Figured I'd post an update on getting Xastir going on OpenSuSE-10.3. I know others have done it as well, but figured my experiences might be of value too.
The upgrade from 10.2 didn't go well. That was most likely my fault as I messed with the /boot partition, moving the files to the '/' partition just before the upgrade. I don't think it was SuSE's fault that I screwed it up. When I was all done it wouldn't boot. Anyway, I installed OpenSuSE-10.3 onto a fresh disk, then mounted my original drive as /home. I changed my UID from the 500 range up to the 1000 range to match where they're putting users now, but that's minor stuff. On to the Xastir-specific info: I added several repositories to YaST including the ham radio 10.3 repository, plus did an OS update. Using YaST I added all of the packages that Xastir would need, but I didn't install Xastir from the ham radio repository (It was in there, so I could have). Instead I compiled/installed Xastir itself from sources. So... I had to install NOTHING from sources except for Xastir itself, but I got ALL of the optional packages enabled. This says a lot for the guys who are supporting the ham packages for SuSE! What _didn't_ work right out of the gate: Terraserver images. They showed up entirely black. I got rid of GraphicsMagick and installed ImageMagick. They work now. I believe this is only due to how the GM package was compiled. SuSE needs to add one more command-line option to GM's configure while they're building their RPM package in order to make it work. Labels on sliders in the GUI: I downgraded OpenMotif to an earlier version. They work now. This is a known Motif bug in alter versions. I should also mention LSB: Before I added the ham repository and did the Xastir install from sources, I had the LSB version of Xastir up and running just be exploding the package into the proper place and running the binary. I had internet maps and an internet feed working in minutes. After I got the compiled-from-sources Xastir running I deleted the /opt/Xastir directory to get rid of the LSB version. -- Curt, WE7U: <www.eskimo.com/~archer/> XASTIR: <www.xastir.org> "Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math." -- unknown "Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates." -- WE7U The world DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system! _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
