[Xastir] can only run as root Ubuntu 11.04

Steve Rogers kd5mkv at hotmail.com
Sat Aug 20 10:35:59 EDT 2011


EXtra instance running, check system monitor for 2 xastir's running! kd5mkv steve

> From: k8pet at orrresearch.com
> Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2011 09:47:54 -0400
> To: xastir at lists.xastir.org
> Subject: [Xastir] can only run as root Ubuntu 11.04
> 
> If I try to run xastir-2.0.0 built on Ubuntu 11.04 as a user in a terminal I
> get this message and the command prompt:
> 
> XReadBitmapFile() failed: Bitmap not found?
> /usr/share/xastir/symbols/2x2.xbm
> 
> 
> If I run it as root it works fine.   I want to run as a regular user because
> of the dire warnings in the wiki about running as root!
> 
> This seems like a permissions issue but I can't see where in comparison to
> xastir-2.0.0 which runs  as a normal user on Mandriva 2010.
> 
> All suggestions are welcome!
> 
> Jack k8pet
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