Re: [Xastir] USB to RS-232 issue

2011-04-30 Thread ka7o
Yup, it's a kernel module. But it appears the problem isn't really in the driver itself, but rather in a change in how the Kernel's serial API is used. But, It's beyond my abilities to verify one way or the other. All I know is minicom and gpsd both work great - xastir don't. 73 On 04/30/20

Re: [Xastir] USB to RS-232 issue

2011-04-30 Thread ka7o
DOH! found the workaround - the modprobe -r pl2303 modprobe pl2303 dance does work - so long as you point the NEW serial TNC interface in xastir to ttyUSB0 and not ttyS0. ttySO simple doesn't exist, never will work no matter what workarounds are attempted. This workaround was mentioned earl

Re: [Xastir] GNIS data

2011-04-30 Thread Tom Russo
On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 07:25:28PM -0700, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the flavor, containing: > Ok, I upgraded Xastir on another machine just this afternoon. Previously I > was running 1.9.3 and have a bunch of GNIS data files with population > centers. They worked fine on the

Re: [Xastir] Ubuntu 11.04

2011-04-30 Thread Tom Russo
On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 07:16:29PM -0500, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the flavor, containing: > On 04/30/2011 06:50 PM, Jerry Chamberlin wrote: > > Just did the upgrade last night, just tried it right now, seems to have no > > issues, > > Maybe a reload of xastir package , you may

Re: [Xastir] USB to RS-232 issue

2011-04-30 Thread Dale Seaburg
On 4/30/2011 9:08 PM, xastir-requ...@lists.xastir.org wrote: Subject: [Xastir] USB to RS-232 issue From: ka7o Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2011 18:24:23 -0600 To: Xastir - APRS client software discussion This was working great. (Fedora 14 current update - Xastir from CVS today) PL-1203 USB to RS-232

[Xastir] GNIS data

2011-04-30 Thread Alex Carver
Ok, I upgraded Xastir on another machine just this afternoon. Previously I was running 1.9.3 and have a bunch of GNIS data files with population centers. They worked fine on the previous Xastir but do not work on the CVS version. I get this error when the map redraws: "Something unusual found

Re: [Xastir] dbfawk package?

2011-04-30 Thread Alex Carver
Nevermind, got it. Obviously you have to send a message asking for help before the required apt-get search works. > Date: Saturday, April 30, 2011, 9:56 PM > Does anyone happen to know what > package (in Debian specifically) has dbfawk?  I recall > it used to be on its own but searching the lat

[Xastir] dbfawk package?

2011-04-30 Thread Alex Carver
Does anyone happen to know what package (in Debian specifically) has dbfawk? I recall it used to be on its own but searching the latest package repository doesn't show dbfawk anywhere. ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@lists.xastir.org http://lists.xastir

Re: [Xastir] USB to RS-232 issue

2011-04-30 Thread ka7o
I'll have to dig further, one I found was modprobe -r pl2303 modprobe pl2303 Digging On 04/30/2011 07:30 PM, Jason KG4WSV wrote: On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 8:16 PM, ka7o wrote: Yup, PL2303 is correct. However, it seems it might not be a 'bug' per se. Seems it's becoming a larger problem. S

Re: [Xastir] USB to RS-232 issue

2011-04-30 Thread Jason KG4WSV
On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 8:16 PM, ka7o wrote: > Yup, PL2303 is correct. However, it seems it might not be a 'bug' per se. > Seems it's becoming a larger problem. See below. FWIW, the 'workaround' > didn't work for me here. the workaround I recall involved a udev rule, IIRC. -Jason kg4wsv

Re: [Xastir] USB to RS-232 issue

2011-04-30 Thread ka7o
On 04/30/2011 07:16 PM, ka7o wrote: > I'll test here by going back a few revs in kernel - see what happens. Nope - no change by going back to an older kernel, one I know things have worked with in the past. 73 ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@lists.

Re: [Xastir] USB to RS-232 issue

2011-04-30 Thread ka7o
Yup, PL2303 is correct. However, it seems it might not be a 'bug' per se. Seems it's becoming a larger problem. See below. FWIW, the 'workaround' didn't work for me here. I'll test here by going back a few revs in kernel - see what happens. 73 2011-04-25: #12 I was hit with this problem

Re: [Xastir] USB to RS-232 issue

2011-04-30 Thread Jason KG4WSV
There's a bug in the PL2303 driver introduced in the latest kernel. Google the correct name (I think it's PL2303) and linux bug and you should get details and a workaround. -Jason ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@lists.xastir.org http://lists.xastir.or

[Xastir] USB to RS-232 issue

2011-04-30 Thread ka7o
This was working great. (Fedora 14 current update - Xastir from CVS today) PL-1203 USB to RS-232 to a KPC3+ (serial, no KISS), but I was using a 'keyspan' adapter. Switched to a 'no-name' PL-1203 adapter and now I can no longer 'open' the TNC under interfaces. However, I can access the TNC wit

Re: [Xastir] Ubuntu 11.04

2011-04-30 Thread James Jolin
On 04/30/2011 06:50 PM, Jerry Chamberlin wrote: Just did the upgrade last night, just tried it right now, seems to have no issues, Maybe a reload of xastir package , you may have something else that wiped out something. WA0JRJ Kansas city On Apr 30, 2011, at 6:44 PM, James Jolin wrote: Wel

Re: [Xastir] Ubuntu 11.04

2011-04-30 Thread Jerry Chamberlin
Just did the upgrade last night, just tried it right now, seems to have no issues, Maybe a reload of xastir package , you may have something else that wiped out something. WA0JRJ Kansas city On Apr 30, 2011, at 6:44 PM, James Jolin wrote: > Well, I let Ubuntu 10.10 update to 11.04. I kind of

[Xastir] Ubuntu 11.04

2011-04-30 Thread James Jolin
Well, I let Ubuntu 10.10 update to 11.04. I kind of figured there would be some problems. The one I got is xastir can't find llbXm.so. Did not find a how-to on this version. Anybody got some ideas? Jim wa9arb ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@lis