[Xastir] Ubuntu 10.04 problem with repository xastir package

[Rick Green]

Just installed the latest ubuntustudio 10.04, and of course, did an 
immediate 'apt-get install xastir'.  It gave me v1.9.4, compiled way back 
in 2008!  I can't complain much, because I have to admit I'm running 1.9.5 
on my other system, and haven't recompiled it myself since late 2008.
   I'll go check out the wiki directions for compiling on 10.04, but I 
thought I'd document here an anomaly I discovered in this version before I 
blow it away:
  1) It exhibits the characteristic Ubuntu 'disappearing buttons on 
dialogs'.  No surprise there.
  2) If I right-click anywhere on the map, I do not get the expected 
context menu.  Instead, xastir captures my mouse pointer, and from that 
moment forward, I can't move the mouse pointer anywhere outside the map 
window.  I can't even get to the top menu bar.  The keyboard shortcuts 
'alt-F' doesn't work either.
   My escape turned out to be ctrl-alt-F2, which gets me out of X and gives 
me a login prompt.  After logging in, I issue a `killall xastir`, then hit 
alt-F7 to return to X, to find xastir gone, and I have control of my mouse 
again.

...I'll go compile a more modern version...


-- 
Rick Green

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