[Xastir] Error opening interface 0 Hard Fail

[Curt, WE7U]

On Mon, 27 Feb 2012, Curt, WE7U wrote:

> On Mon, 27 Feb 2012, Mike Swiatkowski, AA9VI wrote:
>
>> What causes "Interface Error! Error opening interface 0 Hard Fail"?
>
> As root:
>
>    chmod 4755 /usr/local/bin/xastir
>
> That gives Xastir SUID Root privileges when opening/closing/manipulating 
> ports.  Xastir code is smart enough to drop those privileges the rest of the 
> time, and only invoke them when doing the mentioned operations.

Darn it.  Tom pointed out me that you've already tried that.  I missed that on my first read.

You're putting in /dev/ttyD0 in the Xastir box right?

If Minicom can open it, Xastir with 4755 permissions should be able to.

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