I was able to get Xastir working in Windows 10 via the new bash functionality and the Xming server using these 3 links:
1) This shows how to get the Win10 Anniversary Update. https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2016/08/02/how-to-get-the-windows-10-anniversary-update/ 2) This shows how to get bash up and running. You can ignore the part about being a member of the Windows Insider program - I did, and everything works fine. https://msdn.microsoft.com/commandline/wsl/install_guide 3) This covers getting graphical Linux applications to work. http://www.howtogeek.com/261575/how-to-run-graphical-linux-desktop-applications-from-windows-10s-bash-shell/ HowToGeek recommends Xming, so that's what I installed, but we know from Hans_Peter's message that VcXsrv works as well. After installing Xming I did not need to do anything with a file named /etc/dbus-1/session.conffile. I thought it was amazingly easy to install Xming and issue the command 'export DISPLAY=:0' in the bash shell in order to display GUI applications via Xming. Once the above 3 steps are done it's only a matter of installing Xastir in Ubuntu 14.04 according to the Wiki at http://www.xastir.org. I have no serial ports on the laptop on which I did the above. I have this new instance of Xastir connected to a Raspberry Pi via an AGWPE interface. The Pi is running Ldsped and is connected to a hardware TNC, which is connected to the VHF side of a dual band radio. I'll see if I can get something in the Wiki this weekend. I do like this better than using a VM. Lee - K5DAT On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 12:17 AM, Hans-Peter Friedhelm Oeste <[email protected] > wrote: > I will see about doing a better write-up in the next week. > Meanwhile here's a couple of URL's to get started. > To force the install of Anniversary Update: > https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/12387/windows-10-update-histor > y > Then, you must turn on Developer Mode via Settings > Update & security > > For developers. Next, > search for "Windows Features" and choose "Turn Windowsfeatures on or > off" and enable > Windows Subsystem for Linux (Beta). After that, to install Bash, you > must open the Windows > Command Prompt and type "bash." > > While you can use XMing, or Cygwin/x or XLaunch, I installed VcXsrv > from > https://sourceforge.net/projects/vcxsrv/ which seems to be a XLaunch > derivative. > Works well. > Then peruse the following thread from reddit. > https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/4ea4w4/fyi_you_can_run_gui_ > linux_apps_from_bash/ > Basically change file the /etc/dbus-1/session.conffile so it says > <listen>tcp:host=127.0.0.1,port=10002</listen> > and add to bashrc " > > export DISPLAY=:0" -- .You can do this from the bash > shell or create a custom .bashrc. > There another global version somewhere in the /etc directory but I'm > unable to hunt it down at the moment. > > Restart bash and then go to the xastir ubuntu wiki and run the install > script you'll find there. Works well. > Congrats to the author of that scripting masterpiece. > > Note: Before you start xastir you need to start the xserver. I found > it sat in my system tray waiting for a connection > to start. > > You will likely get some dbus errors but they can be ignored. > > One of my next projects will also be to see if ax25 can get gotten to > run, although I've never used it, so that'll > make it interesting. I've always used xastir in a listener mode. > > Hope this helps some-one get started. > > Hans de VE7OES > On Thu, 2016-08-18 at 06:38 -0700, Curt Mills wrote: > > Someone should do a write-up of it and add it to the Wiki pages. It > > sounds > > like an easier Windows option than the others we currently have, by > > far. If > > someone writes it up, I or another person with Wiki edit capability > > can add > > it. > > > > On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 9:21 PM, Hans-Peter Friedhelm Oeste > > haw.ca> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Well some-one had to do it. > > > > > > I have Windows 10 and I forced the update to Anniversary > > > Edition. When > > > you choose the Developer option, you can now choose to install > > > their > > > beta linux (Bash) subsytem which is a ubuntu system. > > > > > > Yup I installed it and it works great for commandline stuff. But > > > with > > > a couple of minor tweaks that can be found online, and the > > > installation > > > of an X windows system, and there's at least 3 free ones, you can > > > run > > > gui Xwindows programs. There are issues with some programs > > > but..##SELECTION_END## > > > > > > Because the subsystem is Ubuntu based, I used the instructions in > > > the > > > wiki, specifically the great script that does all the work for you. > > > And it works flawlessly. And running xastir, it starts up and > > > runs > > > flawlessly! Go figure! So Windows 10 can now be part of 'our' > > > ecosystem. Who'd of thunk it. > > > > > > Hans Oeste > > > VE7OES. > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Xastir mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Xastir mailing list > [email protected] > http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir > _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir
