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Re: [LUG] TCL8.5 and TK8.5

 

Hello Simon

Thanks for the response.

I don't get an error message.  A window with blue background opens then immediately closes.  And that's it.  

There is no forum on the spasa site, but there are some explicit instructions.  Unfortunately, they're not 100% accurate and, in my case at least, don't work.  I'll try the linuxtv site and googling linux program linux as you suggest.

I have been wondering whether my settings require modification and whether the software suits Ubuntu.

For which purpose do you use your pc/satellite connection?

Regards

Geoff


-----Original Message-----
From: Simon Robert <simon.robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 13:24
Subject: Re: [LUG] TCL8.5 and TK8.5

On Thu, 2008-12-18 at 15:10 +0000, Geoff Wolstencroft wrote:
> This is my first post.  I'm quite new to Linux and a bit baffled by it.
> I'm running Ubuntu on my laptop and, so far, coping well with mainstream
> stuff like Open Office.  However, my first stumbling block is as
> follows:
> 
> I want to use my pc to program my Humax IRC5400z satellite receiver.
> Previously, I did this using a variety of XP based software, but the
> choice for a Linux platform is more restricted.  I've downloaded what
> looks to be an excellent software suite, but I can't get it to run.  The
> software is called HumaxACTit, downloaded from
> http://www.sparsa.nl/activetcl.html.  It needs tcl8.5
> and tk8.5.  I've managed to install both tcl and tk and have had some
> fun learning about root privileges, sudo, directory structure and
> various commands on the way.  However, when I try to run any of the
> HumaxACTit programs directly or via a terminal or console, they crash
> almost immediately.  I've done a fair amount of Internet/Ubuntu Help
> searching, but I can't find a solution.  
> 
> Geoff Wolstencroft
> 
> 
> 

I know very little about this piece of software, although I do have a
satellite attached to my pc. What error message does it come up with
when you run it in a console and it crashes?

Is there a forum at the site you mention. That might be more helpful
than here. Also there are forums at linuxtv that might help.

I put "humax programming linux" into google and got a couple of pages of
what might be good info.

Simon


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