Re: [Xastir] So, a question on all this building...

2010-02-05 Thread Chris
Yeah, thanks. There are quite a few kissparms is one, ax25dmon I think is another. Just being a bit lazy and trying to avoid yet another reason to finally get beyond hello_world in C. JNOS2 has a neat mode called 'axui' which is very much like what I want. It does UI conversing and allows

Re: [Xastir] So, a question on all this building...

2010-02-05 Thread Tom Russo
On Fri, Feb 05, 2010 at 09:47:55AM -0800, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the curt.w...@gmail.com flavor, containing: On Fri, 5 Feb 2010, Chris wrote: With a bunch of people running Ubuntu, why not just 'sudo apt-get install xastir' ? Is the version shipped with 9.10's

Re: [Xastir] So, a question on all this building...

2010-02-05 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Feb 5, 2010, at 10:04 AM, Tom Russo wrote: Because the Ubuntu repositories routinely stick at old versions. As I understand it, the package maintainer is neither an Xastir user nor a subscriber to any Xastir list. In fact, I thought I read recently that the package maintainer was no

Re: [Xastir] So, a question on all this building...

2010-02-05 Thread Curt, WE7U
On Fri, 5 Feb 2010, Bob Nielsen wrote: The version of Xastir in the latest (9.10) Ubuntu is actually a recompilation of the version contained in the Debian testing repository (the released version of Debian has 1.9.2). Wow, the 1.9.2 release happened Nov 6, 2007. The one in Debian testing

Re: [Xastir] So, a question on all this building...

2010-02-05 Thread Lee Bengston
On 2/5/10, Bob Nielsen n...@clearwire.net wrote: On Feb 5, 2010, at 10:04 AM, Tom Russo wrote: Because the Ubuntu repositories routinely stick at old versions. As I understand it, the package maintainer is neither an Xastir user nor a subscriber to any Xastir list. In fact, I thought I

Re: [Xastir] So, a question on all this building...

2010-02-05 Thread Rob Neece
The version I installed from the MEPIS repository was 1.9.2. Curt, WE7U wrote: On Fri, 5 Feb 2010, Bob Nielsen wrote: The version of Xastir in the latest (9.10) Ubuntu is actually a recompilation of the version contained in the Debian testing repository (the released version of Debian has

Re: [Xastir] So, a question on all this building...

2010-02-05 Thread Norm, VK3XCI
I don't mind being 0.0.2 versions behind... (Story of my life!). It's stable and just works out of the box 73 de Norm, VK3XCI Mildura, Australia The Wintersun City QF15bt. Tom Russo wrote: On Fri, Feb 05, 2010 at 09:47:55AM -0800, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the

Re: [Xastir] So, a question on all this building...

2010-02-05 Thread Tom Russo
On Fri, Feb 05, 2010 at 03:20:24PM -0600, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the lee.bengs...@gmail.com flavor, containing: On 2/5/10, Bob Nielsen n...@clearwire.net wrote: On Feb 5, 2010, at 10:04 AM, Tom Russo wrote: Because the Ubuntu repositories routinely stick at old

Re: [Xastir] So, a question on all this building...

2010-02-05 Thread Tom Russo
On Fri, Feb 05, 2010 at 05:21:54PM -0600, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the kd5...@gmail.com flavor, containing: Kernel[Linux 2.6.26-6.slh.1-sidux-686 i686] xastir: Installed: 1.9.4-3.1 Candidate: 1.9.4-3.1 Version table: *** 1.9.4-3.1 0 500

Re: [Xastir] So, a question on all this building...

2010-02-05 Thread Tom Russo
On Sat, Feb 06, 2010 at 08:54:59AM +1100, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the vk...@exemail.com.au flavor, containing: !DOCTYPE html PUBLIC -//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN html Please don't post HTML email to the Xastir mailing list. It is hard to read in non-web mail

Re: [Xastir] So, a question on all this building...

2010-02-05 Thread Norm, VK3XCI
Interesting Tom, I do use the server ports to connect other clients. UI-view from my office work box and xastir from the eeepc 701 in the bedroom (sad isn't it?) The question is how does the bug manifest? I don't recall ever having any problems. Lucky maybe? 73 de Norm, VK3XCI Mildura,

[Xastir] So I built current

2010-02-05 Thread Chris
On Ubuntu 9.10, I built the current xastir from source. It keeps dumping due to a buffer overflow. Anyone want any particulars? *** buffer overflow detected ***: xastir terminated === Backtrace: = /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__fortify_fail+0x48)[0xde9ed8]

Re: [Xastir] So, a question on all this building...

2010-02-05 Thread Tom Hayward
Can't answer that as I don't run Ubuntu nor know what version of Xastir binary they have. I've got an idea... What about creating a PPA for Xastir on Launchpad.net? https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+ppas https://help.launchpad.net/Packaging/PPA This would allow the Xastir team to publish updated

Re: [Xastir] Niggly bits to make it work

2010-02-05 Thread Lee Bengston
On 2/4/10, James Ewen ve6...@gmail.com wrote: I spend a lot of time delving into the deep dark recesses of APRS. Doesn't that suggest a tinfoil hat and propeller beanie of your own? (only kidding, of course) And I know I wasn't very quick with that - too busy fiddling with the pocket

Re: [Xastir] So, a question on all this building...

2010-02-05 Thread James Cameron
On Fri, Feb 05, 2010 at 04:37:44PM -0800, Tom Hayward wrote: I've got an idea... What about creating a PPA for Xastir on Launchpad.net? What, and do their job for them, and as a result cause Xastir to run perfectly well on every Ubuntu system? Surely we want it to be used by people with skill

Re: [Xastir] Niggly bits to make it work

2010-02-05 Thread James Ewen
On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 10:01 PM, Lee Bengston lee.bengs...@gmail.com wrote: I spend a lot of time delving into the deep dark recesses of APRS. Doesn't that suggest a tinfoil hat and propeller beanie of your own? (only kidding, of course) Hey, my tinfoil hat has a propeller! And I know I

Re: [Xastir] So, a question on all this building...

2010-02-05 Thread David Aitcheson
Alright, who turned on the echobox? This is EXACTLY what I have been driving at but getting ignored. Dave - KB3EFS On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 7:37 PM, Tom Hayward esa...@gmail.com wrote: Can't answer that as I don't run Ubuntu nor know what version of Xastir binary they have. I've got an

Re: [Xastir] So, a question on all this building...

2010-02-05 Thread Tom Russo
On Sat, Feb 06, 2010 at 01:38:15PM +1100, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the vk3...@aanet.com.au flavor, containing: Interesting Tom, I do use the server ports to connect other clients. UI-view from my office work box and xastir from the eeepc 701 in the bedroom (sad isn't

Re: [Xastir] So, a question on all this building...

2010-02-05 Thread David Aitcheson
James and Tom, I know what you mean. All one has to do is look at the SchoolTool package and see how a LaunchPad-PPA works to a packages advantage. In LESS THAN TWO or THREE YEARS SchoolTool has gone from nothing to full recognition by not only ubuntu but is also getting noticed by the rest of