Pixmap Maps (XPM library)
> Making user /home/lee/.xastir/config/xastir.cnf file
> festival_client: connect to server failed
> SayText: Couldn't open socket to Festival
> 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
> *** Reading WX Alert log files
> *** Done with WX Alert log files
> convert_from_xastir_coordinates:X out-of-range (too low):4263101696
> convert_from_xastir_coordinates:X out-of-range (too high):161465600
> 
> I got the text above when starting Xastir for the first time in the
> XFCE version.  I did duplicate the "draw_geo_image" errors.  However,
> Xastir has not crashed, and after I zoomed in to a reasonable level,
> there were no more error messages.  I set up an internet server,
> changed maps, changed map settings, etc with no more errors showing
> up.  The online OSM stuff is working great.  Rainer, I don't know -
> perhaps the bad behavior you are seeing is hardware related.  I'm not
> seeing it when I use "virtual hardware".
> 
> The XFCE version is pretty fast.  Installation time in Virtualbox was
> 3 minutes, 20 seconds!  I haven't played with Sidux much yet, but it's
> making a good first impression.
> 
> Lee - K5DAT
> Murphy, TX
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