Buffer overflow wx200d at ttyS0 on 9.04

[Carl Friis-Hansen]

On Wed, July 8, 2009 22:33, NoOp wrote:
> On 07/08/2009 04:05 AM, Carl Friis-Hansen wrote:
>> I have an Oregon Weather Station, which is compatible with WX200.
>>
>> I have been using it successfully for a long time on Ubuntu 8.04.
>> Recently the 8.04 has been replaced by 9.04 and I have re-installed the
>> WX200.
>>
>> The system is a server/client system with wx200d as the server and wx200
>> as the client.  I start the server by issuing the command:
>> wx200d -r -s /dev/ttyS0
>> as a normal user.
>> On 9.04 I get:
>> "wx200d[6076]: *** buffer overflow detected ***: ./wx200d terminated"
>> after a few seconds.
>> I have tried to telnet to the wx200d server:
>> telnet localhost 9753
>> immediately after starting the server.
>> I get a connection, but I only see a few funny characters before the
>> server terminates.
>> The issue is the same whether I use a fresh compilation of wx200d or I
>> use
>> the compilation from 8.04.
>>
>> What do I do to investigate the problem or does someone have some hints.
>
> Perhaps:
> <http://www.google.com/search?complete=0&hl=en&q=ubuntu++%2BWX200>
>
> and
>
>>http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2486956&group_id=2364&atid=102364>
>
> <http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=2364&atid=102364>

Thanks for the links.  I have already been there and those who has
encountered the same problem after upgrade are at a dead end just like me.
I am currently installing 8.04 in a VirtualBox to see if I can get it
working again there.  I will return when I am that far.
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