RE: [Xastir] Re: [ubuntulinux] Re: Screen Resolution problem

2008-01-27 Thread Earl Needham
At 10:32 1/25/2008, Earl Needham wrote: At 11:35 8/1/2007, Bob Donnell wrote: VMWare Player is available from http://vmware.com/products/player/ A pre-built Xastir installation (what VMWare refers to as a Virtual Appliance) is available from sites listed here: http://www.xastir.org/wiki/index.

RE: [Xastir] Re: [ubuntulinux] Re: Screen Resolution problem

2008-01-27 Thread Earl Needham
Well I think I got 'er goin', except I'm still trying to figure out how to connect to the GPS and TNC from within VMWare. I'll fol with it for a while and maybe get it done. Thanks, Earl KD5XB -- Earl Needham Clovis, New Mexico DM84jk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cw

[Xastir] Can you view GPS data?

2008-01-27 Thread Earl Needham
Is there a way to view the NMEA strings from a GPS from inside Xastir? Thanks, Earl KD5XB -- Earl Needham Clovis, New Mexico DM84jk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cw_bugs Quoting from the Coast Guard: ZUT ___ Xastir mailing

RE: [Xastir] Re: [ubuntulinux] Re: Screen Resolution problem

2008-01-27 Thread Earl Needham
At 11:35 8/1/2007, Bob Donnell wrote: VMWare Player is available from http://vmware.com/products/player/ A pre-built Xastir installation (what VMWare refers to as a Virtual Appliance) is available from sites listed here: http://www.xastir.org/wiki/index.php/HowTo:VMware#Install_a_pre-built_xast

Re: [Xastir] Map Cache question

2008-01-27 Thread Lee Bengston
On Jan 22, 2008 10:13 PM, Lee Bengston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jan 22, 2008 8:04 PM, Robert C. Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello all: > > > > I'm new to Linux and Xastir So far I was able to get Xastir 1.9.0 > > loaded on my laptop running Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy via Synaptic Pac

RE: [Xastir] Re: [ubuntulinux] Re: Screen Resolution problem

2008-01-27 Thread Earl Needham
At 13:19 1/25/2008, Bob Donnell wrote: Hi Earl, I've not tried the VMWare Server for running the Xastir appliance - I used VMWare Player - in fact, it's running on this machine right now, and it's what the Wiki suggests. For now, I'd suggest grabbing VMWare Player, the current version. Uninsta

[Xastir] Xastir LSB with Ubuntu ?

2008-01-27 Thread Tony Hunt
Having a fiddle with Ubuntu 7.10 . Ive installed LSB but maybee I need other LSB packages but I dont know which ones. Its installed lsb lsb-base lsb-core lsb-cxx lsb-desktop lsb-graphics lsb-release so I thought that would do it. I downloaded the 16 Jan LSB package and UnTarred it to OPT etc. It r

[Xastir] Vector Formats.

2008-01-27 Thread John Ronan
Evening, Someone new to APRS in Ireland with access to mapping data has asked me "If" I had a choice of formats, what would I be looking for. Now I'm fairly sure that 'shapfile' is the answer, but I know that its not as simple as that. What would be the 'correct' answer, or could someon