Re: [amsat-bb] Graphical Satellite Tracking with Linux

["James C. Hall MD" <heartdoc@xxxxxxxxx>]

John Magliacane wrote:

>Hi Jamie.
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>>Hi John:
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>>I modified and rebuilt / installed earthtrack as you outlined above and 
>>then went to the xplanet website and made the changes they outlined 
>>under KDE 2, but upon invoking earthlink2 (after running predict -s), I 
>>get 'Can't open display. Exiting from getDisplay.cpp at line 47.
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>>I have no clue !
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>>73, Jamie
>>WB4YDL
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>This is just a guess, but I took a look at getDisplay.cpp (from xplanet),
>and it appears that the error you're seeing is the result of a problem
>with the X11 libraries on your system.  (xplanet can't find then when
>it is run.)
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>I would suspect your Linux distribution is broken, or wasn't installed
>completely or correctly.
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>Again, not seeing it I can't tell for sure... it's just a guess...
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>73, de John, KD2BD
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OK then - I'll run the apt-get upgrade and get things tuned up.

Thanks,

Jamie
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