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    "subject": "[amsat-bb] Re: Predict 2.2.3 for Linux",
    "date": "2008-03-18T00:44:23Z",
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    "content": "Bruce,\n\nDo you have Gnome Predict installed also? I have found the same problem after\ninstalling Gpredict, but it will do it still even after uninstalling gpredict.\n\nJames W8ISS\n\n\n---------- Original Message -----------\nFrom: \"Bruce Robertson\" <[email protected]>\nTo: \"John Heaton\" <[email protected]>\nCc: AMSAT-BB <[email protected]>\nSent: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:23:58 -0300\nSubject: [amsat-bb] Re: Predict 2.2.3 for Linux\n\n> On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 7:37 AM, John Heaton <[email protected]> \n> wrote:\n> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----\n> >  Hash: SHA1\n> >\n> >\n> >  On 16 Mar 2008, at 05:50, Bruce Robertson wrote:\n> >  > Your Predict is possibly dying for a lack of a TLE file. Point to one\n> >  > with the -t command-line parameter. Ensure also that a qth file is\n> >  > being created in ~/.predict and that you as user can read it with,\n> >  > e.g. 'cat'. I believe predict is supposed to find a tle file in that\n> >  > same directory, but I think I've had troubles with that option.\n> >\n> >  Predict will run without a TLE file - you won't see any predictions\n> \n> I just double-checked this, and I still find that if there is no tle\n> file and none pointed to with a -t switch, it will die as Kent\n> described below. Namely, it will send you to the new user screen and\n> then exit when the info is entered. (Unfortunately, it exits with the\n> terminal in a funny state.) In my experience, it does this on a fresh\n> install with apt-get on Ubuntu, or with a build install (using root).\n> This is a frustrating loop for the user, since he or she can\n> reasonably expect that the data is entered after the first attempt,\n> and furthermore the qth file can be found in the ~/.predict\n> \n> I've taken a screenshot and posted it at\n> http://heml.mta.ca/Amsat/predict-fail.png\n> \n> If, however, you use -t to point it to a tle file it can't parse, it\n> will do as you, John, describe above. More specifically, you can\n> select the [P] option from the main menu, but this results in a blank\n> list of satellites from which to choose.\n> \n> For instance, the following command will produce this effect:\n> brucerob@heml:~$ touch foo\n> brucerob@heml:~$ predict -t foo\n> \n> I get the exact same effect if I use the documented nasa tle files. \n> For example:\n> \n> brucerob@heml:~$ wget http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ftp/keps/current/nasa.all\n> brucerob@heml:~$ predict -t nasa.all\n> \n> Fails the same as my 'foo' file above. However if I edit out the\n> comments in the file describing the file format so that the first \n> line begins with 'AO-07', predict operates normally.\n> \n> >  > Finally, make sure that your tle file does not have any comments at\n> >  > its top before the actual elements. For instance, the commonly used\n> >  > nasa.tle files have a set of comments describing the tle format.\n> >  > Predict dies on these.\n> >\n> >  Predict ignores data in the TLE file before the TLE data, so if you\n> >  get your TLE as a meil message you don't need to remove the headers\n> \n> Perhaps predict is written to ignore the headers of a mail message,\n> but not the comments that appear in the nasa file?\n> \n> I hope it is understood that I'm documenting this because I like\n> predict and consider it a wonderful arrow in AMSAT's quiver. Indeed,\n> since it might be a potential AMSAT'er's first encounter with pass\n> prediction -- given that it is part of the debian world -- I think we\n> should ensure that it is very easy to use. Furthermore it\n> cross-compiles like a dream: as I've said elsewhere it works\n> identically on a Nokia N800; and another member of this list got it \n> to run on the gumstix platform.\n> \n> 73, Bruce\n> VE9QRP\n> \n> >\n> >  >\n> >  > On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 12:59 AM, Kent R. Frazier <[email protected]>\n> >  > wrote:\n> >  >> I just installed Ubuntu Linux 7.10 and Predict 2.2.3 on my\n> >  >> notebook. When I\n> >  >>  start Predict I get the \"new user\" screen where I enter the required\n> >  >>  information. After pressing the \"enter\" key on the last entry I\n> >  >> get a\n> >  >>  command prompt. I can not seem to get to the main menu.\n> >  >>\n> >  >>  Is anyone using this software that could offer some suggestions?\n> >  >> Or maybe\n> >  >>  another alternative to run under Linux?\n> >\n> _______________________________________________\n> Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author.\n> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!\n> Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb\n------- End of Original Message -------\n\n",
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