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Re: Build-a-Pi Update-Tool problem ? #bap

 

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You need a version of Linux. That¡¯s the operating system. 73 Linux is a set programmes that run on top of the OS. If you¡¯re using a Pi4 You should probably use Raspbian instead of Mint.

Gerry Curry
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On Mar 3, 2024, at 9:26?PM, George <HP1GDS75@...> wrote:

?Hi:
To install 73Linux should I have previously installed Linux Mint in my raspberry pi4B?
How much space on disk does need Linux Mint if it needed?
Do I need Linux Mint and 73Linux to run Vara HF?

73
HP1GDS / George


Re: Build-a-Pi Update-Tool problem ? #bap

 

Hi:
To install 73Linux should I have previously installed Linux Mint in my raspberry pi4B?
How much space on disk does need Linux Mint if it needed?
Do I need Linux Mint and 73Linux to run Vara HF?

73
HP1GDS / George


Re: Optimal Platform & OS for 73 or BAP?

 

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I¡®m using a mini pc with Linux mint actual version, everything runs fine, only wine is making problems with VARA and VarAC, depending on which version of wine I¡®m using vara or varac functions but never both

vy 73 de Klaus, DC2JR

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Am 03.03.2024 um 18:37 schrieb Kevin <kd9efv@...>:

?I run a Lenovo M73tff i5 with Debian 11 64bit-XFCE4/16GB/1TB (bought for $100) and a Lenovo IdeaPad 3 13itl05 bought for under $150 and upgraded to 36GB/1TB running Debian 12 XFCE4 and both run 73Linux without issues.
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Re: Optimal Platform & OS for 73 or BAP?

 

I run a Lenovo M73tff i5 with Debian 11 64bit-XFCE4/16GB/1TB (bought for $100) and a Lenovo IdeaPad 3 13itl05 bought for under $150 and upgraded to 36GB/1TB running Debian 12 XFCE4 and both run 73Linux without issues.
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Re: Optimal Platform & OS for 73 or BAP?

 


?Okay so if I wanted to run a full 73 install including Vara, would an X86 mini-pc running Mint be a good candidate?
Is there another preferred OS ??


Re: Optimal Platform & OS for 73 or BAP?

 

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I¡¯ve had it running on an older HP EliteBook 840 running Linux Mint for over a year. Kept it fully updated, just did a system update to Bookworm. Everything still works.

Gerry
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On Mar 3, 2024, at 10:47?AM, km4ack <jason.oleham@...> wrote:

VARA is a bit of a challenge but Kelly has a great write up on how to get it going. /g/KM4ACK-Pi/message/12128

I prefer inexpensive laptops these days for full blown field computers. I save the Pi for specific tasks like a digi or gateway.

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Re: Optimal Platform & OS for 73 or BAP?

 

VARA is a bit of a challenge but Kelly has a great write up on how to get it going. /g/KM4ACK-Pi/message/12128

I prefer inexpensive laptops these days for full blown field computers. I save the Pi for specific tasks like a digi or gateway.

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Re: BAP Update failed

 

BAP has been replaced with 73Linux. Load it and you'll be good to go. It's fine to run on top of BAP.
https://github.com/km4ack/73Linux?tab=readme-ov-file#install
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Re: Pi-4 BAP / 73 Fresh install, Vara failed

 

To get wine working with vara, check out?/g/KM4ACK-Pi/message/12128


Optimal Platform & OS for 73 or BAP?

 


Is there an optimal setup for success ? (full install including Vara)?
Which Pi model ? Pi-4 or Pi5 or maybe Wo-We??
Which OS ? Bullseye, Bookworm??
Which Architecture? 32bit? or 64bit??
How much Ram??

I don't mind purchasing the recommended gear but I figured a Pi-4 with 8gb and Bullseye 32bit would be a good way to go but I cannot seem to get Vara installed.?


Pi-4 BAP / 73 Fresh install, Vara failed

 
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Brand new Pi-4 8gb? BULLSEYE 32bit OS
Installed BAP and Vara did not install.?
Installed 73 and Vara did not install and shows the error below.?

Is there a fix for this? I did some searching but nothing seemed to be specific to this issue??



Re: More GPS Winlink Bookworm woes

 

set the menu-item working directory to /home/pi/patmenu2/

k


Re: More GPS Winlink Bookworm woes

 

Kelly thanks for the reply.

I did as you suggested, and I have the same result - sort of..

I thought all was well when I ran /home/pi/patmenu2/patmenu from the terminal as I got no errors, I was able to add aliases, and my grid square showed up on the main menu and elsewhere.

So I then clicked on the pat menu icon from the menu drop down, and I still had the same problem. No grid square, my aliases don't show up etc.

It's almost as if patmenu is being run from a different location when started from the Ham Radio menu as opposed to starting it in the HOME directory from a terminal window.
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-- Mike WB8ERJ

Geeze! What is he up to now?



On Sat, Mar 2, 2024 at 6:25?PM Kelly K7MHI via <kellykeeton=[email protected]> wrote:
if you go into $HOME/patmenu2?

you can copy the config to .currentconf

cp config .currentconf

to get around that issue

k


Re: More GPS Winlink Bookworm woes

 

if you go into $HOME/patmenu2?

you can copy the config to .currentconf

cp config .currentconf

to get around that issue

k


Re: More GPS Winlink Bookworm woes

 

that is a bigger looking issue, there are a few branches of code did this get repaired in one of them?

try a different branch??


Re: More GPS Winlink Bookworm woes

 

Thanks Kelly,

I was able to edit my .bashrc file and added the line you suggested. I rebooted, and did an env command with a snippet of the results below:

===========

SHELL=/bin/bash
QT_ACCESSIBILITY=1
COLORTERM=truecolor
XDG_SESSION_PATH=/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Session0
XDG_MENU_PREFIX=lxde-pi-
QT_WAYLAND_DISABLE_WINDOWDECORATION=1
LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/ssh-XXXXXXjTA5ce/agent.983
WLR_XWAYLAND=/usr/bin/xwayland-xauth
XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/home/pi/.config

So I now have an XDG_CONFIG_HOME variable.

I ran?/home/pi/patmenu2/patmenu and got the following error:

/home/pi/patmenu2/patmenu: line 45: /home/pi/patmenu2/.currentconf: No such file or directory

This is line 45 in patmenu:
source $MYPATH/.currentconf

Seems to me that its looking for either a file or directory called .currentconf

There isn't one that I can find. My first thought was that it would be in /home/pi/patmenu2/ but there is no file or directory there with that name.

-- Mike WB8ERJ

Geeze! What is he up to now?



On Sat, Mar 2, 2024 at 2:04?PM Kelly K7MHI via <kellykeeton=[email protected]> wrote:
its an environment variable, its empty it should be replaced with the ~ character IMO so you could do any number of things, like find and replace and correct the code for more universal functionality?

or set the environment variable by placing this in the shell or profile to launch with shell

export XDG_CONFIG_HOME="$HOME/.config"

k


Re: More GPS Winlink Bookworm woes

 

its an environment variable, its empty it should be replaced with the ~ character IMO so you could do any number of things, like find and replace and correct the code for more universal functionality?

or set the environment variable by placing this in the shell or profile to launch with shell

export XDG_CONFIG_HOME="$HOME/.config"

k


Re: More GPS Winlink Bookworm woes

 

Thanks Kelly for the input. Since I have made several changes to various pat files, I uninstalled and re-installed it for no other reason than to make sure I didn't inadvertently?mess things up.

You mention the XDG_CONFIG_HOME variable and I googled around to educate myself a bit. It appears to be an environment variable that is initialized at login. If I understand you correctly, its not set in the pi environment so it seems to me that I should set it somewhere.?

Further googling found that it could be set in the /etc/profile?file. Is this something you would recommend??

Also, to help debugging, I started running patmenu from a terminal window. This is the output?when I run? /home/pi/patmenu2/patmenu

?/home/pi/patmenu2/patmenu
/home/pi/patmenu2/patmenu: line 27: [: =: unary operator expected
/home/pi/patmenu2/patmenu: line 45: /home/pi/patmenu2/.currentconf: No such file or directory
grep: /pat/config.json: No such file or directory

(yad:34545): Gdk-CRITICAL **: 13:50:59.167: gdk_x11_window_get_xid: assertion 'GDK_IS_X11_WINDOW (window)' failed

===========

This is a copy of my /etc/profile file:

# /etc/profile: system-wide .profile file for the Bourne shell (sh(1))
# and Bourne compatible shells (bash(1), ksh(1), ash(1), ...).

if [ "$(id -u)" -eq 0 ]; then
? PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"
else
? PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games"
fi
export PATH

if [ "${PS1-}" ]; then
? if [ "${BASH-}" ] && [ "$BASH" != "/bin/sh" ]; then
? ? # The file bash.bashrc already sets the default PS1.
? ? # PS1='\h:\w\$ '
? ? if [ -f /etc/bash.bashrc ]; then
? ? ? . /etc/bash.bashrc
? ? fi
? else
? ? if [ "$(id -u)" -eq 0 ]; then
? ? ? PS1='# '
? ? else
? ? ? PS1='$ '
? ? fi
? fi
fi

if [ -d /etc/profile.d ]; then
? for i in /etc/profile.d/*.sh; do
? ? if [ -r $i ]; then
? ? ? . $i
? ? fi
? done
? unset i
fi



On Sat, Mar 2, 2024 at 10:53?AM Kelly K7MHI via <kellykeeton=[email protected]> wrote:
fix line 6 patmenu2/FA-functions?.. CONFIG=~/.config/pat/config.json

the environment variable $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is empty in bookworm's environment its supposed to point to ~/.config using the ~ is fine in Debian's Bash it resolves to your home user folder. The hidden directory .config is inside of. its a scratch spot commonly used for configs. So if you incorrectly use CONFIG=$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/.config/pat/config.json it actually returns the value of /.config/pat/config.json which is no folder in / for .config

k


BAP Update failed

 

Hello!
I just upgraded and updated my Raspberry Pi 4b. I then wanted to update my BAP and used the update tool but it did not work.? I got thee error msg that you can see in the attached screenshot.? Any help here?


Re: More GPS Winlink Bookworm woes

 

fix line 6 patmenu2/FA-functions?.. CONFIG=~/.config/pat/config.json

the environment variable $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is empty in bookworm's environment its supposed to point to ~/.config using the ~ is fine in Debian's Bash it resolves to your home user folder. The hidden directory .config is inside of. its a scratch spot commonly used for configs. So if you incorrectly use CONFIG=$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/.config/pat/config.json it actually returns the value of /.config/pat/config.json which is no folder in / for .config

k