Re: [Xastir] Starting xastir

2016-05-18 Thread Norm McMillan
Dex, I get it, but I don't think I'm quite ready yet! Like I said to Tom, I'll give it a try when I get a little more confident and have a day to spare :-) BTW, ex ZL2TGE back in late 70's. Lived in Brooklyn, Wellington. Have an aged Aunt out at Otaki... was there over Xmas. Know the Fielding area

Re: [Xastir] Starting xastir.

2016-05-18 Thread Norm McMillan
Tom, I'm coming to realize that! Don't think I'm quite ready to build just yet... It's been too long. Maybe when I'm back up to speed--- and have a day to lose :-) norm vk3xci On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 9:45 AM, Tom Russo wrote: > On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 09:29:12AM +1000, we recorded a bogon-comp

[Xastir] Starting xastir

2016-05-18 Thread Dexter N Muir
On 19/05/16 11:45, xastir-requ...@lists.xastir.org wrote: Message: 7 Date: Wed, 18 May 2016 17:45:20 -0600 From: Tom Russo To: Norm McMillan Cc: Xastir - APRS client software discussion Subject: Re: [Xastir] Starting xastir. Message-ID:<20160518234520.ga...@bogodyn.org> Content-Type: text/plain

Re: [Xastir] Starting xastir.

2016-05-18 Thread Tom Russo
On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 09:29:12AM +1000, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the flavor, containing: > David, Tom, > Thanks for the help. It's all coming back out the way it went in... > slowly :-) > No sign of icon.png for xastir on build 2.0.0-2.1ubuntu1 but no matter. > Launching fro

Re: [Xastir] Starting xastir.

2016-05-18 Thread Norm McMillan
David, Tom, Thanks for the help. It's all coming back out the way it went in... slowly :-) No sign of icon.png for xastir on build 2.0.0-2.1ubuntu1 but no matter. Launching from the main menu with the default icon. I may get back to it when I get the rest of the Ham Radio stuff set up norm vk3x

Re: [Xastir] Starting xastir.

2016-05-18 Thread Tom Russo
On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 06:15:30PM -0400, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the flavor, containing: > I would guess the .desktop goes in the root of you home directory > (/home/UID). Don't know about the icon. You could make one :) The .desktop file more likely goes in the "Desktop" su

Re: [Xastir] Starting xastir.

2016-05-18 Thread David Lane
I would guess the .desktop goes in the root of you home directory (/home/UID). Don't know about the icon. You could make one :) --- David A. Lane, KG4GIY EC/RO Prince William County ARES®/RACES +1.703.628.3868 http://www.pwcares.org/ IM/Skype/Twitter: kg4giy > On May 18, 2016, at 6:01 PM, Norm

[Xastir] Starting xastir.

2016-05-18 Thread Norm McMillan
Good morning, trolled around a few threads re starting xastir from a terminal or from a .desktop. At the moment I'm starting it from a terminal, which of course stays open behind the application. Writing a .desktop is trivial... but Where do I put it? Where do I find the icon? I'm back to linux

Re: [Xastir] Serial Port wont start

2016-05-18 Thread Norm McMillan
David, Iain, Thanks for your help. It's all good now, but one other question. New thread. On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 8:49 PM, Norm McMillan wrote: > Thanks. Told ya I was tired! :-) > > Norm > vk3xci > > On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 8:45 PM, Iain R. Learmonth > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> On 18/05/16 11:44,

Re: [Xastir] Serial Port wont start

2016-05-18 Thread Norm McMillan
Thanks. Told ya I was tired! :-) Norm vk3xci On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 8:45 PM, Iain R. Learmonth wrote: > Hi, > > On 18/05/16 11:44, Norm McMillan wrote: > > Iain, > > tried > > *sudo adduser myusername dialout* > > got the expected response but still have to start xastir as root *sudo > > xasti

Re: [Xastir] Serial Port wont start

2016-05-18 Thread Iain R. Learmonth
Hi, On 18/05/16 11:44, Norm McMillan wrote: > Iain, > tried > *sudo adduser myusername dialout* > got the expected response but still have to start xastir as root *sudo > xastir* to start the serial port. You will need to log out and log in again in order to have the new group membership take eff

Re: [Xastir] Serial Port wont start

2016-05-18 Thread Norm McMillan
Iain, tried *sudo adduser myusername dialout* got the expected response but still have to start xastir as root *sudo xastir* to start the serial port. It's been a long day so I'll look at it tomorrow. Thanks all for you help, at least I know the problem, if not the answer :-) Norm vk3xci On Wed,

Re: [Xastir] Serial Port wont start

2016-05-18 Thread David Lane
Yeah, I was only thinking about the serial port. No coffee yet. It's a common thing to forget you need elevated privileges for serial access. One of those hardwired responses. Yours is a much better answer. Thanks. --- David A. Lane, KG4GIY EC/RO Prince William County ARES®/RACES +1.703.628.

Re: [Xastir] Serial Port wont start

2016-05-18 Thread Norm McMillan
Kool David, all good now! Norm vk3xci On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 8:11 PM, Norm McMillan wrote: > Umm... no. Let me just try that > > Norm > vk3xci > > > On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 8:08 PM, David Lane wrote: > >> Are you in the root/wheel group? Serial needs to be started with root. >> >> >> --- >>

Re: [Xastir] Serial Port wont start

2016-05-18 Thread Iain R. Learmonth
Hi, On 18/05/16 11:08, David Lane wrote: > Are you in the root/wheel group? Serial needs to be started with root. :/ On Debian systems, and its derivatives like Ubuntu, you can do: sudo adduser YOURUSERNAME dialout The dialout group is allowed to access the serial ports (historically would h

Re: [Xastir] Serial Port wont start

2016-05-18 Thread Norm McMillan
Umm... no. Let me just try that Norm vk3xci On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 8:08 PM, David Lane wrote: > Are you in the root/wheel group? Serial needs to be started with root. > > > --- > David A. Lane, KG4GIY > EC/RO Prince William County ARES®/RACES > +1.703.628.3868 > http://www.pwcares.org/ > IM/

Re: [Xastir] Serial Port wont start

2016-05-18 Thread David Lane
Sorry, you said Ubuntu - sudo. --- David A. Lane, KG4GIY EC/RO Prince William County ARES®/RACES +1.703.628.3868 http://www.pwcares.org/ IM/Skype/Twitter: kg4giy > On May 18, 2016, at 5:50 AM, Norm McMillan wrote: > > OK, I'm no noob, more like a "born again", and it has been a few years so I

Re: [Xastir] Serial Port wont start

2016-05-18 Thread David Lane
Are you in the root/wheel group? Serial needs to be started with root. --- David A. Lane, KG4GIY EC/RO Prince William County ARES®/RACES +1.703.628.3868 http://www.pwcares.org/ IM/Skype/Twitter: kg4giy > On May 18, 2016, at 5:50 AM, Norm McMillan wrote: > > OK, I'm no noob, more like a "born

[Xastir] Serial Port wont start

2016-05-18 Thread Norm McMillan
OK, I'm no noob, more like a "born again", and it has been a few years so I may be missing something. Ubuntu 14.04 Dell Optiplex 755 Paccomm Tiny2 xastir 2.0.0-2.1ubuntu1 The Internet interface starts and runs just fine Serial port, not so much. When I try to start it just sits there. no error mes