[OZAPRS] Xastir / Linux (user?) problem

Scott Evans scott at vk7hse.hobby-site.org
Mon Sep 7 19:18:22 EST 2009


yeah most likely culprit is "compiz" but agree with Tony, the XASTIR
mailing list will be a better resource than this one for such...

On Mon, 2009-09-07 at 18:29 +0930, Tony Hunt wrote:

> 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>
> > Message-ID:
> > <d20592f20909070112s48757cb3wa53e7139a2621480 at mail.gmail.com>
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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
> >
> 
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