Re: [Xastir] D700 Connection

2008-04-09 Thread Curt, WE7U
On Wed, 9 Apr 2008, Keith Kaiser wrote:

> This is a weird one guys.
> 
> I did ls -lad /dev/lock the result is;
> drwxr-xr-t  2 root  wheel  68 Apr  9 21:25 /var/lock
> 
> Which is a little different than  yours, I have a - where you have an x in the
> 6th position. What does that mean?

Separate it out like this:

d  rwx  r-x   r-t

The first means it's a directory.  The other three groups are the
read/write/execute permissions for each of three groups:

Owner  rwx
Group  r-x
Other  r-t (or r-x)

Here's where it gets a bit strange:  In the case of a directory the
'x' means you can change into the directory, it doesn't mean execute
permission like it does on a file.

Another weirdness:  Other flags sometimes appear in the 'x'
position, like 't', 'g', etc.  The 't' is a "sticky" flag.  On my
system it appears as a 'T' if the 'x' flag is not set, and a 't' is
the 'x' flag _is_ set.  Hard to keep track of isn't it?

You're probably good here with either a 't' or an 'x' in that last
position for this case.

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Re: [Xastir] D700 Connection

2008-04-09 Thread Keith Kaiser

This is a weird one guys.

I did ls -lad /dev/lock the result is;
drwxr-xr-t  2 root  wheel  68 Apr  9 21:25 /var/lock

Which is a little different than  yours, I have a - where you have an  
x in the 6th position. What does that mean?


P.S.
I've been doing sudo thanks.


On Apr 9, 2008, at 10:08 PM, Jason KG4WSV wrote:
On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 10:00 PM, Keith Kaiser  
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

t I just noticed, its permissions
are set to -rw-r--r--@ 1 root  wheel   1439 Apr  9 21:08 tnc- 
startup.d700

don't they have to be executable?


no, but they have to be writable.  i don't have a 232/usb device to
check, but i think the permissions should be 666 (rw-rw-rw-).  But
then again, that setuid xastir executable should take care of that.

my /var/lock looks like yours, so i think that's OK:
$ ls -lad /var/lock
drwxrwxr-x   2 root  uucp  68 Mar 30 10:49 /var/lock

i thought I had done the setuid thing on /var/lock as well, but ls
says otherwise, and my xastir works just fine.  the xastir isn't suid
root, either, so at a glance mine shouldn't work, but does.

in case you haven't hit this, on the mac you'll probably want to "sudo
cmd" for each of the commands Curt mentioned, instead of doing an su
first.

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Re: [Xastir] D700 Connection

2008-04-09 Thread Curt, WE7U
On Wed, 9 Apr 2008, Jason KG4WSV wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 10:00 PM, Keith Kaiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > t I just noticed, its permissions
> > are set to -rw-r--r--@ 1 root  wheel   1439 Apr  9 21:08 tnc-startup.d700
> >  don't they have to be executable?
> 
> no, but they have to be writable.  i don't have a 232/usb device to
> check, but i think the permissions should be 666 (rw-rw-rw-).  But
> then again, that setuid xastir executable should take care of that.

He's talking about the tnc-startup file above, not the serial
port...


> in case you haven't hit this, on the mac you'll probably want to "sudo
> cmd" for each of the commands Curt mentioned, instead of doing an su
> first.

I never know if people have /etc/sudoers set up properly and know
how to use sudo, so often I quote the brute-force method.  Since I
caught the sudo bug myself I always use it!

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Re: [Xastir] D700 Connection

2008-04-09 Thread Jason KG4WSV
On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 10:00 PM, Keith Kaiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> t I just noticed, its permissions
> are set to -rw-r--r--@ 1 root  wheel   1439 Apr  9 21:08 tnc-startup.d700
>  don't they have to be executable?

no, but they have to be writable.  i don't have a 232/usb device to
check, but i think the permissions should be 666 (rw-rw-rw-).  But
then again, that setuid xastir executable should take care of that.

my /var/lock looks like yours, so i think that's OK:
$ ls -lad /var/lock
drwxrwxr-x   2 root  uucp  68 Mar 30 10:49 /var/lock

i thought I had done the setuid thing on /var/lock as well, but ls
says otherwise, and my xastir works just fine.  the xastir isn't suid
root, either, so at a glance mine shouldn't work, but does.

in case you haven't hit this, on the mac you'll probably want to "sudo
cmd" for each of the commands Curt mentioned, instead of doing an su
first.

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Re: [Xastir] D700 Connection

2008-04-09 Thread Curt, WE7U
On Wed, 9 Apr 2008, Keith Kaiser wrote:

> This is the device name, cut out of the terminal window; cu.USA19H1a2P1.1
> which is what I'm using. This goes back to my original thought that it wasn't
> seeing the tnc-startup.d700 script.  Which is located in;
> /usr/local/share/xastir/tnc-startup.d700 but I just noticed, its permissions
> are set to -rw-r--r--@ 1 root  wheel   1439 Apr  9 21:08 tnc-startup.d700
> don't they have to be executable?

Nope.  Just readable by any user, which they are.

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Re: [Xastir] D700 Connection

2008-04-09 Thread Keith Kaiser
This is the device name, cut out of the terminal window;  
cu.USA19H1a2P1.1 which is what I'm using. This goes back to my  
original thought that it wasn't seeing the tnc-startup.d700 script.   
Which is located in; /usr/local/share/xastir/tnc-startup.d700 but I  
just noticed, its permissions are set to -rw-r--r--@ 1 root  wheel
1439 Apr  9 21:08 tnc-startup.d700

don't they have to be executable?

On Apr 9, 2008, at 9:52 PM, Curt, WE7U wrote:

On Wed, 9 Apr 2008, Keith Kaiser wrote:


No, the lock file is empty.

H! Your on to something now, but what?


If that file is not created, that means that Xastir is not opening
the device.  Whether it's a permission problem or the USB device has
switched names on you, I cannot say.

Look at the same files you originally checked to determine the name
of the device.  Check whether it's changed on you.

Are you getting any error messages to the Xterm you start Xastir on?

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Re: [Xastir] D700 Connection

2008-04-09 Thread Curt, WE7U
On Wed, 9 Apr 2008, Keith Kaiser wrote:

> No, the lock file is empty.
> 
> H! Your on to something now, but what?

If that file is not created, that means that Xastir is not opening
the device.  Whether it's a permission problem or the USB device has
switched names on you, I cannot say.

Look at the same files you originally checked to determine the name
of the device.  Check whether it's changed on you.

Are you getting any error messages to the Xterm you start Xastir on?

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Re: [Xastir] D700 Connection

2008-04-09 Thread Keith Kaiser

No, the lock file is empty.

H! Your on to something now, but what?


On Apr 9, 2008, at 9:40 PM, Curt, WE7U wrote:

On Wed, 9 Apr 2008, Keith Kaiser wrote:


Done

drwxr-xr-t   2 root  wheel   68 Apr  9 21:25 lock

Still a no-go.


Are you getting a file created there that looks something like this?

 -rw-r--r--  1 root users   23 2008-04-05 18:04 LCK..ttyUSB0

The file above is what I have on my system.  The contents of the
file are the process ID of the main Xastir process.

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Re: [Xastir] D700 Connection

2008-04-09 Thread Curt, WE7U
On Wed, 9 Apr 2008, Keith Kaiser wrote:

> Done
> 
> drwxr-xr-t   2 root  wheel   68 Apr  9 21:25 lock
> 
> Still a no-go.

Are you getting a file created there that looks something like this?

  -rw-r--r--  1 root users   23 2008-04-05 18:04 LCK..ttyUSB0

The file above is what I have on my system.  The contents of the
file are the process ID of the main Xastir process.

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Re: [Xastir] D700 Connection

2008-04-09 Thread Keith Kaiser

Done

drwxr-xr-t   2 root  wheel   68 Apr  9 21:25 lock

Still a no-go.



On Apr 9, 2008, at 9:24 PM, Curt, WE7U wrote:

On Wed, 9 Apr 2008, Keith Kaiser wrote:

I did the chmod, I even did a ./configure then a make and a sudo  
make install
then the chmod but it still didn't work. There is no directory  
under var

called lock, should I create an empty one?


Yea, give that a shot.  Create it as root:

   cd /var
   su
   mkdir lock
   chmod 1775 lock
   exit # (from root)

The reason for the chmod command is that the sticky bit should be
set.  At least that's how it is on my Linux box here:

   drwxrwxr-t  5 root  uucp  4096 2008-04-09 16:06 lock

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Re: [Xastir] D700 Connection

2008-04-09 Thread Curt, WE7U
On Wed, 9 Apr 2008, Keith Kaiser wrote:

> I did the chmod, I even did a ./configure then a make and a sudo make install
> then the chmod but it still didn't work. There is no directory under var
> called lock, should I create an empty one?

Yea, give that a shot.  Create it as root:

cd /var
su
mkdir lock
chmod 1775 lock
exit # (from root)

The reason for the chmod command is that the sticky bit should be
set.  At least that's how it is on my Linux box here:

drwxrwxr-t  5 root  uucp  4096 2008-04-09 16:06 lock

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Re: [Xastir] D700 Connection

2008-04-09 Thread Keith Kaiser
I did the chmod, I even did a ./configure then a make and a sudo make  
install then the chmod but it still didn't work. There is no directory  
under var called lock, should I create an empty one?


H, we need another idea.


On Apr 9, 2008, at 7:21 PM, Jason KG4WSV wrote:

On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 6:16 PM, Curt, WE7U <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

On Wed, 9 Apr 2008, Keith Kaiser wrote:

I connect my laptop (Mac OS X) running Xastir to my D700 using a  
Keyspan
serial/USB adapter (cu.USA19H1a2P1.1). I can see the adapter in  
terminal when
I do ls /dev so I know I have the correct id for it. But now when  
I select
that connection in the interface control nothing happens, it  
doesn't even

blink.



If all that seems unlikely to be the problem, does someone else  
have an idea

what could be causing it?


It's likely that Xastir isn't able to open it.  Could be
permissions, could be a different interface being used now.


hmm, i've never seen permissions problems working with a variety of
mac os x 232/usb drivers, but i don't update my drivers too often,
either.

i do vaguely remember a lock directory that xastir wanted to use
didn't exist, or had the wrong permissions on it.  Does /var/lock
exist on your machine?  Curt's fix for making xastir setuid root will
solve permissions problems on that directory, but won't help if it
doesn't exist.

Does the console where you kicked off xastir display any messages,
helpful or otherwise?


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Re: [Xastir] Debian Etch - no maps

2008-04-09 Thread Curt, WE7U
On Wed, 9 Apr 2008, Mike Long (N3QD) wrote:

>   I just installed Debian Etch and Xastir 1.9.2 using apt-get.  Xastir
> works fine with downloaded maps, but none of the internet maps work.
> I've chacked ~.xastir/tmp folder and there are no maps there.  apt-get
> tells me ImageMagic, and Curl are installed properly.  I checked Curl by
> "Curling" Google.com, and it seems to be working.  Any ideas?

That last checks the stand-alone "curl", but doesn't check whether
Xastir is compiled with and using libcurl.

Does Xastir's Help->About say "libcurl" on the "Libraries used:"
line?

If not, did you install "libcurl-devel" or similar package before
you compiled Xastir, or just "libcurl".

Xastir will use "wget" to fetch maps if libcurl/libcurl-devel are
not present when you configure/compile Xastir.

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Re: [Xastir] D700 Connection

2008-04-09 Thread Jason KG4WSV
On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 6:16 PM, Curt, WE7U <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Apr 2008, Keith Kaiser wrote:
>
>  > I connect my laptop (Mac OS X) running Xastir to my D700 using a Keyspan
>  > serial/USB adapter (cu.USA19H1a2P1.1). I can see the adapter in terminal 
> when
>  > I do ls /dev so I know I have the correct id for it. But now when I select
>  > that connection in the interface control nothing happens, it doesn't even
>  > blink.
>
>
> > If all that seems unlikely to be the problem, does someone else have an idea
>  > what could be causing it?
>
>  It's likely that Xastir isn't able to open it.  Could be
>  permissions, could be a different interface being used now.

hmm, i've never seen permissions problems working with a variety of
mac os x 232/usb drivers, but i don't update my drivers too often,
either.

i do vaguely remember a lock directory that xastir wanted to use
didn't exist, or had the wrong permissions on it.  Does /var/lock
exist on your machine?  Curt's fix for making xastir setuid root will
solve permissions problems on that directory, but won't help if it
doesn't exist.

Does the console where you kicked off xastir display any messages,
helpful or otherwise?


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[Xastir] Debian Etch - no maps

2008-04-09 Thread Mike Long (N3QD)
Hi,

I just installed Debian Etch and Xastir 1.9.2 using apt-get.  Xastir
works fine with downloaded maps, but none of the internet maps work.
I've chacked ~.xastir/tmp folder and there are no maps there.  apt-get
tells me ImageMagic, and Curl are installed properly.  I checked Curl by
"Curling" Google.com, and it seems to be working.  Any ideas?

Thanks,
Mike (N3QD)

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Re: [Xastir] D700 Connection

2008-04-09 Thread Curt, WE7U
On Wed, 9 Apr 2008, Keith Kaiser wrote:

> I connect my laptop (Mac OS X) running Xastir to my D700 using a Keyspan
> serial/USB adapter (cu.USA19H1a2P1.1). I can see the adapter in terminal when
> I do ls /dev so I know I have the correct id for it. But now when I select
> that connection in the interface control nothing happens, it doesn't even
> blink.

> If all that seems unlikely to be the problem, does someone else have an idea
> what could be causing it?

It's likely that Xastir isn't able to open it.  Could be
permissions, could be a different interface being used now.

Try as root:

chmod 4755 /usr/local/bin/xastir

Then exit from the root user and run Xastir again.  The above
command should allow Xastir to become root when it needs to, which
it will try when it opens a serial port.  If that gets the port
working then just remember to do that each time after you do a fresh
"make install" of Xastir.

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[Xastir] D700 Connection

2008-04-09 Thread Keith Kaiser
A couple of weeks ago I asked this question and thanks to all the  
experts out there I got over the problem, but now I have it again.


I connect my laptop (Mac OS X) running Xastir to my D700 using a  
Keyspan serial/USB adapter (cu.USA19H1a2P1.1). I can see the adapter  
in terminal when I do ls /dev so I know I have the correct id for it.  
But now when I select that connection in the interface control nothing  
happens, it doesn't even blink. It's almost like the startup file is  
not being seen, I use tnc-startup.d700 and tnc-stop.d700 to close it  
down. How can I be sure its seeing that file to start up? Is there a  
level of logging I can turn on or some other way to verify its  
pointing to the correct file?


If all that seems unlikely to be the problem, does someone else have  
an idea what could be causing it?


Thanks in advance guys.
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Re: [Xastir] A rant on the shapefiles...

2008-04-09 Thread Brad Douglas
On Wed, 2008-04-09 at 08:30 -0700, Curt, WE7U wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Apr 2008, Richard Polivka, N6NKO wrote:
> 
> > I am wondering who participated in getting these maps made? Was it state,
> > county, feds?
> 
> Blame the census takers.  Feds.  Federalies.  Men in black?
> 
> For the purpose of taking the every-10-year federal census they've
> kept track of roads.  Unfortunately the census-takers haven't had
> any cartography training (hey, it's really not their job, right?).
> The maps were not intended to be used for the purposes people put
> them to.  That philosophy is changing a bit lately and they're
> trying to do a better job on the data.  I suspect Gerry or Tom can
> fill us in on the details, but that's my vague recollection.

Let's not forget the fact that "cartographic data" (ie. street data) was
never a goal of the Census.  It simply fell out of the LineFile format
due to their need to track data at the block and tract levels.  It was
literally an afterthought.

Of course, since then, geographers have been using it to extract roads
and other features and have increasingly put pressure on the Census to
make this a real part of the Census and not a byproduct.  As a result,
the Census began releasing periodic updates every few years with
cartographic updates.  It wasn't great, but it was better than nothing.

They are finally getting serious about it and storing the geographic
referenced data is well known formats.  Hopefully, they'll start working
on the accuracy of that data...


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Re: [Xastir] A rant on the shapefiles...

2008-04-09 Thread Gerry Creager
Curt did such a nice job of summarizing what I could have said in 10k 
words  gerry


Curt, WE7U wrote:

On Wed, 9 Apr 2008, Richard Polivka, N6NKO wrote:


I am wondering who participated in getting these maps made? Was it state,
county, feds?


Blame the census takers.  Feds.  Federalies.  Men in black?

For the purpose of taking the every-10-year federal census they've
kept track of roads.  Unfortunately the census-takers haven't had
any cartography training (hey, it's really not their job, right?).
The maps were not intended to be used for the purposes people put
them to.  That philosophy is changing a bit lately and they're
trying to do a better job on the data.  I suspect Gerry or Tom can
fill us in on the details, but that's my vague recollection.

Even with that less than stellar cartography start, they're awfully
nice road maps, and free.  Hard to beat that in most other
countries!

Many of the commercial mapping programs start with Tiger data as
their base and add to/correct it.



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Re: [Xastir] A rant on the shapefiles...

2008-04-09 Thread Richard Polivka, N6NKO
I have to agree that they are a start and people use them for more than 
what the initial intent was.


That is why I have taken to editing what I have so the maps I have will 
be more useful. I am finding that even the maps issued by the cities and 
county here are inaccurate as well, missing important info such as local 
parks, creeks, etc.


Now to go and walk around a bit - can't sit too long. Plus the dog is 
dreaming.


73 from 807,

Richard, N6NKO


Curt, WE7U wrote:

On Wed, 9 Apr 2008, Richard Polivka, N6NKO wrote:

  

I am wondering who participated in getting these maps made? Was it state,
county, feds?



Blame the census takers.  Feds.  Federalies.  Men in black?

For the purpose of taking the every-10-year federal census they've
kept track of roads.  Unfortunately the census-takers haven't had
any cartography training (hey, it's really not their job, right?).
The maps were not intended to be used for the purposes people put
them to.  That philosophy is changing a bit lately and they're
trying to do a better job on the data.  I suspect Gerry or Tom can
fill us in on the details, but that's my vague recollection.

Even with that less than stellar cartography start, they're awfully
nice road maps, and free.  Hard to beat that in most other
countries!

Many of the commercial mapping programs start with Tiger data as
their base and add to/correct it.

  

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Re: [Xastir] A rant on the shapefiles...

2008-04-09 Thread Curt, WE7U
On Wed, 9 Apr 2008, Richard Polivka, N6NKO wrote:

> I am wondering who participated in getting these maps made? Was it state,
> county, feds?

Blame the census takers.  Feds.  Federalies.  Men in black?

For the purpose of taking the every-10-year federal census they've
kept track of roads.  Unfortunately the census-takers haven't had
any cartography training (hey, it's really not their job, right?).
The maps were not intended to be used for the purposes people put
them to.  That philosophy is changing a bit lately and they're
trying to do a better job on the data.  I suspect Gerry or Tom can
fill us in on the details, but that's my vague recollection.

Even with that less than stellar cartography start, they're awfully
nice road maps, and free.  Hard to beat that in most other
countries!

Many of the commercial mapping programs start with Tiger data as
their base and add to/correct it.

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[Xastir] A rant on the shapefiles...

2008-04-09 Thread Richard Polivka, N6NKO
I have to thank the authors/contributors to Quantum GIS. This program is 
proving to be quite useful in editing the TIGER 2007 FE shapefiles. 
There is s much missing from Milwaukee county, it is unbelievable. I 
am just using it on my laptop but I can see where BigBox with its three 
eyes can be an asset to this.


I am wondering who participated in getting these maps made? Was it 
state, county, feds? It really does not matter, I am laid up with a flu 
bug so I have been playing to keep from going wacky. I am not one who 
likes being ill but the legs just don't want to cooperate too long walking.


Mr. Creager - I realize that you have offered to be a repository of the 
shapefiles. How about making a subdirectory "contributed" where we, as a 
group, can put in updated shapefiles as they are cleaned up, augmented, 
whatever? The feds have supplied the basics, now we have an opportunity 
to make the products USEFUL.


73 from 807,

Richard, N6NKO

P.S.: Dreaming of qty 4 of 21" 1280x1024 flatpanel monitors on BigBox
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[Xastir] Progress with 2007 FE shapefiles

2008-04-09 Thread Richard Polivka, N6NKO

All,

I have managed to get this mapset quite usable. To wit, I will be 
posting the .dbfawk's to the group presently. I just have to clean up 
the lines to make them a bit more presentable.


One drawback is how inconsistent the data is from one county to another. 
Some counties have bounteous information and others in the same state 
are barren yet the features exist.


I will be sending the complete set of maps to Gerry Creager for him to 
install on his servers for distribution.


73 from 807,

Richard, N6NKO

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