Re: [Xastir] mac osx 10.4.8 Xastir 1.8.5 working here, mostly.

2006-12-16 Thread Curt Mills
On Sat, 16 Dec 2006, N1OFZ wrote: > > Are GM and libDB are Darwinports versions, so they are in > > "/opt/local/" ?? > > They should be. All port packages should be installed in /opt/local. But > whoever built the port for bdb decided that rather than install in > /opt/local/lib they install t

Re: [Xastir] Graphics/Image Magick

2006-12-16 Thread Curt Mills
On Sat, 16 Dec 2006, Tom Russo wrote: > Separate issue. The transparency code just doesn't work on 8 bit displays. > Someone will have to go through it and debug. Preferrably someone with > access to 8, 16, and 24 bit displays so that the 8-bit fixes don't re-break > the 24-bit stuff (that was

Re: [Xastir] Graphics/Image Magick

2006-12-16 Thread Tom Russo
On Sat, Dec 16, 2006 at 11:14:47PM -0500, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> flavor, containing: > Would switching to Graphicsmagick on my Solaris box fix my 8 bit display > problem? or is that a separate issue? Separate issue. The transparency code just doesn't

[Xastir] Graphics/Image Magick

2006-12-16 Thread Dick C. Reichenbach
Would switching to Graphicsmagick on my Solaris box fix my 8 bit display problem? or is that a separate issue? Dick R. KC8OBZ ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir

Re: [Xastir] mac osx 10.4.8 Xastir 1.8.5 working here, mostly.

2006-12-16 Thread Dan Brown
On Sat, 16 Dec 2006, N1OFZ wrote: > > Why go through the headaches of building via maptools? Just install > proj, gdal and libgeotiff from Darwinports (or Macports as it's now > called) and use the internal shapelib. I also don't understand the > path problem as tar is located in /usr/bin.

Re: [Xastir] mac osx 10.4.8 Xastir 1.8.5 working here, mostly.

2006-12-16 Thread Dan Brown
On Sat, 16 Dec 2006, Curt Mills wrote: > On Sat, 16 Dec 2006, Dan Brown wrote: > > > Install Darwinports > > > sudo port install GraphicsMagick > > sudo port install db45 > > Are GM and libDB are Darwinports versions, so they are in > "/opt/local/" ?? Yes. I think. > > edit xastir aclocal.m

Re: [Xastir] mac osx 10.4.8 Xastir 1.8.5 working here, mostly.

2006-12-16 Thread N1OFZ
On Dec 16, 2006, at 8:39 PM, Curt Mills wrote: On Sat, 16 Dec 2006, Dan Brown wrote: Install Darwinports sudo port install GraphicsMagick sudo port install db45 Are GM and libDB are Darwinports versions, so they are in "/opt/local/" ?? They should be. All port packages should be installed

Re: [Xastir] mac osx 10.4.8 Xastir 1.8.5 working here, mostly.

2006-12-16 Thread Curt Mills
On Sat, 16 Dec 2006, Dan Brown wrote: > Install Darwinports > sudo port install GraphicsMagick > sudo port install db45 Are GM and libDB are Darwinports versions, so they are in "/opt/local/" ?? > edit xastir aclocal.m4 to add 45 versions for libdb (ick, who thought > libdb was a good idea?)

[Xastir] mac osx 10.4.8 Xastir 1.8.5 working here, mostly.

2006-12-16 Thread Dan Brown
Got Xastir 1.8.5 working on an Intel MacBook pro, running 10.4.8, using Darwin ports OpenMotif, GraphicsMagick, Libdb45. Really rough notes here: - Using OS install disk: Install xcode tools Install X dev stuff Install X11 then, from net: Install Darwinports startup Xterm and: sud

Re: [Xastir] Re: Wind Gusts

2006-12-16 Thread Jason Winningham
On Dec 16, 2006, at 11:25 AM, Gerry Creager N5JXS wrote: I agree, although changing the spec is likely to be difficult. Thus, I'm thinking about a back-door approach to create the weather products. Could we do something as simple as a keyword in the status test to indicate it meets NWS/

Re: [Xastir] More feedback on acinclude.m4/configure.ac?

2006-12-16 Thread Curt Mills
On Sat, 16 Dec 2006, Dana Rawding wrote: > I just updated via cvs and built with no problem on OS X v. 10.4.8 on Intel. > I'll try on PPC later. So did you pass any flags to configure, and did configure pick up some packages automatically that were installed into /opt/local or /sw? > A question

Re: [Xastir] Re: Wind Gusts

2006-12-16 Thread Gerry Creager N5JXS
Jason Winningham wrote: On Dec 16, 2006, at 11:25 AM, Gerry Creager N5JXS wrote: I agree, although changing the spec is likely to be difficult. Thus, I'm thinking about a back-door approach to create the weather products. Could we do something as simple as a keyword in the status test to

RE: [Xastir] More feedback on acinclude.m4/configure.ac?

2006-12-16 Thread David Flood
-Original Message- From: Curt Mills [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 10:20 AM >Also: You might want to try VMWare Player instead of Cygwin, or Virtual PC. Tom says the VMWare Player setup runs Xastir much more efficiently than Cygwin. Now that I've finally gi

Re: [Xastir] Re: Wind Gusts

2006-12-16 Thread Curt Mills
On Sat, 16 Dec 2006, Gerry Creager N5JXS wrote: > Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't there a generic message we can send with > data that'd not be the official APRS weather format but an addendum to that > message. Compressed format, perhaps? One of the key things we do wrong with > CWOP/APRS-cl

RE: [Xastir] More feedback on acinclude.m4/configure.ac?

2006-12-16 Thread Curt Mills
On Sat, 16 Dec 2006, David Flood wrote: > A fresh install on a clean SuSe 10.1 done yesterday worked just fine. I'm > trying to convince my Cygwin machine to run at something other than 486-25 > speeds and I may have an update by sometime tomorrow. Perhaps I shouldn't > ask it to do two things a

[Xastir] LSB Xastir install directories

2006-12-16 Thread Curt Mills
A message on the lsb-discuss list talked about various directories that an LSB package could be installed to based on who is doing the install. Here's the text: "Three places: distro-provided (/usr), user/sysadmin (/usr/local), and ISV (/opt). If it's in a package you provide, whether that

RE: [Xastir] More feedback on acinclude.m4/configure.ac?

2006-12-16 Thread David Flood
A fresh install on a clean SuSe 10.1 done yesterday worked just fine. I'm trying to convince my Cygwin machine to run at something other than 486-25 speeds and I may have an update by sometime tomorrow. Perhaps I shouldn't ask it to do two things at once Dave KD7MYC -Original Message- F

Re: [Xastir] More feedback on acinclude.m4/configure.ac?

2006-12-16 Thread Steve Friis
Curt Mills wrote: Greg Eigsti is unavailable on e-mail. His ISP must be in the area affected by the blackouts. He was going to try some of the changes on his various systems. Oh well. Let's hope power gets restored down there sometime soon. I guess I lucked out with my ISP, which it in the a

Re: [Xastir] Re: Wind Gusts

2006-12-16 Thread Gerry Creager N5JXS
Curt, WE7U wrote: On Fri, 15 Dec 2006, Jason Jordan wrote: Off-the-record, very little QC is done with the APRS weather data we get (mainly through the Citizen Weather Observers Program and other various sources) into our operational weather display software . There is a station near our offi

Re: [Xastir] Re: Wind Gusts

2006-12-16 Thread Gerry Creager N5JXS
Jason, et al, Jason Jordan wrote: Howdy Folks, "Curt wrote: I'm not a weather guy, so I want to stay out of it, but my tendency would be to say "yes". It makes no sense to dump weather data into the system that doesn't fit their models. That being said, perhaps they already account fo

[Xastir] More feedback on acinclude.m4/configure.ac?

2006-12-16 Thread Curt Mills
Greg Eigsti is unavailable on e-mail. His ISP must be in the area affected by the blackouts. He was going to try some of the changes on his various systems. Oh well. Let's hope power gets restored down there sometime soon. I guess I lucked out with my ISP, which it in the affected area. Any