[Xastir] FW: xfontsel

Thu Nov 2 14:58:41 PDT 2017

The xastir from the distribution puts stuff in a non-standard place.
Your xastir config inherited those non-standard directory entries.

now that you have a standard built-from-source xasatir the support
files are in the standard place, but your config files (in your home
directory, specifically ~/.xastir) still point to the non-standard
place.

you can use your favorite test editor on ~/.xastir/config/xastir.cnf
to search and replace /usr/share/xastir with (I think!)
/usr/local/share/xastir and things will probably start working.

-j

On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 4:49 PM, Joseph LaFerla <joe at laferla.ca> wrote:
> Hi Tom
>
> These are the messages that caused xastir to fail.   I did reboot the pi before running xastir so all processes should have stopped at that time.
>
> x_spider: Can't bind local address
> Could some processes still be running from a previous run of Xastir?
> Error: BindingCould some processes still be running from a previous run of Xastir?
> UDP_Server process died.
> x_spider: Couldn't set read-end of pipe_udp_server_to_xastir non-blocking
> Could some processes still be running from a previous run of Xastir?
> festival_client: connect to server failed
> festival_client: connect to server failed
> SayText: Couldn't open socket to Festival
> SayText: Couldn't open socket to Festival
> XReadBitmapFile() failed: Bitmap not found? /usr/share/xastir/symbols/2x2.xbm
> XReadBitmapFile() failed: Bitmap not found? /usr/share/xastir/symbols/2x2.xbm
>
> It seems that the fatal error has to do with the mapping.  The gui xastir map does not open and the terminal window just sits there.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Joe VA3JLF
>
>
> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
>
> From: David A Aitcheson
> Sent: Thursday, November 2, 2017 5:09 PM
> To: Joseph LaFerla; Xastir - APRS client software discussion; Tom Russo
> Subject: Re: [Xastir] xfontsel
>
> Tom,
>
> I just spent a enjoyable almost hour on the phone with Joe VA3JLF. He now is running Xastir from source code but is still getting some errors which as near as I can tell are pi based; they are not ones I have had experience with; and both of us had cell phone batteries that were almost empty.
>
> I have also pointed him at some of the Wiki's.
>
> Joe VA3JLF, the main Wiki that you should look at is at https://xastir.org/index.php/Main_Page and is the root for all information Xastir related. Otherwise ask a question here on the reflector if you can not find a answer in the archived messages. (We promise not to bite, although some may bark a bit, ;-) )
>
> 73
> Dave
> KB3EFS
> On 11/01/2017 06:54 PM, russo at bogodyn.org wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 01, 2017 at 06:46:32PM -0400, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <joe at laferla.ca> flavor, containing:
> Hi Tom
>
> Please help me because I am a bit confused.  I did not ???configure and compile??? xastir.  I did a sudo apt-get install xastir.  Also, I do not have an xastir directory, although there is a hidden directory in my home directory.  However there is no config.h in there.
> As well, I don???t know if the x11 utils were installed at xastir install time because it would all have been during the apt-get install process.  I can slick in the different font windows but the xfonstel buttons remain greyed out.
>
> Well, that means that whoever created the xastir package for the system
> did so without x11-utils being installed, and therefore created a binary that
> will have disabled xfontsel buttons.
>
> Is there another way of installing xastir other than what I did?
>
> Yes, compile it from source.  That's the preferred way, because system package
> repositories almost always lag too far behind, and most only include released
> versions of Xastir.  It has been quite a long time since we've actually done
> a real release, most of us are working directly out of the git repository.
>
> This would be your only choice to get xfontsel working on this system.  Or
> pester whoever made the package to rebuild it with x11-utils installed, and
> make x11-utils a required package for xastir.
>
> From: Tom Russo
> Sent: Wednesday, November 1, 2017 6:00 PM
> To: Xastir - APRS client software discussion
> Subject: Re: [Xastir] xfontsel
>
> On Wed, Nov 01, 2017 at 05:55:29PM -0400, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <joe at laferla.ca> flavor, containing:
> Hi Jason
>
> I tried to install x11-utils but it looks like I already have it loaded.  It says that my version is the latest. The xfontsel buttons are still greyed out.
>
> Xastir must be able to find xfontsel at *configure* time in order for the
> xfontsel buttons to be enabled.
>
> If you configured and compiled xastir before installing x11-utils, you'll
> have to redo it to enable this feature.
>
> You can check to see if configure found xfontsel by grepping for "XFONTSEL"
> in your config.h file (located at the top of your build directory).  If
> it doesn't say:
>
> /* Define if you have xfontsel */
> #define HAVE_XFONTSEL 1
>
> but instead says
> /* Define if you have xfontsel */
> /* #undef HAVE_XFONTSEL */
>
> then you must re-run configure, and recompile/reinstall.
>
>
> From: Jason KG4WSV
> Sent: Wednesday, November 1, 2017 9:58 AM
> To: Xastir - APRS client software discussion
> Subject: Re: [Xastir] xfontsel
>
> On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 9:17 PM, Joseph LaFerla <joe at laferla.ca> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am running xastir on my Stretch pi and have a question about changing fonts.  I did look around the archives and googled but I still cannot get xfontsel to work.  I choose configure|fonts and the fonts window opens up and all the xfontsel buttons on the right hand side are greyed out.  I tried to do an apt-get install xfontsel but that didn???t work either.  What am I doing wrong or is this another problem with Stretch????
>
> sounds like you may not have the x11-utils package loaded. xfontsel is
> no longer part of the default distribution on many distros.
>
> -Jason
> kg4wsv
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