[Xastir] Re: [ubuntulinux] Re:My desktop/screen is weird

Gerald Jarreau wrote: I had messed up my xorg.conf file and had to edit it to get back to a working x enviroment. Problem is I cant remember how I got permissions to edit it with the live CD. Pretty sure that's what I did to fix mine. Well -- THANKS! It seems to be fixed now. Your reference

[Xastir] Oops...

Well, as I was booting up my laptop tonight, with the intent of using Xastir, and perhaps even asking about modifying the source code myself -- Well, actually, let me ask anyway -- can I modify the source code myself for various reasons, and then compile and install it? Or is there some c

[Xastir] UI-View maps in Xastir?

Do I understand correctly that it's relatively easy to use UI-View32 maps in Xastir? If so, where do I find the methodology? Thanks, Earl -- Earl Needham KD5XB Clovis, New Mexico DM84jk ZUT ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org

Re: [Xastir] FCC lookup

Tom Russo wrote: > If you used fcc-get (which I assume you must have done if it's still running), it also did work to sort the file in the way that Xastir needs it to be in order to work. If you didn't use fcc-get, did you go through the sorting procedure by hand? In the end, I figured out

Re: [Xastir] FCC lookup

All right! It's fixed! All I had to do was download the l_amat.zip while in Kubuntu instead of trying to copy it over from my Windows partition. The fcc-get script is still running, getting the RAC database, but the FCC stuff is working as it should now. Thanks all!

Re: [Xastir] FCC lookup

Jeff Brower wrote: Hi Earl, I had a problem like that a while ago. I downloaded on a Mac or Window machine and transferred it to xastir. Xastr wanted UNIX feed-lines and carriage returns (CR) and my other computer put it's own flavour of CR on it! Funny thing was it read some of the calls f

Re: [Xastir] FCC lookup

Steve Friis wrote: Earl, Maybe you could try to re-download the file. I just tried the new database file and it shows Roy in Clovis just fine. Steve/WM5Z Thanks, Steve -- I've done that multiple times this morning and still get the same results. I've got several older versions archived

Re: [Xastir] FCC lookup

Tom Russo wrote: One could go through the EN.dat file before and after sort to see what got messed up (if anything did). An easy quick check would be to extract the full EN.dat file from the FCC database (manually, not through our fcc-get script) and compare its size to the EN.dat that results

Re: [Xastir] FCC lookup

Curt, WE7U wrote: On Thu, 12 Jul 2007, Earl Needham via Kubuntu wrote: Can it be something simple that I'm doing wrong? At this point it seems more likely that there's something wrong with Xastir's parsing of some of the lines as it creates the index. It's possib

Re: [Xastir] FCC lookup

I guess I should mention that, when I do a lookup on KD5XB-11, my own data shows up just fine. Earl -- Earl Needham KD5XB Clovis, New Mexico DM84jk ZUT ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinf

Re: [Xastir] FCC lookup

Curt, WE7U wrote: On Thu, 12 Jul 2007, Earl Needham via Kubuntu wrote: Where are the indices? I don't see them inteh same directory as EN.dat. ~/.xastir/data/appl.ndx and AMACALL.ndx (one is the FCC, one the RAC index). OK, good deal. I exited Xastir, sent the appl.ndx t

Re: [Xastir] FCC lookup

Curt, WE7U wrote: On Thu, 12 Jul 2007, Earl Needham via Kubuntu wrote: OK, it showed up that way. It's interesting that neither Kwrite nor Kate would find it. But what do I need to do to make Xastir find it? Xastir needs to reindex it. Try stopping/restarting it an

Re: [Xastir] FCC lookup

Curt, WE7U wrote: On Thu, 12 Jul 2007, Earl Needham via Kubuntu wrote: Looks like I may have a bad download, I opened en.dat with Kate (I think) and W5ROY did not show up. I'll have to do some more checking to see what the problem is. Try "grep -i w5roy en.dat" That

Re: [Xastir] FCC lookup

Curt, WE7U wrote: On Thu, 12 Jul 2007, Earl Needham via Kubuntu wrote: Is there a known problem with FCC lookups? I'm having a number of "Callsign not found!" errors. Latest one is W5ROY-15, but I've found numerous ones over the past few days. En.dat is fre

[Xastir] FCC lookup

Is there a known problem with FCC lookups? I'm having a number of "Callsign not found!" errors. Latest one is W5ROY-15, but I've found numerous ones over the past few days. En.dat is freshly downloaded this morning. Thanks, Earl -- Earl Needham KD5XB Clovis, New Mexico DM

[Xastir] Keeping stations

Anything I can do to keep stations on my map when I shut dowqn and restart? Currently, every time I start Xastir it deletes every station, even if it was only shut down for half a minute. Thanks, Earl -- Earl Needham KD5XB Clovis, New Mexico DM84jk ZUT _

Re: [Xastir] Playing sounds

Wow -- I just got the audio alarms to operate, and I found that every time the GPS is checked, I get a proximity warning! Strange... 7 3 Earl -- Earl Needham KD5XB Clovis, New Mexico DM84jk ZUT ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir

Re: [Xastir] Playing sounds

KC7ZRU - Tate wrote: On Tue, July 10, 2007 11:27 am, Earl Needham via Kubuntu wrote: Uh -- somebody send me a clue how to get sounds to play in Xastir. I'm trying to get new station announcement, etc., to play, and I don't know th esyntax. Apparently play with nothing else

[Xastir] Playing sounds

Uh -- somebody send me a clue how to get sounds to play in Xastir. I'm trying to get new station announcement, etc., to play, and I don't know th esyntax. Apparently play with nothing else doesn't do it! Thanks, Earl -- Earl Needham KD5XB Clovis, New Mexico DM84jk ZUT ___

Re: [Xastir] Position rate possibility....

Richard Polivka, N6NKO wrote: 1) Fixed position. If the vehicle drops below a certain threshold speed, call it STOP SPEED, we send out a quick burst of packets, say three to five , to show the speed coming to zero for at least two packets. I'm not sure we would want to do this, because every

Re: [Xastir] Position rate question

James Ewen wrote: When do you plan on getting your 18 wheeler up to 240 MPH? If you want one position report every 5 miles at highway speed, why not set your high speed to 60 MPH, and high rate to 300. When you exceed the high speed, your beacon rate will not go less than 300 seconds. I guess you

[Xastir] Position rate question

I've noticed that when I stop I'm getting more positions sent out than I expected. Running Xastir 1.9.0 under Kubuntu 7. I running mobile in an 18-wheeler as KD5XB-11. SmartBeaconing is enabled, and set for high speed of 240 MPH with a beacon rate at that speed of once every 75 s

[Xastir] Xastir's in ADEPT

Gee, I just found Xastir listed in the Adept package manager. I could have installed with Adept and not worried about compiling and everything else! 7 3 Earl -- Earl Needham KD5XB Clovis, New Mexico DM84jk ZUT ___ Xastir mail

Re: [Xastir] Weather RADAR

On Tuesday 03 July 2007 12:36:20 you wrote: > Differences in how they're served out. WMS is a web-service while > snagging USRadar is a wget snag. We could even tweak WMSRadar to snag > the image trimmed to user requirements instead of getting the whole thing > > gerry So I guess that me

[Xastir] Weather RADAR

This may be obvious, but not to ME! Hi hi... What's the diffrerence in the WMSRadar and the USRadar? Thanks, Earl -- Earl Needham KD5XB Clovis, New Mexico DM84jk ZUT ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://li

[Xastir] Map formats

I have Precision Mapping available, I use it with UI-View32. Is there a way to use PM with Xastir? Thanks, Earl -- Earl Needham KD5XB Clovis, New Mexico DM84jk ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org

[Xastir] Setting status?

How do you send a status message in Xastir? Thanks, Earl -- Earl Needham KD5XB Clovis, New Mexico DM84jk ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir

[Xastir] Weather maps are now black

Not sure what I did, IF I did it, but tonight when I try to load weather maps on top of tiger maps, the whole thing turns black with station icons on top. Are the weather map sites down? Or have I created a problem locally? Thanks, Earl -- Earl Needham KD5XB C

[Xastir] Can you view GPS data?

Is there a way to view the NMEA strings from a GPS from inside Xastir? Thanks, Earl -- Earl Needham KD5XB Clovis, New Mexico DM84jk ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xasti

[Xastir] Can you view GPS data?

Is there a way to view the NMEA strings from a GPS from inside Xastir? Thanks, Earl -- Earl Needham KD5XB Clovis, New Mexico DM84jk ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xasti

Re: [Xastir] Fetching a trail

On Sunday 17 June 2007 20:20:12 James Ewen wrote: > KD5XB-11 shows a trail when I download the last 120 hours, just pulled > it in on Xastir. > > > It seems that all the positions are plotted on top of > > my current position -- did I goof something up?? > > So, we now know that the station you ar

Re: [Xastir] Fetching a trail

On Sunday 17 June 2007 11:04:38 James wrote: > On 6/17/07, Earl Needham via Kubuntu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I noticed that I could fetch a Findu trail for a station, so I > > tried it for ME. It seems that all the positions are plotted on top of > > my cur

[Xastir] Fetching a trail

I noticed that I could fetch a Findu trail for a station, so I tried it for ME. It seems that all the positions are plotted on top of my current position -- did I goof something up?? Thanks, Earl -- Earl Needham KD5XB Clovis, New Mexico DM84jk

Re: [Xastir] Shapefiles?

I got the shapefiles installed, and occasionally I can see an advisory or warning area, but is there a way to make them more vivid? They're not really that easy to see. Thanks all, Earl -- Earl Needham KD5XB Clovis, New Mexico DM84jk __

[Xastir] Smart Beaconing on internet?

Does Xastir do SmartBeaconing on the internet port, or strictly on the TNC port? I operate APRS from the 18-wheeler I drive, but I normally don't use a TNC, I use a Sprint data card instead. I found that UI-View will only do timed reports on the internet port, thus SmartBeaconing is

Re: [Xastir] Shapefiles?

On Sunday 10 June 2007 11:21:31 Earl Needham via Kubuntu wrote: > On Sunday 10 June 2007 11:01:18 Tom Russo wrote: > > The script is a little smart, as it does check to see if you've already > > got a file it wants to download. So all you really need to do is fix the > >

Re: [Xastir] Weather map question

On Sunday 10 June 2007 11:02:26 Tom Russo wrote: > On Sun, Jun 10, 2007 at 11:00:41AM -0600, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> flavor, containing: > > Does WMSRadar automatically update at some interval, or do I need to > > refresh it periodically? > > It refre

Re: [Xastir] Shapefiles?

On Sunday 10 June 2007 11:01:18 Tom Russo wrote: > The script is a little smart, as it does check to see if you've already got > a file it wants to download. So all you really need to do is fix the FILE1 > and FILE7 lines to have the right zone and fire zone file names, and then > just rerun the s

Re: [Xastir] Weather map question

Does WMSRadar automatically update at some interval, or do I need to refresh it periodically? Thanks, Earl ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir

Re: [Xastir] Shapefiles?

On Sunday 10 June 2007 10:53:44 Tom Russo wrote: > On Sun, Jun 10, 2007 at 10:44:26AM -0600, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> flavor, containing: > > It already told me it couldn't find z_18oc06.zip (it was a 404) so I > > guess I'll have to look and see if it

Re: [Xastir] Shapefiles?

On Sunday 10 June 2007 10:32:37 Tom Russo wrote: > > My ignorance showing again -- how do I get it to run? > > sudo /usr/local/lib/xastir/get-NWSdata Ha! And here I was clicking on it in Konqueror, right-clicking on it, etc! It already told me it couldn't find z_18oc06.zip (

Re: [Xastir] Shapefiles?

On Sunday 10 June 2007 10:25:29 Tom Russo wrote: > On Sun, Jun 10, 2007 at 10:23:06AM -0600, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> flavor, containing: > > Did I read that NOAA shapefiles are included in Xastir, or do I need to > > download them? > > They are not in

[Xastir] Shapefiles?

Did I read that NOAA shapefiles are included in Xastir, or do I need to download them? Thanks again, Earl KD5XB ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir

Re: [Xastir] Caching maps?

Well I seem to have map caching working -- so let me ask a couple of questions about maps -- First, how long will a particular map stay in the cache? Second -- is the size of the cache limited, other than room left on the hard drive? Third -- is there more tha

Re: [Xastir] Caching maps?

On Thursday 07 June 2007 11:19:02 Curt, WE7U wrote: > On Thu, 7 Jun 2007, Earl Needham wrote: > > Xterm? I've been starting it from an icon on the desktop. > You could set up your desktop icon to start it like this: > > xterm -iconic -T Xastir -n Xastir -e xastir -geometry 800x600-0-0 &

Re: [Xastir] Caching maps?

Well, I have to take a couple of days off from Xastir so I can drive the truck to Dallas and back. I'll get this fixed over the weekend, hopefully. Thanks for all the help, Curt! Earl -- KD5XB -- Earl Needham Clovis, New Mexico DM84jk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cw_bugs runn

Re: [Xastir] Caching maps?

On Wednesday 06 June 2007 08:24:36 Curt, WE7U wrote: > So... You need to install Berkeley DB libraries plus the Berkeley DB > Development headers and make sure the version numbers match when you > do it. Using Adept, I got db4.5, but I'm not sure what to look for to get the development h

Re: [Xastir] Caching maps?

On Wednesday 06 June 2007 07:59:43 Curt, WE7U wrote: > On Wed, 6 Jun 2007, Curt, WE7U wrote: > > Xastir's Help->About. Look for "map_caching" in the "Libraries > > used:" line. > > Here's what mine looks like, with EVERYTHING compiled in: > > Libraries used: AX25 Festival GPSMan GraphicsMagick l

Re: [Xastir] Caching maps?

On Sunday 03 June 2007 13:53:00 you wrote: > Earl, > Do you have the Berkley db files installed and did you configure with > map caching? > Jim Jim, I thought I did, but what's a quick way to tell? Thanks, Earl -- KD5XB -- Earl Needham Clovis, New Mexico DM84jk http://groups.yah

Re: [Xastir] Terraserver

On Monday 04 June 2007 18:47:16 Troy M. Campbell wrote: > Has anyone heard anything about if/when terraserver.geo will be back on > line? If I zoom in on my own station and select terraserver.geo, I get the map now. It didn't work earlier, though. 7 3 Earl -- KD5XB --

Re: [Xastir] Caching maps?

On Sunday 03 June 2007 13:53:00 James Jolin wrote: > Earl Needham via Kubuntu wrote: > > OK, maybe I'm slow, but how do I get Xastir to cache maps so a new map > > doesn't need to be downloaded every time I zoom in and than back out to a > > former "zoom lev

[Xastir] Caching maps?

OK, maybe I'm slow, but how do I get Xastir to cache maps so a new map doesn't need to be downloaded every time I zoom in and than back out to a former "zoom level"? In other words, if I'm looking at the US Weather map and zoom in on a particular area, and then zoom back out, Xastir is

[Xastir] USB GPS?

Ah -- how do I use my Deluo "hockey puck" GPS with Xastir under Kubuntu? I've been using the GPS in Windows XP, but I don't know how to configure the GPS at all under Kubuntu. Thanks, Earl KD5XB ___ Xastir mailing lis

[Xastir] I'm about to ask some dumb questions...

Hi, all. Just getting started with Kubuntu 7.04 and Xastir. I've wanted to try Xastir for quite some time but just got it running today. First dumb question -- well, more of a statement -- I can't seem to get Xastir to transmit my position. I'm runnign without a TNC, via TCP/IP, and I'm seei