ktrack satellite tracker

[65vitesse]

Hi,

anyone gotten this to work?

i had it working in dapper but i never worked out how i fixed it because i just installed something else and it started working one day.

i have the hamlibs and xplanet.

cheers

[claydoh]

Re: ktrack satellite tracker

are there any errors if you try running it from a terminal window? That may give a clue on what is missing/broken.

[65vitesse]

Re: ktrack satellite tracker

hi,
thanks for reply, it does this......

five@compaqevo:~$ ktrack
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 169
Major opcode: 145
Minor opcode: 3
Resource id: 0x0
Failed to open device
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 169
Major opcode: 145
Minor opcode: 3
Resource id: 0x0
Failed to open device
ktrack: ERROR: Communication problem with ktrack, it probably crashed.
five@compaqevo:~$ KCrash: Application 'ktrack' crashing...
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cheers

[SheeEttin]

Re: ktrack satellite tracker

This is a shot in the dark, but I'd say it's crashing.

[claydoh]

Re: ktrack satellite tracker

it is crashing, but why is the hard part. It probably is due to the application is rather old, and there have been enough changes in QT or KDE that it may be broken even after merging from the original Debian files.

[claydoh]

Re: ktrack satellite tracker

Well, I discovered that you need to install the package libhamlib-dev. I did and it runs for me. Odd, as this package should only be needed to compile something from source, not run a binary.

[65vitesse]

Re: ktrack satellite tracker

pure genius........

it now works!

thanks guys.

i noticed that the hamlib-dev had a something usb-dev as a dependancy.
i wonder if that was the device it was looking for?

anyhow another mystery solved.
do we need to tell anybody important about the fix?

cheers,

derek

p,s. now to look for some new keps

[65vitesse]

Re: ktrack satellite tracker

hi all,

seems i was a bit hasty with my last post.
it runs but is unstable as a stack of CD's on the end of a broom stick.

looks like gpredict has been updated, i will see if i can make any sense of it.


cheers.