[Xastir] PNG snapshot issues

[Lee Bengston]

On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 8:16 AM, Tony Hunt <wavetel at internode.on.net> wrote:
> Last night I did a fresh install of Mepis 8.5 followed by a install of Lee Beningstons latest deb file. Gdebi winged about libmotif3 being unsatisfiable as a dependancy but I found I could actually fix this via the repositries.
>
> Today they did a Balloon flight with APRS running on it for about 4 hours. I managed to log the flight with xastir and also had KML as well as PNG snapshots running.
>
> Later on I went back to xastir and now I find that every time I enable PNG snapshots xastir hangs imediately and exits after about 2 minutes. The CPU usage climbs pretty quickly to 95% on the xastir process and then xastir dies.
>
> I dont know if this issue has been addressed recently or not but I thought it worth a mention. Also if anyone knows how to make PNG snapshots work again it would be good. I have tried a few things but its busted now.
>
> Below is the terminal error output after xastir dies.
>
> X Error of failed request: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)
>
> Major opcode of failed request: 188 ()
>
> Minor opcode of failed request: 0
>
> Serial number of failed request: 3121131
>
> Current serial number in output stream: 3121820
>
> [1]+ Exit 1 xastir

Hi Tony,

I've been playing around with that binary under Mepis 8.5, but so far
I've been unable to duplicate the problem.  As I recall, snaphots rely
on libxpm.  The only thing I can think of at this time is to try
reinstalling the libxpm4 package.  In synaptic, you can search for
libxpm4, mark it for reinstallation, and apply the change.

That binary is based on a CVS download from September 8, 2010.  I
don't know if that will ring a bell with anyone regarding known
issues.  What is curious about your experience is that snapshots
worked for a time, and then something changed, and that change is the
mystery.

My Mepis 8.5 was not up to date with respect to package upgrades when
I installed the binary, but it was not a brand new installation,
either.  After I installed the binary, things worked OK, so then I did
a complete package upgrade via synaptic, and that didn't break
anything - still not seeing the snapshot issue.

I'll let you know if I find out anything further.

Lee - K5DAT
Murphy, TX