[Xastir] Ubuntu 10.04 problem with repository xastir package

[Bob Nielsen]

Tom Russo today committed a change which should fix the right-click  
problem, so get the latest from CVS.

Bob, N7XY

On May 7, 2010, at 3:41 PM, Rick Green wrote:

> 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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