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 ??
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Re: Optimal Platform & OS for 73 or BAP?
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.
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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/12128I prefer inexpensive laptops these days for full blown field computers. I save the Pi for specific tasks like a digi or gateway. --
73, de KM4ACK
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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/12128I prefer inexpensive laptops these days for full blown field computers. I save the Pi for specific tasks like a digi or gateway. --
73, de KM4ACK
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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 --
73, de KM4ACK
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Re: Pi-4 BAP / 73 Fresh install, Vara failed
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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.?
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Pi-4 BAP / 73 Fresh install, Vara failed
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?? 
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Re: More GPS Winlink Bookworm woes
set the menu-item working directory to /home/pi/patmenu2/
k
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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. ? -- 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
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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
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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??
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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:
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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
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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="$HOME/.config"
k
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Re: More GPS Winlink Bookworm woes
Thanks Kelly for the input. Since I have made several changes to various pat files, I uninstalled and re-installed it for no other reason than to make sure I didn't inadvertently?mess things up.
You mention the XDG_CONFIG_HOME variable and I googled around to educate myself a bit. It appears to be an environment variable that is initialized at login. If I understand you correctly, its not set in the pi environment so it seems to me that I should set it somewhere.?
Further googling found that it could be set in the /etc/profile?file. Is this something you would recommend??
Also, to help debugging, I started running patmenu from a terminal window. This is the output?when I run? /home/pi/patmenu2/patmenu ?/home/pi/patmenu2/patmenu /home/pi/patmenu2/patmenu: line 27: [: =: unary operator expected /home/pi/patmenu2/patmenu: line 45: /home/pi/patmenu2/.currentconf: No such file or directory grep: /pat/config.json: No such file or directory (yad:34545): Gdk-CRITICAL **: 13:50:59.167: gdk_x11_window_get_xid: assertion 'GDK_IS_X11_WINDOW (window)' failed
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This is a copy of my /etc/profile file:
# /etc/profile: system-wide .profile file for the Bourne shell (sh(1))
# and Bourne compatible shells (bash(1), ksh(1), ash(1), ...).
if [ "$(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
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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? 
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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
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Re: More GPS Winlink Bookworm woes
OK finally getting back to the issue of winlink gateways not being shown in Pat when I'm in the Pat mailbox and click on Connect, then select Alias, none of my pre-selected aliases are shown. To recap, in the previous email you suggested: "well check line 6 on patmenu2/FA-functions"
I have made what I **think** are the correct changes, but I still have the same issue.
Here is the original and the changed line 6 that you mention:
Original:
CONFIG=$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/pat/config.json
Changed to:
CONFIG=$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/.config/pat/config.json
I have attached a screenshot of my alias select list.
Thank you!! ? -- Mike WB8ERJ
Geeze! What is he up to now?
On Sat, Feb 24, 2024 at 12:32?AM Kelly K7MHI via <kellykeeton= [email protected]> wrote: haha, well check line 6 on patmenu2/FA-functions
k
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If you have just a bunch of hosts try adding them into `/etc/hosts` and
your system should resolve them. Otherwise dnsmasq is one way to go.
There are a few DNS resolvers someone could use. I think the final setup
depends if you setup static ip addresses or if there is a DHCP server
somewhere around that internet-less network then.
On windows that file is somewhere C:\Windows\System32 not sure on windows cause I haven't one in reach right now.
-dominic
Dan Hurd W5DMH <dan@...> wrote:
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On Sat, Mar 2, 2024 at 04:35 AM, Herbert Crosby wrote:
Noip.com. ddns setup is the easiest.
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That would be if you were NOT running a Hotspot, my question is regarding
running a Hotspot, there is no internet involved. You need a local DNS to provide the domain, thinking DNSMasq is probably the
correct solution but I am not 100% sure how to implement it and I don't want to
break the great work Jason has done with BAP.
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A seed grows with no sound, but a tree falls with a huge noise.
Destruction has noise, but creation is quiet. This is the power of silence.
Grow silently.
- Confucius
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On Sat, Mar 2, 2024 at 04:35 AM, Herbert Crosby wrote:
Noip.com. ddns setup is the easiest.
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KD5PQJ - Herbert
That would be if you were NOT running a Hotspot, my question is regarding running a Hotspot, there is no internet involved.? You need a local DNS to provide the domain, thinking DNSMasq is probably the correct solution but I am not 100% sure how to implement it and I don't want to break the great work Jason has done with BAP.?
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Noip.com. ddns setup is the easiest.
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KD5PQJ - Herbert
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