[OZAPRS] XASTIR - maps

[Hamish Moffatt]

Hi Tony,

I'm not actively using XASTIR nor following the mailing lists. Nobody
has reported these problems to Debian's bug tracker (see
http://bugs.debian.org/xastir ), nor via Ubuntu's for that matter (
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xastir ), so I'm unaware.

I don't remember seeing any recent bug reports about libax25 either.

Please everyone, report stuff if you want it fixed!

Hamish

On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 09:06:17PM +1030, Tony Hunt wrote:
> Hamish..
> 
> I am not sure if we are talking about AX25 libraries or Xastir packages now.
> 
> The issues Scott refered to with Image magic and Graphics magic are
> well known with Xastir. All the recent debian packages for the
> buntus and Lenny all fail with Raster maps and have issues. I would
> have thought you were across this as you end up often with just a
> black box instead of a raster map depending on the file type (gif or
> jpg). There are various wikis and workarounds involving uninstalling
> IM and GM packages and then compiling your own and even recompiling
> xastir. Currently Debian is in a bit of a mess with these issues and
> xastir.
> The number of posts on the xastir mailing list for this just keeps
> mounting. It re-emerges periodically.
> A easy way to get xastir going in xastir is to install LSB and run
> the xastir LSB package for xastir but thats currently at v1.93.
> 
> Have a chat with Curt. There was talk about some mods in the source
> code to check how IM was compiled (switches) as a work around.
> Maybee you can do a work around . Currently its a real pain getting
> xastir going properly with just about any debian system. Not an easy
> apt-get install xastir anymore.
> 
> 
> 
> Tony  Hunt VK5AH  wavetel at internode.on.net
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> 
> >Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:27:16 +1100
> >From: Hamish Moffatt <hamish at cloud.net.au>
> >Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] XASTIR - maps
> >To: ozaprs at aprs.net.au
> >Message-ID: <20091123222715.GC2193 at cloud.net.au>
> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> >
> >On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 11:34:52PM +1100, Andrew Gilbett wrote:
> >>Thanks Everyone for your input XASTIR is working well now. I compiled
> >>it from source and that seems to have solved all the problems. I also
> >>took your advice ray and compiled and installed the AX25 libraries
> >>from Bernard F6BVP. It appears to be working well using the internet
> >>stream. Time to tackle RF very soon.
> >
> >What's wrong with the packaged version anyway?
> >
> >I built the package and haven't had any feedback about problems with it.
> >
> >
> >
> >Hamish
>