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Xfbb7.04h rpm install on Suse9.1 Pro
by Ron MacKay 01 Oct '04

01 Oct '04

I have been trying to get XFBB7.04 going with Suse9.1. Using the rpm from Suse and Yast install with just telnet, no ax25 to start with. First problem was the rpm created wrong with files in /var/ax25/lib/fbb instead of /var/ax25/fbb which has been the standard. This caused the fbbconf program to fail so I had to manually create a fbb.conf file by editing the sample conf in the docs and comparing to my previous fbb.conf file. Does anyone know why this change in the tree was made? I notice the src rpm has a diff file showing the same changes in the tree. I love Suse and find 9.1 works great as a desktop system one one PC and as a text-only server for APRS and web server etc on another, but I am very disappointed with the FBB rpm. After installing from rpm,it runs but I cannot login via telnet nor xfbbC -c to the console. I hanv't had a lot of time to spend on it yet so wonder if others have found similar startup problems with the Suse rpm? (fbbsrv-7.04h-316) If anyone is running Xfbb (LinFBB) on Suse9.1 I would like to know: 1. What server rpms you installed from, or what archive source? 2. What other rpms or tools were required? (libax25, ax25-tools etc?) 3. Did you rebuild the kernel for ax25 or not? Thanks & 73, Ron __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail is new and improved - Check it out! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

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Correct LinuxNode Configuration?
by root 27 Sep '04

27 Sep '04

This is a followup to my last, reference LOCKUPS IN SUSE 9.1. I was thinking about my LinuxNode configuration. I have gone into runlevel editor and have pointed incoming telnet connections to /usr/sbin/node. This seems to be working as-is. I did not change anything else in the telnet configuration. I am wondering if there are things in that configuration that I should change, things that if not changed, may be causing LinuxNode to lock up? This is a devistating problem because the computer requires power off and reboot in order to get it operational again. I am hoping that someone will recognize the symptoms of this problem and will be able to get me pointed in the right direction. Thanks for your time. 73, Gary, W7NTF

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SuSE 9.1 Pro Lockups
by root 23 Sep '04

23 Sep '04

Hello... I am having big problems with SuSE v9.1 Professional while running the native ham radio suite. Specifically, it appears as if LinuxNode has a problem. What seems to be happening is that when someone connects to LinuxNode and goes through some of the basic functions, my computer completely locks up. I am not 100% sure that it is LinuxNode causing it. I do know for sure that when I kill AX25IPD, NETROMD, and AX25D, everything is ok. My FBB BBS and DXNET systems, as well as TCPIP work just fine without locking up the computer after I kill those applications off... I am then stuck with telnet-only access and my AXIP partners are left out in the cold, which is not a good thing.... I have patched XFBBD 7.04J with the console.h patch and finally was able to access my BBS again. However, this lockup problem keeps coming back and I have been forced to kill off my AXIP links and run only telnet in order to keep my system operational. I believe that we have the latest version of LinuxNode on the system as well. It, like everyting I am running, was compiled right there on my computer to guarantee maximum reliability... A friend of mine who is very knowledgeable of the linux ham radio suite is also very confused as to what is happening. That is why I am approaching this list to see if anyone else is experiencing similar problems with the ham radio apps on SuSE 9.1 Pro. We have, by the way, tried the packages that came on the SuSE 9.1 Pro distribution, plus have gone elsewhere and downloaded what we thought was the most up to date packages, but still the same problem keeps occuring. We compiled everything on my machine without error but still things keep locking up when communication occurs in LinuxNode. I am wondering if there might be a new kernel release, or maybe a fallback kernel, say to 2.4x, that might solve my problems? It seems like kernel 2.6x has major problems with the ham apps, or vice-versa. I experienced similar lockup problems several years ago with SuSE v7.3 Pro and had to go to another kernel version to overcome the problems. I ran that on another computer until just a few weeks ago when I upgrated to a much faster and more reliable computer with SuSE 9.1 Pro installed. Now I am experiencing deja-vu with a similar lockup problem. Thank for any help or constructive suggestions you might provide. 73, Gary, W7NTF

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Notes on sucessfull patching of Xfbb7.04h rpm install on Suse9.1 Pro
by Ron MacKay 17 Sep '04

17 Sep '04

Thanks to those listed below I was successful in patching and recompiling Xfbb7.04h to run on Suse9.1. As mentioned in an earlier post, my intention was to use only rpms provided by the Suse9 system either from DVD or ftp site. Today my fbb system is functional with telnet and xfbbC client access only. The ax25 or netrom work will come later. Here I will describe my system and the steps used to get xfbb7.04h running. This is not a complete HOW-TO yet, but a first-draft as how I did it. My PC is a P-233 machine with 128mb ram and 4gb drive. I used this as my older system with Rh6.2 and Xfbb7 has the same hardware. My Suse9.1 was installed from DVD on a clean drive as a text-mode system, as minimal as I could. Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda1 ext3 3.9G 864M 2.9G 23% / I have also installed, using Yast, the following applications for my web and Amateur work: aprsd-2.1.5b9-178 mysql-4.0.18-32 php4-4.3.4-43.11 apache2-2.0.49-27.11 Here are my fbb7.04h install notes: 1. Originally I installed fbbsrv-7.04h-316.rpm from DVD with dependency install of libax25-0.0.10-177.rpm. However, as others have noted as well, the program runs but connects to the FBB from either xfbbC or telnet produce no menu or info. The fix is to patch console.c code, so we must download and compile the source. 2. Next download and install source rpm fbbsrv-7.04h-316.src.rpm which unpacks into /usr/src/packages/SOURCES/. This gives just two files fbbsrc.704h.dif and xd704h-src.tgz. The archive appears to be the standard fbb source. 3. After untar/unzip this archive we have the fbb source files under /usr/src/packages/SOURCES/fbbsrc.704h/src. I copied the dif file from above into the src folder to make the patching easier. Run the patch as "patch -p0 <fbbsrc.704h.dif". The patch blocks out sections of old ax25 code and also changes the data directory to /var/lib/ax25/fbb. This change of directory puzzles me and I ended up changing it back later. 4. Before making any other changes I wanted to try compiling this as the original source would not compile with "linux/ax25.h: and other old ax25 code calls. My minimal install did not have much development software so I had to install the following rpms: make-3.8-183.i586.rpm, gcc-3.3.3-41.rpm and glibc-devel-2.3.3.98.rpm. Note I have been running Yast to get updates so these are the current versions. 5. From the src folder again, I ran "make" and was pleased to see a successful compile. The next step was to patch src/console.c. The patch file was supplied by Jeroen mentioned in the message http://he.fi/archive/linux-hams/200402/0037.html. Since this code was listed for fbb703c I did not run it as a patch, it was just as easy to copy and paste the new routine and the one line buf[1000] manually into console.c 6. Running "make" again quickly re-compiled the console code. Since I already had fbb704h installed from binary rpm I just copied the new xfbbd and xfbbC files into /usr/sbin. I did notice it wanted data in /var/ax25/fbb so I think I will edit my fbb.conf and other files to use that folder instead of /var/lib/ax25/fbb. So now I can connect to my FBB BBS from 'telnet localhost 6300' or XfbbC -c (user variables are defined for $XFBBC_CALL & XFBBC_PASS in user .profile) Thanks to Tim, Jeroen, Erik, Hiroshi and others I am over the first big hurdle to get FBB going on Suse9.1 73, Ron VE1AIC __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

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aprsd
by James Thomas 16 Sep '04

16 Sep '04

Has anybody tried installing aprsd215b11 using Suse 9.1 Personal I tried installing using INSTALLDAEMON.suse and it would not install all the files. It gives an error message something like line 21 Jim

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new release hf-0.6.1 of Tom Sailer's ham fsk program
by Günther Montag 13 Sep '04

13 Sep '04

Hello friends! Today I released hf-0.6.1, (pactor1, amtor, rtty can be used as automatic pactor 1 mailbox, has telnet-interface to F6FBB mailbox) with some bugfixes I hope, thanks for all your help in the mailinglists, have fun with testing! -- Günther Montag Safari.Doktor(a)addcom.de

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ax25apps
by Erik Jakobsen 29 Aug '04

29 Aug '04

Hi. I have recognzied, that the ax25apps is called ax25-apps in 9.1, that I use here. How can I get rid of that ?. vy 73 de Erik OZ4KK

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LinuxNode
by Peter 27 Aug '04

27 Aug '04

Hi I just try to install LinuxNode here on my new SuSE 9.1 system Via FTP I got node version 0.3.0-729, but got also a warning that it conficts with ax25-tools. Just ingnore this warning and go on, or do I have to hack something? Peter PC2A

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new release hf-0.6 with mailbox interface
by Günther Montag 02 Aug '04

02 Aug '04

Hello friends! Hf-0.6 (original by Tom Sailer, Pactor Amtor GTOR RTTY ham radioprogram for linux) is ready! New: - TCP-IP-Interface to the famous program F6FBB, can so be used as automatic pactor-amtor-mailbox on shortwave Thanks for help to friends from F6FBB mailing list!! - autiomatic rx and tx and beacon function - an experimental option -n to use full-duplex-soundcards that can not do mmap() (DMA access) which is a problem with some cards and / or drivers - improved output of DCF77rx calibration programme , with circuit of simple-to-homebrew 77,5kHz -> 4MHz converter The programme can set system time to DCF77 (radio-clock) beacon now - and som more bugfixes, better startscript etc. Have lot of fun with testing! I am from today on on holiday till 12th of september. Please all bugs and experiences to the hfterm hackers mailing list! Download at http://sourceforge.net/projects/hfterm 73 de Günther dl4mge(a)darc.de Safari.Doktor(a)addcom.de

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Compile problem with Xastir on Suse 9.1
by Gale D. Wilkinson 23 Jul '04

23 Jul '04

I am having a problem getting Xastir to compile on Suse 9.1 as the ./configure script says it can not find the Motif devel files. Per Yast they are installed. Even went so far as to remove Motif and install Lesstif with the same results. As I am a fairly new user of Linux I have no idea where to look. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Gale KC4PL

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