[Xastir] kpc-9612 and now what?

[Alejandro Pereida]

Last advice worked beautiful!! Added the user to the group that owns the serial device.

Thanks

N2IX

--- On Sat, 3/13/10, Curt, WE7U <curt.we7u at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Curt, WE7U <curt.we7u at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Xastir] kpc-9612 and now what?
To: "Xastir - APRS client software discussion" <xastir at lists.xastir.org>
Date: Saturday, March 13, 2010, 11:04 PM

On Sat, 13 Mar 2010, Alejandro Pereida wrote:

> The interface remains "DOWN" and the "start" button won't bring it up.
> The serial device is /dev/ttyS0 I tested it using minicom and works fine with the
> KPC-9612.
> 
> Any ideas what Am I missing?

    chmod 4755 /usr/local/bin/xastir

That will allow Xastir to open the serial port as root.

Alternative that would be more secure:  Add the user you run Xastir
as to the group that the serial port is owned by.

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