Me again.
make install has put xastir under /usr/local, so why this error?
XReadBitmapFile() failed: Bitmap not found?
/usr/share/xastir/symbols/2x2.xbm
It's present at /usr/local/share/xastir/symbols/2x2.xbm
Mystery ... especially since I've had it running ...
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