Re: [Xastir] Starting xastir.

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

Re: [Xastir] Starting xastir.

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

Re: [Xastir] Serial Port wont start

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

Re: [Xastir] Serial Port wont start

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

Re: [Xastir] Serial Port wont start

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

Re: [Xastir] Serial Port wont start

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 >

Re: [Xastir] Serial Port wont start

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