Re: Xplanet works for a while then quits

[Thomas Beierlein]

Hi Jack,

I just had a second look how TLF handles the marker file.

There is no special magic on the work here. TLF just opens the
existing file and replaces its content - the old file gets not deleted,
no new file created.

Can you please provide the command you use to start xplanet? Maybe
anything special here.

Otherwise the only idea may be some sort of backup mechanism from the
operating system or distribution (time machine or similar). By the way
what distribution do you use?

73, de Tom DL1JBE


Am Wed, 15 Dec 2021 15:45:38 -0800 schrieb John Lindley
<johnlindley0@gmail.com>:

> I set up Xplanet on TLF with help from the previous entries here -
> thank you!. It works as expected for an hour or two then stops and
> will not restart. I know what is wrong, but I don't know how to fix
> it. When TLF writes a marker file or when Xplanet writes a new map
> image, the old file or image is being saved in the 'trash' folder. If
> the band is active, lots of files are written, and it eventually uses
> all the 'trash' space. I can delete these files from the trash
> directory, and Xplanet will work again for a while. I am running
> Ubuntu 18, TLF-1.4.1 and xplanet-1.3.0 I assume archiving old files
> is a 'feature' that is enabled in some set-up file, but I have been
> unable to find a file on the computer or any reference to this
> problem or such a set-up file on the web. Any help would be
> appreciated. I really like TLF. The Xplanet display is not essential
> to my use, but I like to have everything working.
> Jack W6YOY



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