[Xastir] on Android

[Kurt]

My thread so I'm thread jacking it! :-)  I got Xastir running via an IS link on a Nexus 7 2012 3G and a 2013 LTE.  I've done the GNU/Root Debian and XSDL thing from the Android apps and installed as recommended.  Synaptic packages didn't work so I dropped it in later installs.  I totally screwed up the setup in the 2013 and uninstalled GNU/Root and XSDL.  Problem is when I re-installedthe same screwed up screen is seen.  So I did another uninstall and used ES Pro to find a GNU/Root directory that was left on the device after the uninstall.  There was no remnants from XSDL.Well, I deleted the empty GNU/Root and started over. Got it done this time.  The XSDL screen you can tap when it gives you the resolution settings and it will go into a setup screen so you canget the resolution the way you want it.  The Xastir menus and font sizes were way too small for me to see and I had to go to a lower resolution.
I am a script kiddie and not a programmer.  I couldn't get an onscreen keyboard to come up easily but I paired a B/T mouse and keyboard to the N7's and by golly they are "seen" seamlesslyin Xwindows.  I didn't have to do a thing.  The widow comes up and the mouse and keyboard work right off the bat!
Now, I just need to figure out how to pair a B/T GPS and TNC to this thing and holy molee will I be going to town!  I will import some of my current offline map tiles and my gosh this will be great.It will all hinge on if I can can find where the heck bluetooth devices reside.  I used the midnight commander and the system won't let me look at /dev.  I don't know if any B/T devices of another type will be transparent to the system like the mouse and keyboard.  Kurt KC9LDH

      From: Kurt <ksaves2 at sbcglobal.net>
 To: "Curt, WE7U" <curt.we7u at gmail.com>; Xastir - APRS Client Software Discussion <xastir at lists.xastir.org> 
 Sent: Saturday, September 9, 2017 2:21 PM
 Subject: Re: [Xastir] Anyone get Xastir to.......
   
Hi,
I got the thing to come up with Gnu/Root Debian. I used these instructions from Xda Developers: Guide: Installing and Running a GNU/Linux Environment on Any Android Device(Yes I know this gets scrubbed but perhaps moderator/owner can clear.)
I followed the instructions exactly except I just used lxde-core.  Synaptic package manager didn't work for me.  What you do is once you get everything installed like the instruction show,You fire up XSDL and minimize it.  The open GNU/Root Debian and type in these commands as shown: export DISPLAY=:0 PULSE_SERVER=tcp:127.0.0.1:4712startlxde &I gotta write a script for this like startx or something.  I then go back and call up XSDL that I previously minimized, it will start up X.  I used apt-get install Xastir and mc for Midnight Commander.  I still like MC.
Big tip:  Pair a B/T keyboard and mouse to your Android device.  It will be seen and called up from within XSDL.  Makes life a heck of a lot easier.
Next step I did is I simply setup an IS monitor and by golly Xastir started pulling the stations right off the internet!  Only thing I did was make sure my Android was connected via WiFi to the net.I didn't have to do anything to get GNU/Root or XSDL to "find" the internet.
XSDL I discovered has a startup screen you can tap and it will all you to do screen resolution and some rudimentary typefont sizing.
It is a bit slow but faster than Jessie on a Pocket CHIP. I'll have to load some of my mapfiles and see how Xastir behaves.  My next step would be if I can pair serial B/T peripherals so I canpull the NMEA strings off of them for plotting on Xastir.  I don't know if the internal GPS can be recognized or I'd have to pair an External B/T GPS.
Kinda neat that I have Debian running on top of a 7.1.2 Nougat kernel in a Nexus 7 2012 3G .  AOSP tilapia to be exact from July 2017
Any recommendations for a browser I can pull off with apt-get?  Kurt KC9LDH      


  
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