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Re: Starting direwolf
Thanks Rob and Kevin for your replies. I immediately thought of Kevin's comment when I read Rob's reply, as I have been bit by that several times.
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Your answers and some other things I ran into led me to first create .desktop files for direwolf and YAAC. Then I copied them into the .config/autostart folder and everything starts on boot and works great. Thanks for your help, Michael WA7SKG Rob Giuliano via groups.io wrote on 9/11/23 6:36 AM: Yes - that is VERY important when running from within a cron script. |
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Starting direwolf
I have successfully (I think) installed direwolf on my Quadra. My issue now is starting it. If I try to run the startup script that came with the install it pops up a big error box that goes away before I can read it, then tells me it doesn't start with
======================================== quadra@inovato:~$ ./dw-start.sh Direwolf in GUI mode start up DISPLAY=:0 ----------------------- quadra@inovato:~$ ConfigBase::load: Unable to open /etc/xdg/terminator/config ([Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/etc/xdg/terminator/config') quadra@inovato:~$ ======================================== I have no idea where the stuff about "Unable to open /etc/xdg/terminator" is coming from. There is no reference to anything xdg in the script. Most of the dw-start.sh script makes little sense to me. I can go into the direwolf folder and simply type direwolf, and it seems to startup and run fine. But I have to leave a terminal window open to do this. Then I have to ctrl-C to stop it when I shut down the computer. Kind of a nuisance. So, what is the best way to have direwolf start on boot? I put the recommended crontab of * * * * * /home/quadra/dw-start.sh >/dev/null 2>&1 but that does not seem to work. I am assuming it is due to the error shown above when I run dw-start.sh from the command line. I appreciate your time. -- 73, Michael WA7SKG "Any day you do not learn one new thing is a wasted day." |
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Re: New Quadra APRS Installation
Thanks for your reply, David.
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The audio adapters I have look like a thumb drive with a couple jacks on the end. Other than that, I'll have to wait until I find them again to tell you more :-) I've got two radio options for this project right now, a Radio Shack HTX-242 and an Icom IC-2350. Neither have data ports, so the connection will be via RJ-45 mic jack and external speaker jacks. I found some info on using the CM108 devices. I just have to find the ones I have to figure out if they will work. Thanks, Michael WA7SKG David Ranch wrote on 9/7/23 8:32 AM: Hello Michael,First, the audio interface. This is a no budget setup so something like Signalink is out of the question. I've got a couple cheap USB audio interfaces that have mic in and speaker out jacks. Will those work with direwolf?Can you give us some details of these "cheap devices"?? If they are what I think they are, they are CM108-based sound devices and should work for audio AND PTT with the addition of a few simple electronic components and some soldering.Second is PTT. The Quadra has no I/O pins or serial port to trigger the PTT. The radio does not have VOX, which I would not use anyway.Can you tell us which radio you're planning on using?Next, is direwolf usable with other digital modes than packet/APRS, like fldigi or WSJT-X?Direwolf only does AX.25 packet radio, AIS reception, and some DTMF stuff.? Fldigi, WSJT-X, etc are all entirely different programs supporting very different digital? modes. |
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