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 a little. norm vk3xci On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 11:02 AM, Dexter N Muir <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 19/05/16 11:45, [email protected] wrote: > >> Message: 7 >> Date: Wed, 18 May 2016 17:45:20 -0600 >> From: Tom Russo<[email protected]> >> To: Norm McMillan<[email protected]> >> Cc: Xastir - APRS client software discussion<[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [Xastir] Starting xastir. >> Message-ID:<[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >> >> On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 09:29:12AM +1000, we recorded a bogon-computron >> collision of the<[email protected]> 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 from the main menu with the default icon. >>> >> Xastir 2.0.0 is*ANCIENT*. You are much better off pitching that and >> building >> from source. The current version is 2.0.7, released in April, 2015. >> 2.0.0 >> was released in October 2010. There have been bug fixes and compatibility >> updates since then that are important to get. >> >> One of those was the introduction the icon file, which happened in >> October 2012. That's why you don't have it. >> >> Clearly, whoever created the Xastir package on your system has abandoned >> the >> package and not kept it current. You will be much better served building >> from source. >> >> Further to Tom's input (with full agreement), I have found the best way > is to use the cvs script at http://www.175moonlight.com/xastir/xastir.html > (Lee K5DAT's site). This assumes ?buntu or ?bian OS, but should serve as a > basis for a smooth build on other linux systems (I run Kubuntu and > Raspbian). > Hopefully helpfully, > Dex, ZL2DEX > > _______________________________________________ > Xastir mailing list > [email protected] > http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir > _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir
