Re: [Xastir] XASTIR on XO

2008-12-08 Thread Jon Kåre Hellan
Curt, WE7U wrote:
> On Sat, 6 Dec 2008, Bob Bruninga  wrote:
> 
>> When XASTIR runs on the XO (OLPC) is it only using the APRS-IS,
>> via WIFI, or does it also have a packet interface to the soundcard
>> for use on RF?
> 
> I don't recall anyone mentioning that it ran on an XO.  I thought
> the XO didn't have all the X11 stuff on it.  Is that true?
> 
> If it is true, does the box have enough room and software support to
> put the required libraries on it?
> 
> A quick grep through my 2007/2008 Xastir messages showed that the XO
> OLPC was running pygtk and lots of Python apps.  Nobody mentioned
> getting Xastir running on it (which uses X11/Motif and is written in
> C).
> 

pygtk runs on top of Python and GTK. GTK is a toolkit for X11, and 
Python and GTK are both implemented in C. However, Motif isn't part of 
the default install, and window/window manager interaction is quite 
different from what we are used to on desktop X11.

By modern standards, Motif isn't big, though.

Jon LA4RT
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Re: [Xastir] XASTIR on XO

2008-12-08 Thread Neville A. Cross
On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 12:12 PM, Curt, WE7U <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, 6 Dec 2008, Bob Bruninga  wrote:
>
>> When XASTIR runs on the XO (OLPC) is it only using the APRS-IS,
>> via WIFI, or does it also have a packet interface to the soundcard
>> for use on RF?
>
> I don't recall anyone mentioning that it ran on an XO.  I thought
> the XO didn't have all the X11 stuff on it.  Is that true?
>
> If it is true, does the box have enough room and software support to
> put the required libraries on it?
>

I haven't get a cross any reference of running ham software over Sugar.
OLPC comes with Sugar, that is a desktop like gnome, kde or xfce. OLPC
comes with Fedora Linux. You can go to the terminal anytime you want.
I have seen people taking away Sugar and installing Fedora. There is a
preloaded memory card to install fedora 10 on a OLPC been sold on
amazon. I friend of mine installed Ubuntu on a OLPC.

The question is ... when you are saying OLPC are we talking about the
software/hardware combo, or just the hardware?

I want to get one OLPC to try different things, but haven't got it yet.

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Re: [Xastir] XASTIR on XO

2008-12-08 Thread Niall Parker
Curt, WE7U wrote:
> On Sat, 6 Dec 2008, Bob Bruninga  wrote:
> 
>> When XASTIR runs on the XO (OLPC) is it only using the APRS-IS,
>> via WIFI, or does it also have a packet interface to the soundcard
>> for use on RF?
> 
> I don't recall anyone mentioning that it ran on an XO.  I thought
> the XO didn't have all the X11 stuff on it.  Is that true?
> 
> If it is true, does the box have enough room and software support to
> put the required libraries on it?
> 
> A quick grep through my 2007/2008 Xastir messages showed that the XO
> OLPC was running pygtk and lots of Python apps.  Nobody mentioned
> getting Xastir running on it (which uses X11/Motif and is written in
> C).

I've installed the default Xastir from the Ubuntu repository on my XO 
running Ubuntu 8.04.1 (dual booting off an SD card). Haven't played with 
it much but it seems to work fine. A project for another day is to get a 
radio interface going, possibly soundmodem or a usb tnc.

The default Sugar interface would probably be more work though I suspect 
it is still possible, I've installed other X11 stuff on it. Generally 
though I find Sugar too 'different' and even my kids prefer Ubuntu.

... Niall

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Re: [Xastir] XASTIR on XO

2008-12-08 Thread Curt, WE7U
On Sat, 6 Dec 2008, Bob Bruninga  wrote:

> When XASTIR runs on the XO (OLPC) is it only using the APRS-IS,
> via WIFI, or does it also have a packet interface to the soundcard
> for use on RF?

I don't recall anyone mentioning that it ran on an XO.  I thought
the XO didn't have all the X11 stuff on it.  Is that true?

If it is true, does the box have enough room and software support to
put the required libraries on it?

A quick grep through my 2007/2008 Xastir messages showed that the XO
OLPC was running pygtk and lots of Python apps.  Nobody mentioned
getting Xastir running on it (which uses X11/Motif and is written in
C).

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