[OZAPRS] Xastir / Linux (user?) problem

[Tony Hunt]

Mark,

In a word Yep..  Been there done that.. Your better off joining the xastir 
mail list where you will find a lot of very active and helpful people.
http://lists.xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/

Go have a look at this email group and do a search in the archive for "cigar 
shaped" or "cigar problem"

My findings were that it was all to do with Gnome and restricted drivers. I 
have a Nvidia video card which is likely the culprit with the restricted 
drivers.

Below is a copy/paste from the many posts made on the subject.

So the problem relates to restricted video drivers under Gnome only. To me
this is a minor hassle because Gnome is just not my favorite desktop. Is it
the restricted drivers or is it Gnome or is it Xastir that is at fault here
? It is certainly curious that xastir can get most of the other Menus to
work correctly. Whats so special and different about the interfaces menu for
example ? Is this problem unique to Ubuntu ?

Some work arounds involve configuring Xastir with the restricted drivers
disabled (which requires a reboot every time) or just editing the
xastir.conf file manually. Perhaps if you dont want to install KDE and
configure it there then think about installing the Xfce desktop which is
relatively light weight even compared to Gnome and configure Xastir from
there.
Tony Hunt VK5AH----- Original Message ----- 

> Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 18:12:38 +1000
> From: Mark austin <vk2jma at gmail.com>
> Subject: [OZAPRS] Xastir / Linux (user?) problem
> To: Australian APRS Users <ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
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> G'day all,
> A request for help (& education?)
> I have Xastir running on Ubuntu 8.10. Being a newbie to both I've
> managed to change something (unknown) that has resulted in all menu
> item selected from the "file" drop down or the "interface control"
> menu bringing up a very small dialog box (window?), so small that it's
> not possible to re size them back to normal. Other menu items are
> unaffected? The right mouse button options of re size and restore are
> also grayed out?
> After a week of trying to find a fix, any suggestions are welcomed
> with open arms. (install windows, I here you say!!!)
>
> Regards,
> Mark.
> Vk2jma
>