Re: Zbitx RPI SD-card image needed
you probably ran "sudo ./build sbitx" resulting in this problem. let us delete the sbitx file: sudo rm /home/pi/sbitx/sbitx and now, run? ./build sbitx
Here we go:
pi@sbitx:~ $ ls -l /home/pi/sbitx/sbitx*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root ? ? ? 0 Mar 31 04:40 /home/pi/sbitx/sbitx
-rwxr-xr-x 1 pi ? pi ? 1002132 Mar 19 04:54 /home/pi/sbitx/sbitx1
-rw-r--r-- 1 pi ? pi ? ? 42536 Mar 19 04:54 /home/pi/sbitx/sbitx.c
-rwxr-xr-x 1 pi ? pi ? ? 24576 Mar 19 04:54 /home/pi/sbitx/sbitx.db
I extended the "ls -l" slightly to see some more.
As you can see the "sbitx" is root/root but also empty...?
The other files are pi/pi... Does that ring a bell ??
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Tilman D. Thulesius
SM0JZT / Sweden
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Re: Zbitx orders might close soon
We are trying to get some ex-hfsigs peeps who retired from work to?help us out. it would be good get the band back together. If that works out, we may not have to suspend sales. keeping fingers crossed...
On Wed, Apr 2, 2025 at 4:30?PM Gordon Gibby KX4Z via <docvacuumtubes= [email protected]> wrote: What a wonderful “problem”!!
Gordon kx4z?
? We are close to our capacity now. We need to prep for Dayton as well. The response has been overwhelming and we may have to put brakes yet again. I guess by the end of the day we will stop taking more orders. - f
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Re: Zbitx RPI SD-card image needed
Here we go:
pi@sbitx:~ $ ls -l /home/pi/sbitx/sbitx*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root ? ? ? 0 Mar 31 04:40 /home/pi/sbitx/sbitx
-rwxr-xr-x 1 pi ? pi ? 1002132 Mar 19 04:54 /home/pi/sbitx/sbitx1
-rw-r--r-- 1 pi ? pi ? ? 42536 Mar 19 04:54 /home/pi/sbitx/sbitx.c
-rwxr-xr-x 1 pi ? pi ? ? 24576 Mar 19 04:54 /home/pi/sbitx/sbitx.db
I extended the "ls -l" slightly to see some more.
As you can see the "sbitx" is root/root but also empty...?
The other files are pi/pi... Does that ring a bell ??
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Tilman D. Thulesius
SM0JZT / Sweden
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Re: Zbitx RPI SD-card image needed
Hello Sam,
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The file is stored in a zip file.? Try extracting the image and creating a microSD card with the extracted file after you rename it to remove the extra .img at the end.
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It should be "zBitx_image.img" without the quotes.
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This image may not fit on some 32 GB microSD cards.? I use 64 GB cards to ensure that the image will fit.
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73
Evan
AC9TU
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Re: Zbitx RPI SD-card image needed
Sorry, Restarted everything and downloaded?the .lmg again. It is writing.....fingers crossed. Thanks,
Sam Hanie
623-219-8130
TRIED THIS .IMG FILE.? GIVES ERROR (SEE IMAGE). Thanks,
Sam Hanie
623-219-8130
Tilman,
You can download a copy of the zBitx SD card image from this link:
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Hope this helps.?
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73,
Ragav
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Re: Zbitx orders might close soon
What a wonderful “problem”!!
Gordon kx4z?
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On Apr 1, 2025, at 23:38, Ashhar Farhan via groups.io <farhanbox@...> wrote:
? We are close to our capacity now. We need to prep for Dayton as well. The response has been overwhelming and we may have to put brakes yet again. I guess by the end of the day we will stop taking more orders. - f
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Excellent! Greatest congratulations! The code sounded wonderful! ?Seems that the pie 02W is able to do this well.
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great work!
gordon kx4z?
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Re: Zbitx RPI SD-card image needed
TRIED THIS .IMG FILE.? GIVES ERROR (SEE IMAGE). Thanks,
Sam Hanie
623-219-8130
Tilman,
You can download a copy of the zBitx SD card image from this link:
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Hope this helps.?
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73,
Ragav
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Re: Does sequence of updates matter?
I had to replace the OTG usb adapter to get the key board and mouse to work reliably. Tim W1WCI Sent from me and my iPad
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On Apr 2, 2025, at 3:41?AM, HA3HZ <gyula@...> wrote:
? On Wed, Apr 2, 2025 at 04:34 AM, Vince d'Eon VE6LK/AI7LK wrote:
The internal and external displays work fine. When I plug in the external mouse and keyboard, where they were previously working they now do not; power applies to the mouse as the LED lights up, but neither it nor the keyboard is recognized. On the external display I see the tubes background and one terminal window, but I no longer see the zBitx window similar to what is on the built-in display. I am unable to run the software update procedure on page 22 as the keyboard and mouse are not recognized. The terminal window shows 4 lines of text and ends in a prompt "pi@sbitx:~/sbitx $"
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I recommend that if you add a mouse, keyboard, or monitor, you restart the device, because the built-in SBC (single board computer) is simple and very stupid and will only recognize external hardware detected at startup.
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Gyula HA3HZ
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Re: Zbitx RPI SD-card image needed
Tilman,
You can download a copy of the zBitx SD card image from this link:
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Hope this helps.?
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73,
Ragav
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Re: Does sequence of updates matter?
On Wed, Apr 2, 2025 at 04:34 AM, Vince d'Eon VE6LK/AI7LK wrote:
The internal and external displays work fine. When I plug in the external mouse and keyboard, where they were previously working they now do not; power applies to the mouse as the LED lights up, but neither it nor the keyboard is recognized. On the external display I see the tubes background and one terminal window, but I no longer see the zBitx window similar to what is on the built-in display. I am unable to run the software update procedure on page 22 as the keyboard and mouse are not recognized. The terminal window shows 4 lines of text and ends in a prompt "pi@sbitx:~/sbitx $"
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I recommend that if you add a mouse, keyboard, or monitor, you restart the device, because the built-in SBC (single board computer) is simple and very stupid and will only recognize external hardware detected at startup.
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Gyula HA3HZ
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I'm looking at? it from a backup restore perspective.
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Leo, AI5Ii
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With sbitx, it is worth booting from an external USB 3 because there is a speed difference.
Here, the RPi4 also boots from the uSD card on the pcb, while the uSD has a speed of 30 MB/s, while the external USB 3 speed (depending on the quality of the stick) reaches a 10x increase.
I recommend replacing the internal uSD card because I think there is not that much gain with the external USB.
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Gyula HA3HZ
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Congratulations on solving the problem and I wish you many nice DXs. If you don't like to solder, I recommend using a power supply with current limitation.
It's likely that the previous owner forgot to put the RPi screws back in. If I remember correctly, they are M2.4x 8 mm or something similar.
I have a cooling fan, so I have an intermediate panel to hold it in place and for extra spacing I have M2.4x 10 mm screws.
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Gyula HA3HZ
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I follow what you are saying.? However the sdcard in the zbitx is? internal. I was hoping that a sdcard in a card reader in the USB port can be booted instead of booting from the internal card.
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Leo, AI5II
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Re: Z bitx when is the order page to re-open
?Since the rig is pre-soldered, he can't be smoking flux!
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If you want a quick answer, copy the uSD card from the working system (you can do it with an SD card reader) and then swap the two cards.
Due to the small size, booting from an external USB increases the portability. As far as I know, this was also the goal of zbitx, to be small and portable.
By the way, if you want to experiment with this external USB boot, you can read the solution on the JJ wiki how it was implemented at sbitx.
The microUSB is probably usb 2, so I think you can't achieve a speed increase with this.
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Gyula HA3HZ
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Re: Zbitx RPI SD-card image needed
Anyway, having a "shutdown" button in GUI that does power off, could be a good idea to minimize the risk of filesystem corruption...
73, Wojtek
?r., 2 kwi 2025, 08:08 u?ytkownik WZab - SP5DAA via <wzab01= [email protected]> napisa?:
Hi Tilman,
What are the properties of the /home/pi/sbitx/sbitx ?
Can you execute: 'ls -l /home/pi/sbitx/sbitx' and send the result?
Maybe you have done something via sudo and changed the ownership of that file?
73, Wojtek SP5DAA
?r., 2 kwi 2025, 07:45 u?ytkownik Tilman, SM0JZT via <sm0jzt= [email protected]> napisa?: Deard Ashhar
Yet another try. I must admit that my patience is at its limits now with the zbitx....?
Anyway, tried and followed your instructions.?
Here the results:
pi@sbitx:~/sbitx $ git checkout main
error: Your local changes to the following files would be overwritten by checkout:
? ? sbitx
Please commit your changes or stash them before you switch branches.
Aborting
pi@sbitx:~/sbitx $ ./update sbitx
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Tue ?1 Apr 22:18:13 MST 2025
Already up to date.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Tue ?1 Apr 22:18:15 MST 2025
database is intact
compiling sbitx version v3.021 in /home/pi/sbitx
/usr/bin/ld: cannot open output file sbitx: Permission denied
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
pi@sbitx:~/sbitx $?
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Still a nogo apparently :-(
So I kindly ask you to make a fresh image available that I can flash onto my SD-card.
It is very obvious that the system is to fragile for even a person like myself that has been dealing with RPI:s for years. The supportload can get out of hands Im afraid.?
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Tilman D. Thulesius
SM0JZT / Sweden
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Just for the sake of argument, let's say I do something stupid and my zbitx will no longer boot. But I have done a SD card copy to an external usb with new UUID.
How do I boot from the USB so that I can copy the system back to the internal SD card thereby restoring my zbitx and making it bootable again?
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Leo, AI5II
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Re: Zbitx RPI SD-card image needed
Hi Tilman,
What are the properties of the /home/pi/sbitx/sbitx ?
Can you execute: 'ls -l /home/pi/sbitx/sbitx' and send the result?
Maybe you have done something via sudo and changed the ownership of that file?
73, Wojtek SP5DAA
?r., 2 kwi 2025, 07:45 u?ytkownik Tilman, SM0JZT via <sm0jzt= [email protected]> napisa?:
Deard Ashhar
Yet another try. I must admit that my patience is at its limits now with the zbitx....?
Anyway, tried and followed your instructions.?
Here the results:
pi@sbitx:~/sbitx $ git checkout main
error: Your local changes to the following files would be overwritten by checkout:
? ? sbitx
Please commit your changes or stash them before you switch branches.
Aborting
pi@sbitx:~/sbitx $ ./update sbitx
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Tue ?1 Apr 22:18:13 MST 2025
Already up to date.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Tue ?1 Apr 22:18:15 MST 2025
database is intact
compiling sbitx version v3.021 in /home/pi/sbitx
/usr/bin/ld: cannot open output file sbitx: Permission denied
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
pi@sbitx:~/sbitx $?
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Still a nogo apparently :-(
So I kindly ask you to make a fresh image available that I can flash onto my SD-card.
It is very obvious that the system is to fragile for even a person like myself that has been dealing with RPI:s for years. The supportload can get out of hands Im afraid.?
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Tilman D. Thulesius
SM0JZT / Sweden
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Tilman, SM0JZT
Sam Hanie
HA3HZ