Don't give up yet. I'm not sure what this means: I think that linrad itself is fine, but taht there's some issue with the permissions on either svgalib or whatever it connects to (I know nothing about radio!).

I'd try the mailing list: you've come a long way, so it's worth persevering:

send an email to:

[email protected]

with the subject

subscribe

and you should get an email back telling you that you've subscibed successfully. Read a few of the emails and then post away!

Good luck with this one -- it's a very tricky thing for a newbie to start with, but should be worthwhile in the end.