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Forum: OpenCPN 05-09-2023, 13:08
Replies: 59
Views: 10,517
Posted By farotherside
Re: Engine Dashboard plugin

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xwing@xwing:~$ cat /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS"
NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION_ID="22.04"
VERSION="22.04.3 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)"
VERSION_CODENAME=jammy
ID=ubuntu...
Forum: OpenCPN 05-09-2023, 02:39
Replies: 59
Views: 10,517
Posted By farotherside
Re: Engine Dashboard plugin

hey,

running OpenCPN 5.8.4+8089+1637c28fb~ubuntu22 (installed from ppa.launchpad.net/opencpn)... I've just refreshed my plugins list to 2023-09-03 00:49, and I do not see Engine Dashboard. :( I do...
Forum: Indian Ocean & Red Sea 31-08-2023, 06:32
Replies: 2
Views: 541
Posted By farotherside
Re: coastal Northwestern and Western Australia

for anyone finding this post because they're searching for similar information, a friend just sent me this and so far it is very helpful:

https://fsc.com.au/cruising-section/wa-cruising-guide/
Forum: Indian Ocean & Red Sea 31-08-2023, 06:05
Replies: 2
Views: 541
Posted By farotherside
Re: coastal Northwestern and Western Australia

welp - so far Broome is a bust. there's no marinas and nowhere to land a dinghy that isn't a beach, and the tides here are ten meters (30'), so if you want to go to shore you have to time it...
Forum: Indian Ocean & Red Sea 30-08-2023, 17:20
Replies: 2
Views: 541
Posted By farotherside
coastal Northwestern and Western Australia

Hey all,

My name is Drew, and I'm on a grand sailing adventure that currently is taking me and my little 10m sailboat counter-clockwise around coastal Australia. I arrived in Coffs Harbour back in...
Forum: OpenCPN 13-08-2023, 17:34
Replies: 59
Views: 10,517
Posted By farotherside
Re: Engine Dashboard plugin

without knowing a damned thing about your workflow or codebase, I wonder if the fastest/easiest would be to implement the current 'Dashboard' text widgets with unicode 'block' characters, oldschool...
Forum: OpenCPN 12-08-2023, 18:28
Replies: 59
Views: 10,517
Posted By farotherside
Re: Engine Dashboard plugin

hey - I can't seem to find the 'engine dashboard' plugin anymore. running OpenCPN 5.8.4 on amd64 under Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS. I've refreshed the plugin list and am seeing a catalog with the last update...
Forum: OpenCPN 12-08-2023, 01:04
Replies: 239
Views: 30,759
Posted By farotherside
Re: Dashboard-Tactics (Dash T)

hey folks,

hello from the farthest northern part of Australia! jeeze, first off I just have to say how much I love this plugin. :) I've been using the 'Dashboard' plugin nonstop since converting...
Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures 03-07-2022, 13:51
Replies: 4
Views: 386
Posted By farotherside
composting head substrate in the south pacific?

hey all,

I installed an Airhead composting toilet on s/v X-Wing, and I am very happy with it. we get about two weeks between changes, and we use a brick and a half of coconut coir when we change...
Forum: OpenCPN 18-03-2020, 09:55
Replies: 26
Views: 2,121
Posted By farotherside
Re: where did the grib viewer go??

I hear you, though I'm pretty sure you'll agree that one of the ways to eliminate the suspicion of a bug introduced by the *upgrade* from the previous versions is to backup and then completely wipe...
Forum: OpenCPN 16-03-2020, 08:48
Replies: 26
Views: 2,121
Posted By farotherside
Re: where did the grib viewer go??

condescension is about as helpful as snippyness. :)

do you have access to a PPA with beta .deb packages for Ubuntu? I'd be very happy to give it a try, but honestly, after a 22 year career as a...
Forum: OpenCPN 15-03-2020, 21:47
Replies: 26
Views: 2,121
Posted By farotherside
Re: where did the grib viewer go??

interesting. Ubuntu 18.04 LTS has wxWidgets support for GTK3 and python-wxgtk3.0 (and even python-wxgtk4.0), but not GTK2.

I tracked down and installed some packages for libwxbase2.8-0 and...
Forum: OpenCPN 15-03-2020, 20:13
Replies: 26
Views: 2,121
Posted By farotherside
Re: where did the grib viewer go??

[root@xwing] ~ # cat /etc/os-release
NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION="18.04.4 LTS (Bionic Beaver)"
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS"
VERSION_ID="18.04"...
Forum: OpenCPN 15-03-2020, 19:13
Replies: 26
Views: 2,121
Posted By farotherside
Re: where did the grib viewer go??

first post says Ubuntu 18.04. :)

wxWidgets v.3.0.4
Forum: OpenCPN 15-03-2020, 18:33
Replies: 26
Views: 2,121
Posted By farotherside
Re: where did the grib viewer go??

oh jeeze. of course there's a logfile. <slaps forehead>.

here's my problem:

19:22:57 CST: Checking plugin candidate: /usr/lib/opencpn/libgrib_pi.so
19:22:57 CST: PLugin is compatible: true...
Forum: OpenCPN 15-03-2020, 18:28
Replies: 26
Views: 2,121
Posted By farotherside
Re: where did the grib viewer go??

been using the software for many years. the plugin is gone for me, and I have no idea why. :)

I just now blew away my opencpn install (uninstall the deb packages, rm -rf /usr/share/opencpn, rm -rf...
Forum: OpenCPN 15-03-2020, 16:24
Replies: 26
Views: 2,121
Posted By farotherside
Re: where did the grib viewer go??

my Linux server runs a tonne of stuff on the boat, I'm not reinstalling a whole new OS. :)
Forum: OpenCPN 15-03-2020, 15:14
Replies: 26
Views: 2,121
Posted By farotherside
Re: where did the grib viewer go??

nope, still gone. I have 'weather routing', 'climatology' and 'weatherfax' in the plugins list, but the grib viewer plugin is gonzo. it's been gone a few months now, went missing with one of the 5.x...
Forum: OpenCPN 07-02-2020, 07:04
Replies: 26
Views: 2,121
Posted By farotherside
where did the grib viewer go??

hey,

I've been running opencpn 5.0 on Ubuntu 18.04 since the day it was released, and many versions prior. when I installed 5.0 I was suprised that the grib viewer plugin was gone, because I use...
Forum: OpenCPN 30-12-2019, 08:31
Replies: 45
Views: 6,018
Posted By farotherside
Re: Performance during anchor watch alarm

hey all,

I too am seeing major lag when an anchor drag alarm happens.

my two cents: it seems to be related to the actual playing of the audio file - like maybe the sound player function is a...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 18-11-2019, 15:34
Replies: 3
Views: 993
Posted By farotherside
powered vents?

hey all, I guess this is the right sub-forum for this question...

I used to have the old version of Nicro's solar vents, but after multiple motor replacements the plastic finally cracked and died....
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 01-10-2019, 10:45
Replies: 19
Views: 2,045
Posted By farotherside
Re: floors - polyurethane?

the "veneer" is somewhere around a 1/4" thick, the boat is from 1968. :)
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 14-09-2019, 14:21
Replies: 19
Views: 2,045
Posted By farotherside
floors - polyurethane?

hey all,

I want to sand and paint my cabin sole - see attached photo. what products do you recommend?

any worries about slipperyness?
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 14-09-2019, 13:29
Replies: 4,969
Views: 1,264,977
Posted By farotherside
Re: Trimaran - Especially Searunner - Owners

ahhh, you're missing out - the Sea of Cortez is the best cruising grounds in the world for a Searunner... and since she's already on her own trailer, dry storage is $100/month and a haulout or...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 11-09-2019, 16:22
Replies: 30
Views: 7,612
Posted By farotherside
Re: Newbie single handing to sea of cortez advice!

skip Turtle Bay if you can. whatever you do, don't buy diesel there - the fuel dock diesel is ridiculously expensive and full of water.
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