T H A T W A S I T !!!! MANY thanks, Matt!
I did a chmod 4755 /usr/local/bin/xastir chmod 4755 /usr/local/share/xastir Then restarted Xastir and it popped the serial port to life! I had rebuilt Xastir to include some mapping stuff (i.e., pcre) and didn't recall that I had to issue the chmod. Million thanks, Matt! - Mark N4CMB On Wed, 2007-04-18 at 22:45 -0500, Matt Werner wrote: > Do you get any error messages in the terminal you used to start xastir? > > It could be that it's a permissions problem, especially if you've > rebuilt xastir recently. > > chmod 4755 /usr/local/share/xastir > > (or wherever your xastir is) may help > > On 4/18/07, mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I can't figure this one out... Somehow I've lost serial communications > > between Xastir and the serial TNC. I'm at the end of my rope... > > > > With Xastir killed, I can bring up picocom using the command line: > > > > picocom -d 9600 -p even -d 7 /dev/ttyS0 > > > > And I can see TNC traffic streaming out of my TNC... no problem: > > > > KC5EZZ-10>W5EEY-3*>WIDE5-2>APRS:!3117.23NN09951.27W#PHG7440 > > KC5EZZ Digi Eden, Texas > > > > So, I kill picocom, and start Xastir. The serial settings in Xastir > > match those above for the Serial TNC (not the Serial KISS TNC). I've > > checked everything I can think of... > > > > Under the menu Interface>Interface Control, if I highlight > > "Device 0 DOWN Serial TNC /dev/ttyS0" > > and click on the "Start" button, the highlighting goes away, but the > > interface is still shown as "DOWN". The startup file that I've created > > (and have had working for days...) exists and is called out in the TNC > > Config Menu correctly (I've checked the file name twice). > > > > This setup USED to work... but somehow I'm overlooking something real > > basic... > > > > Under the menu View > Incoming Data, I have "TNC Data only" selected, > > but there's no incoming data to view... because the interface is thought > > to be "DOWN" still. I can kill Xastir and bring up picocom again, and > > the serial stream of traffic continues to flow out of the TNC. I just > > can't see it in Xastir. > > > > I've also tried deleting the Device 0 in Xastir's Interface Control and > > rebuilding the configuration, but I still can't get anything going. > > > > I've also cycled power on the TNC... but that's not changed a thing... > > > > Now, what the heck am I doing wrong? I'm really stumped. > > > > OS: Fedora Core 5 > > Xastir: 1.8.4 > > TNC: Heathkit HK232 > > > > - Mark > > N4CMB > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Xastir mailing list > > Xastir@xastir.org > > http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir > > _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
