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Re: GPS / winlink issue with 73linux & bookworm 64 bit

 

First of all, I want to thank Kelly for sticking with me on this. Jason, thanks for jumping in here.

As you suggested Jason, I ran pat env and it returned the following:

$ pat env
PAT_MYCALL="WB8ERJ"
PAT_LOCATOR="EN80sq"
PAT_VERSION="0.15.1"
PAT_ARCH="arm64"
PAT_OS="linux"
PAT_MAILBOX_PATH="/home/pi/.local/share/pat/mailbox"
PAT_CONFIG_PATH="/home/pi/.config/pat/config.json"
PAT_LOG_PATH="/home/pi/.local/state/pat/pat.log"
PAT_EVENTLOG_PATH="/home/pi/.local/state/pat/eventlog.json"
PAT_FORMS_PATH="/home/pi/.local/share/pat/Standard_Forms"
PAT_DEBUG=""
PAT_WEB_DEV_ADDR=""
ARDOP_DEBUG=""
PACTOR_DEBUG=""
AGWPE_DEBUG=""
VARA_DEBUG=""
GZIP_EXPERIMENT="1"
ARDOP_FSKONLY_EXPERIMENT=""

================

Here are the contents of /home/pi/.config/pat/config.json

{
? "mycall": "WB8ERJ",
? "secure_login_password": "*",
? "auxiliary_addresses": [],
? "locator": "EN80sq",
? "service_codes": [
? ? "PUBLIC"
? ],
? "http_addr": "localhost:8080",
? "motd": [
? ? "Open source Winlink client - "
? ],
? "connect_aliases": {
? ? "telnet": "telnet://{"
? },
? "listen": [],
? "hamlib_rigs": {},
? "ax25": {
? ? "engine": "linux",
? ? "rig": "",
? ? "beacon": {
? ? ? "every": 3600,
? ? ? "message": "Winlink P2P",
? ? ? "destination": "IDENT"
? ? }
? },
? "ax25_linux": {
? ? "port": "wl2k"
? },
? "agwpe": {
? ? "addr": "localhost:8000",
? ? "radio_port": 0
? },
? "serial-tnc": {
? ? "path": "/dev/ttyUSB0",
? ? "serial_baud": 9600,
? ? "hbaud": 1200,
? ? "type": "Kenwood",
? ? "rig": ""
? },
? "ardop": {
? ? "addr": "localhost:8515",
? ? "arq_bandwidth": {
? ? ? "Forced": false,
? ? ? "Max": 500
? ? },
? ? "rig": "",
? ? "ptt_ctrl": false,
? ? "beacon_interval": 0,
? ? "cwid_enabled": true
? },
? "pactor": {
? ? "path": "/dev/ttyUSB0",
? ? "baudrate": 57600,
? ? "rig": "",
? ? "custom_init_script": ""
? },
? "telnet": {
? ? "listen_addr": ":8774",
? ? "password": ""
? },
? "varahf": {
? ? "addr": "localhost:8300",
? ? "bandwidth": 2300,
? ? "rig": "",
? ? "ptt_ctrl": false
? },
? "varafm": {
? ? "addr": "localhost:8300",
? ? "bandwidth": 0,
? ? "rig": "",
? ? "ptt_ctrl": false
? },
? "gpsd": {
? ? "enable_http": false,
? ? "allow_forms": false,
? ? "use_server_time": false,
? ? "addr": "localhost:2947"
? },
? "schedule": {},
? "version_reporting_disabled": false
}

===============

SO it APPEARS that all is well, but I am still getting the same result. That is, when I go into Manage Pat Winlink and try to either set grid by GPS or manually, it appears to have done so but it really hasn't. Evidenced by going into Find Winlink Gateways and do a search, no gateways show up.

Additionally, in the main PAT menu, where the grid is supposed to show up it is blank. - see attached.

One possible clue, during the run of 73.sh? an error was thrown when pat was installed. I was able to capture it:


Reading package lists...
jq: error: Could not open file /pat/config.json: No such file or directory




?
-- Mike WB8ERJ

Geeze! What is he up to now?



On Wed, Feb 21, 2024 at 7:51?AM km4ack <jason.oleham@...> wrote:
Mike,

You can manually set the grid in the Pat Configure file. Run:
pat configure
and you will find where to add it near the top of the file. Just be careful in this file as json is very picky about syntax. One comma out of place will corrupt the file. Backing up first is a good idea. To find where your config file lives, run:
pat env

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73, de KM4ACK
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Pat-main-menu.png

Re: GPS / winlink issue with 73linux & bookworm 64 bit

 

Mike,

You can manually set the grid in the Pat Configure file. Run:
pat configure
and you will find where to add it near the top of the file. Just be careful in this file as json is very picky about syntax. One comma out of place will corrupt the file. Backing up first is a good idea. To find where your config file lives, run:
pat env

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73, de KM4ACK
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Re: Random issues I've been coming across this week - multiple boards

 

Man, I've got 5 Pi4s all running Buster like gangbusters! every time I tried new versions of Raspbian (and especially the 64 bit versions) I had problems like you're having. Of course Buster isn't supported anymore but it's working good for me.


On Mon, Feb 19, 2024, 21:55 krisguy via <krisguy=[email protected]> wrote:
I'm trying three different builds to see what type of board PC I want to use in a go box with a Xiegu G90 as my main POTA kit. All other hardware is a Digirig and the same screen.

First board: Le Potato == Installed their build of Raspbian, then 73 Linux. The first time I try to TX on any app, radio locks up with 0W TX
Second PC - Dell Inspiron I had lying around - Ubuntu 22.04 with 73 Linux - Can't install JS8Call and wsjt-x at the same time due to repo conflicts
Third board - RasPi 4B 4GB with 64bit Raspbian and 73 Linux - Fldigi is extremely slowing down the machine.

I don't want to use a laptop as my main POTA machine, so I'm going to work on figuring out what the issue is with the Pi 4 first. I'm not seeing much about Fldigi slowing down on Pi 4, but I'll throw a separate thread out for it.

Re: GPS / winlink issue with 73linux & bookworm 64 bit

 

There have been a lot of changes in bookworm including Python I assume you need to install gps and maidenhead for python (pip3 install maidenhead --break-system-packages)?

imo forget ruby all together?

I keep a script to update all the config files here, has some tips for install?



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Re: GPS / winlink issue with 73linux & bookworm 64 bit

 

Well like I said, I am stuck. I can go no further.?

Anybody - anybody??
?
-- Mike WB8ERJ

Geeze! What is he up to now?



On Tue, Feb 20, 2024 at 7:55?PM Kelly K7MHI via <kellykeeton=[email protected]> wrote:

there is a lot of moving parts but ¡­ the gpsd2ham tool I just threw in untested json handler for PAT, I don¡¯t use PAT so didn¡¯t test in a real install feedback welcome.?


as for ruby, it pulls for conky only.

python is used elsewhere?

k
Re: Moving forward with a reinstall

 

If your running bookworm you will have more success with 73?
Moving forward with a reinstall

 

I've been away from BAP for a while and just plugged it back in to find the wireless interface is missing.? Not sure how that happened but I'd like to get it up and running again.? It's an RPi 3b.? I've followed along a bit and it seems BAP is no longer being developed but I get the feeling the 73linux install is for RPi4's and above.

Can anyone set me straight and give me some guidance on what I should be looking at for a Pi 3b running xastir and Pat and not much more.
Thanks
Re: GPS / winlink issue with 73linux & bookworm 64 bit

 

there is a lot of moving parts but ¡­ the gpsd2ham tool I just threw in untested json handler for PAT, I don¡¯t use PAT so didn¡¯t test in a real install feedback welcome.?


as for ruby, it pulls for conky only.

python is used elsewhere?

k
Re: Can¡¯t get Xastir to install

 

Try a?sudo apt-get install -y libmotif-dev
Re: Can¡¯t get Xastir to install

 

Larrie

First things first:

open a terminal then run this command? sudo apt-get purge xastir .
this will remove all installation instances and dependencies for xastir
reboot and try to reinstall with 73Linux

good luck

Bill N3VMT
Re: GPS / winlink issue with 73linux & bookworm 64 bit

 

OK I'm stuck. I can't figure out what I am missing.

To recap, cgps works fine, but Pat doesn't save my grid. When I select Manage Winlink and select Get Grid from GPS, it correctly sees the GPS and reports my grid - its grayed out, but its there.

This is what I have done so far:

When the 73linux?script told me that Ruby needed to be installed, I told it to install Ruby. In order for Conky to report my grid I had to install the following:

sudo apt-get install ruby-dev
sudo apt-get install rubygems
?sudo gem install
sudo gem install gpsd_client
sudo gem install maidenhead
sudo gem install json

I'm also wondering if I could just add my grid to some configuration?file so I could move forward with Winlink for now at least.


?
-- Mike WB8ERJ

Geeze! What is he up to now?



On Mon, Feb 12, 2024 at 9:16?PM Mike Thompson via <wb8erj=[email protected]> wrote:
Finally getting back to this GPS issue - progress!!

Kelly, thanks for your input. It's greatly appreciated. I was able to search the BAP forum and I think I found what you are referring to.

First, for some reason, Ruby wasn't installed when I ran the 73linux?script.? No big deal I though, so I just?did a sudo apt-get install ruby and moved on.

For reference, here is what I have found so far. I was able to get the grid square to display in conky by running the following:

sudo apt-get install rubygems
sudo gem install gpsd_client
sudo gem install maidenhead

I also read somewhere someone added this too. So I did as well. Not sure if it's needed though.
git clone

So all of the above gets my conky to display my grid. Now when I try to set my grid square in Pat Menu, it doesn't seem to save it.

When I click on GPS grid update, it shows my grid. When I click on Update Pat, it appears to save but it really doesn't. Same with Manual Grid Update. Also on Pat's main menu grid is normally displayed in the lower left corner but nothing is there.

Thanks in advance for your help!
?
-- Mike WB8ERJ

Geeze! What is he up to now?

Update-pat-grid.png
Pat-main-menu.png
Manual-grid-update.png
Gri-updated.png

Re: Can¡¯t get Xastir to install

 

I re-ran the xastir install and copied the output from the terminal, starting at Checking for Motif headers ?- ?This may be where an error occurs.

checking for Motif headers... configure: error: **** NO MOTIF HEADERS
FOUND **** install Motif ?development headers or use
--with-motif-includes to specify location of Xm/Xm.h make: *** No
targets specified and no makefile found. ?Stop. make: *** No rule to
make target 'install'. ?Stop. make: *** No rule to make target 'clean'.
Stop. Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
extra-xdg-menus is already the newest version (1.0-6).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Updating 73 Linux Shortcuts
Menu modified with rev 20221031
updating fldigi
updating flamp
updating flarq
updating flmsg
updating flnet
updating flwrap
updating flrig
updating VARA shortcuts
Build log - /home/larrie-1/73Linux/cache/logs/
#######################################
# Build complete. A reboot is needed. #
# If you close this window, you will ?#
# need to reboot manually. ???????????#
#######################################
Re: Conky + BPQ

 

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I would try 'whereis BPQ¡¯ , no space between where and is.

73
WA2NBL

On Feb 20, 2024, at 1:48?PM, Adam K4SPB <k4spblife@...> wrote:

?I'm trying to find out where conky looks for an apps current status. I want BPQ to show up in conky and display current status just like direwolf and all the other apps. I have already added a line to the conky-large file and it shows BPQ OFF in red just like it would if it weren't running but it is. This is the line:

${alignr}${if_running linbpq}${color green}BPQ ACTIVE${else}${color red}BPQ OFF$endif?

I've also tried if_running bpq and had the same effect

Thanks,
K4SPB

Conky + BPQ

 

I'm trying to find out where conky looks for an apps current status. I want BPQ to show up in conky and display current status just like direwolf and all the other apps. I have already added a line to the conky-large file and it shows BPQ OFF in red just like it would if it weren't running but it is. This is the line:

${alignr}${if_running linbpq}${color green}BPQ ACTIVE${else}${color red}BPQ OFF$endif?

I've also tried if_running bpq and had the same effect

Thanks,
K4SPB
Re: Can¡¯t get Xastir to install

 

The log ran off the page (didn¡¯t see any error about failed build)?

I do see python changed a package name but it¡¯s not the blocker.?

k
Re: Can¡¯t get Xastir to install

 

I am having same issue.? Xastir will not install.? Running Bookworm, 64 bit on Raspberry Pi 4.??
The only file installed is the .desktop file in /usr/share/applications/Xastir.? An Xastir entry under the Hamradio menu was created but the error message "Invalid desktop entry file: '/usr/share/applications/xastir.desktop' was generated when the menu items was clicked.
The desktop file indicates that the program icon should be found in /usr/local/share/xastir/symbols/icon.png, but no such directory exist. There is no xastir directory in this share folder.? The only file or folder with the name xastir is the installation script in 73linux folder.

I am also having the same issue with CHIRP.? I tried to update but the only file made is the desktop file.

At the same time I updated other programs, such as flsuite and had no issues.

I have reran the installation via 73 Linux for both xastir and chirp, done one at time with the same result.? I have attache the log file for the xastir case below.

Larrie, AF7NU

CRITICAL: parsing error on .bapp /home/larrie-1/73Linux/app/stable/pi/WSJTX.bapp
?
CRITICAL: parsing error on .bapp /home/larrie-1/73Linux/app/stable/pi/WSJTX.bapp
BAPCPU=aarch64
BAPCORE=4
BAPARCH=64
BAPDIST=debian
BAPDIR=/home/larrie-1/73Linux
BAPCALL=AF7NU
MYCALL=AF7NU
CALL=AF7NU
BAPSRC=/home/larrie-1/.bap-source-files
BAPSYSINFO=/home/larrie-1/73Linux/cache/cpu.bap
BAPPVER=4.0.1
APPSFILES=/home/larrie-1/73Linux/app/stable/pi/*.bapp
TEMPCRON=/run/user/1000/tempcron.txt
#############################
#APPS TO BE INSTALLED
#############################
XASTIR
#############################
##########################
Installing XASTIR
##########################
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
Package python-dev is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
However the following packages replace it:
? python-dev-is-python3
?
? ? 5) Removing autom4te.cache directory...
? ? 4) Running aclocal...
? ? 3) Running autoheader...
? ? 2) Running autoconf...
? ? 1) Running automake...
Bootstrap complete.
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a race-free mkdir -p... /usr/bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... mawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
checking whether make supports nested variables... (cached) yes
?
Configuring xastir 2.2.1
?
checking build system type... aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking host system type... aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking whether make supports the include directive... yes (GNU style)
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables...?
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether the compiler supports GNU C... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to enable C11 features... none needed
checking whether gcc understands -c and -o together... yes
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking for stdio.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking for wchar.h... yes
checking for minix/config.h... no
checking for vfork.h... no
checking for sys/time.h... yes
checking for sys/param.h... yes
checking whether it is safe to define __EXTENSIONS__... yes
checking whether _XOPEN_SOURCE should be defined... no
checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
checking whether the compiler supports GNU C... (cached) yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
checking for gcc option to enable C11 features... (cached) none needed
checking whether gcc understands -c and -o together... (cached) yes
checking dependency style of gcc... (cached) gcc3
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... (cached) yes
checking for gawk... (cached) mawk
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking for devices... found none and none
checking for search paths... done
checking for the pthreads library -lpthreads... no
checking whether pthreads work without any flags... yes
checking for joinable pthread attribute... PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE
checking if more special flags are required for pthreads... no
checking for cc_r... gcc
checking whether compiler accepts -Wno-unused-parameter... yes
checking for compiler flags... using -g -O2 -pipe -W -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-unused-parameter?
checking for system... Linux
checking for gm... no
checking for /usr/bin/gm.exe... no
checking for convert... no
checking for /usr/bin/convert.exe... no
checking for lpr... no
checking for gv... no
checking for festival... no
checking for gpsman... no
checking for X... libraries , headers?
checking for gethostbyname... yes
checking for connect... yes
checking for remove... yes
checking for shmat... yes
checking for IceConnectionNumber in -lICE... yes
checking for library containing tan... -lm
checking for XextAddDisplay in -lXext... yes
checking for XtDisplay in -lXt... yes
checking for XmTextFindString in -lXm... no
checking for sed... /usr/bin/sed
checking for mv... /usr/bin/mv
checking for xfontsel... /usr/bin/xfontsel
checking for curl/curl.h... no
checking for wget... /usr/bin/wget
checking for main in -lcompat... no
checking for sched_yield in -lrt... yes
checking whether byte ordering is bigendian... no
checking for Motif headers...?
Re: FLdigi is slow and has a framerate

 

Turns out it's Wayland. For most other apps, it's fine, but Fldigi shows how hard it's keeping up.

Switched back to X.org as the screen renderer, no further issues.
FLdigi is slow and has a framerate

 

I just installed Fldigi on a fresh install of Raspbian on a 4GB Pi 4 with 73 Linux. When I run Fldigi, the mouse has a frame rate and it behaves like there's a graphics issue. As soon as I try to run a top command, Wayland is the resource hog followed by Fldigi. Not sure where to go next, but I know that on my other machines, it doesn't do this, just on this Pi 4. Not sure what else to look at or if there's another way to build it.

Any thoughts or hints would be helpful.
Random issues I've been coming across this week - multiple boards

 

I'm trying three different builds to see what type of board PC I want to use in a go box with a Xiegu G90 as my main POTA kit. All other hardware is a Digirig and the same screen.

First board: Le Potato == Installed their build of Raspbian, then 73 Linux. The first time I try to TX on any app, radio locks up with 0W TX
Second PC - Dell Inspiron I had lying around - Ubuntu 22.04 with 73 Linux - Can't install JS8Call and wsjt-x at the same time due to repo conflicts
Third board - RasPi 4B 4GB with 64bit Raspbian and 73 Linux - Fldigi is extremely slowing down the machine.

I don't want to use a laptop as my main POTA machine, so I'm going to work on figuring out what the issue is with the Pi 4 first. I'm not seeing much about Fldigi slowing down on Pi 4, but I'll throw a separate thread out for it.
Re: 73 Linux failed to install VARA

 

On Sat, Feb 17, 2024 at 06:37 PM, Kelly K7MHI wrote:
/g/KM4ACK-Pi/message/12128
Thanks?
I didn't read past pi5 the first time.? In a meeting distracted and on a phone wasn't the best use of your advice.
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