?<insert minor swearing> Why on earth are there more than one direwolf.conf file in different locations?</end>
My interpretation of the manual was that it would look in the home directory, not that there was a different configuration file which, of course, has not been modified and has no information in it. However, this file also does not have any reference to the audio input source either.
The home directory also has an sdr.conf file.
I do not recall whether I ran a command to install these, I followed instructions, I believe from the Github. I did have difficulty editing the conf file from the Terminal, so I have been editing it in the GUI, which could explain why I am editing one or another copy. My difficulty in editing things using the Terminal often is a dyslexic failing with "blind" directory hierarchies and typos (something lifetime linux users do not understand, I know).
ANYWAY, trying to force the local direwolf.conf as you just suggested did not work, I think that forced the home directory one, as it would not decode. But I just copied the contents of the stripped down file to the home directory copy and I am now signed into the IGSERVER. I am not sure if it is all working however, as it is posting a thread of?
[rx>ig] #
It has not sent my location beacon yet, and is not decoding.?
I will let it run for an hour, then post the log before I leave for work if this persists.