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I run UBUNTU 22.04.05 LTS and want to get back into SSTV.? What software package will run ?
Are there any dependencies I need to look our for?
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QSSTV.? Should be in the Software Manager.
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I have? couple of different HAM rigs running Linux. One is Mint 22.1 and the other one is Debian 12.? ?I run YONIQ in WineHQ on both.. works great for me.
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73
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I compared both, QSSTV (a linux-app) and MM-SSTV in a wine bottle.
on the receiving end there are not that big differences, or let me say: the one is as good as the other. what speakes for QSSTV is:
*) plain linux-app
*) some more modes, that mmsstv does not support
*) digital-sstv (aka easy-pal) is included in the software.
only downside: when you have created templates for overlays in mmsstv you can not use them in QSSTV
hope to see you on the bands
peter
OE6PLD
-- Disclaimer: May be opened and read by the NSA, CIA, GCHQ, KGB, BND, and whoever else it may NOT concern.
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I use SlowRX for copying the ISS transmissions.? Doesn't have the bulk that QSSTV has.? Pysstv is another one.? 73?
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SSTV is lots of fun with Linux.
FWIW, I use and like QSSTV -easy setup, easy control, and saving
of images. Digital SSTV also included if you want it, and many
optional features that don't get in the way of a very easy GUI.
Runs here on Arch, Mint, LMDE, MX, SuSE without problems with
IC-7610.
Sends and receives regular still images from your camera or
artistic skills, all protocols in common use. I
Includes graphic tools to make templates for your Callsign, PIP,
etc., but no ready-made ones included, just good instructions for
how to do. Again, not difficult.
Any downside? Despite being easy and very functional, it looks
like QSSTV hasn't been updated recently -if that matters.
73, John :)
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ke5hdf via groups.io wrote:
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I run UBUNTU 22.04.05 LTS and want to get back into SSTV.?
What software package will run ?
Are there any dependencies I need to look our for?
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I have installed qsstv on Debian 12 and it used to work fine, but now it crashes with "Hash Collision". I'm currently in the process of upgrading the OS to see if it might have a temporary glitch in versions.
73 Phil GM3ZZA
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SSTV is lots of fun with Linux.
FWIW, I use and like QSSTV -easy setup, easy control, and saving of images. Digital SSTV also included if you want it, and many optional features that don't get in the way of a very easy GUI.
Runs here on Arch, Mint, LMDE, MX, SuSE without problems with IC-7610.
Sends and receives regular still images from your camera or artistic skills, all protocols in common use. I
Includes graphic tools to make templates for your Callsign, PIP, etc., but no ready-made ones included, just good instructions for how to do. Again, not difficult.
Any downside? Despite being easy and very functional, it looks like QSSTV hasn't been updated recently -if that matters.
73, John :)
On 1/21/25 15:20, ralph phillips, ke5hdf via groups.io wrote:
I run UBUNTU 22.04.05 LTS and want to get back into SSTV.? What software package will run ?
Are there any dependencies I need to look our for?
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I've upgraded debian and completely reinstalled qsstv and still get the fail.
Phil GM3ZZA
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Sent: 22 January 2025 4:02 PM
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Subject: Re: [linuxham] software for SSTV??
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I have installed qsstv on Debian 12 and it used to work fine, but now it crashes with "Hash Collision". I'm currently in the process of upgrading the OS to see if it might have a temporary glitch in versions.
73 Phil GM3ZZA
From: linuxham@groups.io <linuxham@groups.io> on behalf of KX4QC via groups.io <KX4QC.radio@...>
Sent: 22 January 2025 3:40 PM
To: linuxham@groups.io <linuxham@groups.io>
Subject: Re: [linuxham] software for SSTV??
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SSTV is lots of fun with Linux.
FWIW, I use and like QSSTV -easy setup, easy control, and saving of images. Digital SSTV also included if you want it, and many optional features that don't get in the way of a very easy GUI.
Runs here on Arch, Mint, LMDE, MX, SuSE without problems with IC-7610.
Sends and receives regular still images from your camera or artistic skills, all protocols in common use. I
Includes graphic tools to make templates for your Callsign, PIP, etc., but no ready-made ones included, just good instructions for how to do. Again, not difficult.
Any downside? Despite being easy and very functional, it looks like QSSTV hasn't been updated recently -if that matters.
73, John :)
On 1/21/25 15:20, ralph phillips, ke5hdf via groups.io wrote:
I run UBUNTU 22.04.05 LTS and want to get back into SSTV.? What software package will run ?
Are there any dependencies I need to look our for?
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Hi Philip
I had that with Debian 12. I don't remember exactly how I worked
through solving it, but my current build needs build/Makefile
modified by adding -fpermissive to CXXFLAGS. (ie between the qmake
and make step)
I also had to disable some of the hamlib polling code as the
waterfall jumped and smeared. Pretty sure that was a QT5 and
kernel incompatibility though, to do with reinserting an old
NVIDIA video driver. I also run flrig which for QSSTV needs the
hamlib connection in front of that.
I often put out HamDRM/DSSTV calls on 14233 but no replies. I
don't really use the analogue SSTV modes (14230). Also had A16 RS1
working on a 1000km 40m path which kind of defies logic! (A is
usually a VHF/UHF mode)
Cheers Bob VK2YQA
On 23/1/25 03:02, Philip Rose, GM3ZZA
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I have installed qsstv on Debian 12 and it used to work fine,
but now it crashes with "Hash Collision". I'm currently in the
process of upgrading the OS to see if it might have a temporary
glitch in versions.
73 Phil GM3ZZA
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Hello Phil,
Are you running Qsstv on Debian 12 on X86?? ARM?? Please offer
some more details.? Does this crash happen instantly upon start up
or are you doing a specific workflow? Anyway, a few ideas:
?? - try deleting your ~/qsstv directory and configs and try again
?? - try running qsstv as root to see if the behavior is any
different
?? - try starting qsstv from the command prompt and once it
crashes, send us any reported errors from the command line
?? - try running qsstv under the strace command and send us the
last page or so of listed strace output
--David
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I've upgraded debian and completely reinstalled qsstv and still
get the fail.
Phil GM3ZZA
I have installed qsstv on Debian 12 and it used to work fine,
but now it crashes with "Hash Collision". I'm currently in the
process of upgrading the OS to see if it might have a
temporary glitch in versions.
73 Phil GM3ZZA
SSTV is lots of fun with Linux.
FWIW, I use and like QSSTV -easy setup, easy control, and
saving of images. Digital SSTV also included if you want it,
and many optional features that don't get in the way of a
very easy GUI.
Runs here on Arch, Mint, LMDE, MX, SuSE without problems
with IC-7610.
Sends and receives regular still images from your camera or
artistic skills, all protocols in common use. I
Includes graphic tools to make templates for your Callsign,
PIP, etc., but no ready-made ones included, just good
instructions for how to do. Again, not difficult.
Any downside? Despite being easy and very functional, it
looks like QSSTV hasn't been updated recently -if that
matters.
73, John :)
On 1/21/25 15:20, ralph
phillips, ke5hdf via groups.io wrote:
I run UBUNTU 22.04.05 LTS and want to get back into
SSTV.? What software package will run ?
Are there any dependencies I need to look our for?
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Hi Phil
I am half remembering... Might have been a config file issue for
me, that starting with a new config fixed. ie rename
./.config/ON4QZ/qsstv_9.0.conf to something else and relaunch
QSSTV.
I externally modify qsstv_9.0.conf as my QTH is continually
changing, so may have messed it up.
May have also been something in the image cache subdirectories. I
probably backed up and deleted the cache contents. Worst case I
suggest starting with an empty structure then copy the old image
files (only) back in.
Sorry kind of vague, but it works for me now.
The fault means "when two distinct pieces of data in a hash table
share the same hash value" which for me was probably two locations
had duplicate data.
Cheers Bob
On 23/1/25 03:50, Philip Rose, GM3ZZA
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I've upgraded debian and completely reinstalled qsstv and still
get the fail.
Phil GM3ZZA
I have installed qsstv on Debian 12 and it used to work fine,
but now it crashes with "Hash Collision". I'm currently in the
process of upgrading the OS to see if it might have a
temporary glitch in versions.
73 Phil GM3ZZA
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I know it's not Linux-based, but since SSTV seems to be of interest here,? I can't help but pass along this link to a very cool new project from my friend Jon Dawson - a standalone SSTV decoder/display that runs on a Raspberry Pi Pico microcontroller:
73, Bob W9RAN
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Look for QSSTV on Github.? (Just googling it found it for me.)
Install all the needed dependencies (copy paste the example command line incantation.? If anything already exists, it'll either get updated or left alone.)
Then follow the build instructions.
Job done.? (Other than adding it to the launch menu, but that's simple.)
On first launch, after getting it to see your radio/soundcard combo, let it calibrate itself to that audio device's sample rate.
After that, it "just works".
It's author is generally reachable too.
All the above just done in about 20 mins on LMDE 6 just fine.
The distro's own repo' version was some way behind, but also worked well enough when I tried it before building the later github version.
Rigcontrol is via Hamlib.? I point that at FlRig of course.
73.
Dave G0WBX.
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Thanks Bob,
Clearing out the config file fixed it for me. Now just need to wait until the bands reopen tomorrow before seeing if I can actually receive signals.?
I know what hash collision meant but had no idea what data was being hashed to produce the collision.
73 Phil GM3ZZA
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Sent:?22 January 2025 5:13 PM
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Subject:?Re: [linuxham] software for SSTV??
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Hi Phil
I am half remembering... Might have been a config file issue for me, that starting with a new config fixed. ie rename ./.config/ON4QZ/qsstv_9.0.conf to something else and relaunch QSSTV.
I externally modify qsstv_9.0.conf as my QTH is continually changing, so may have messed it up.
May have also been something in the image cache subdirectories. I probably backed up and deleted the cache contents. Worst case I suggest starting with an empty structure then copy the old image files (only) back
in.
Sorry kind of vague, but it works for me now.
The fault means "when two distinct pieces of data in a hash table share the same hash value" which for me was probably two locations had duplicate data.
Cheers Bob
On 23/1/25 03:50, Philip Rose, GM3ZZA via groups.io wrote:
I've upgraded debian and completely reinstalled qsstv and still get the fail.
Phil GM3ZZA
I have installed qsstv on Debian 12 and it used to work fine, but now it crashes with "Hash Collision". I'm currently in the process of upgrading the OS to see if it might have a temporary glitch in versions.
73 Phil GM3ZZA
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Thanks Bob,
Your other recommendation seems to have fixed the problem, so I don't have to go down this path (yet).
73 Phil GM3ZZA
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Sent: 22 January 2025 5:00 PM
To: linuxham@groups.io <linuxham@groups.io>
Subject: Re: [linuxham] software for SSTV??
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Hi Philip
I had that with Debian 12. I don't remember exactly how I worked through solving it, but my current build needs build/Makefile modified by adding -fpermissive to CXXFLAGS. (ie between the qmake and make step)
I also had to disable some of the hamlib polling code as the waterfall jumped and smeared. Pretty sure that was a QT5 and kernel incompatibility though, to do with reinserting an old NVIDIA video driver. I also run flrig which for QSSTV needs the hamlib
connection in front of that.
I often put out HamDRM/DSSTV calls on 14233 but no replies. I don't really use the analogue SSTV modes (14230). Also had A16 RS1 working on a 1000km 40m path which kind of defies logic! (A is usually a VHF/UHF mode)
Cheers Bob VK2YQA
On 23/1/25 03:02, Philip Rose, GM3ZZA via groups.io wrote:
I have installed qsstv on Debian 12 and it used to work fine, but now it crashes with "Hash Collision". I'm currently in the process of upgrading the OS to see if it might have a temporary glitch in versions.
73 Phil GM3ZZA
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Thanks David, see inline.
I've fixed my problem as after Bob, VK2YQA's advice.
73 Phil GM3ZZA
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Sent:?22 January 2025 5:01 PM
To:?linuxham@groups.io <linuxham@groups.io>
Subject:?Re: [linuxham] software for SSTV??
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Hello Phil,
Are you running Qsstv on Debian 12 on X86?? ARM?? Please offer some more details.? Does this crash happen instantly upon start up or are you doing a specific workflow? Anyway, a few ideas:
amd64.
?? - try deleting your ~/qsstv directory and configs and try again
Did that as part of reinstalling qsstv.
?? - try running qsstv as root to see if the behavior is any different
Very much a last resort. Nothing should be run as root unless it absolutely needs to.
?? - try starting qsstv from the command prompt and once it crashes, send us any reported errors from the command line
I ran it from command line anyway. What other way is there?
?? - try running qsstv under the strace command and send us the last page or so of listed strace output
--David
On 01/22/2025 08:50 AM, Philip Rose, GM3ZZA via groups.io wrote:
I've upgraded debian and completely reinstalled qsstv and still get the fail.
Phil GM3ZZA
I have installed qsstv on Debian 12 and it used to work fine, but now it crashes with "Hash Collision". I'm currently in the process of upgrading the OS to see if it might have a temporary glitch in versions.
73 Phil GM3ZZA
SSTV is lots of fun with Linux.
FWIW, I use and like QSSTV -easy setup, easy control, and saving of images. Digital SSTV also included if you want it, and many optional features that don't get in the way of a very easy GUI.
Runs here on Arch, Mint, LMDE, MX, SuSE without problems with IC-7610.
Sends and receives regular still images from your camera or artistic skills, all protocols in common use. I
Includes graphic tools to make templates for your Callsign, PIP, etc., but no ready-made ones included, just good instructions for how to do. Again, not difficult.
Any downside? Despite being easy and very functional, it looks like QSSTV hasn't been updated recently -if that matters.
73, John :)
On 1/21/25 15:20, ralph phillips, ke5hdf via groups.io wrote:
I run UBUNTU 22.04.05 LTS and want to get back into SSTV.? What software package will run ?
Are there any dependencies I need to look our for?
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I used to use QSSTV and YONIQ but they quit working.? I will try again.? Perhaps something got lost when I upgraded my OS.
Thanks.? I will let you know what happens.
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QSSTV is now running.? It sometimes receives partial images.? It stops part way through the transmission and stops running.? Other times it does not recognize a strong signal.
Will not key radio/transmit.? I used the same CAT settings as for WSJT-X and I get a green "start CAT" button.
I never have problems with WSJTX.
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What distro? Was the distro upgraded? Was QSSTV built against the libs in your current distro or it an old version from the last distro revision that is having trouble with the new libs? Is this some LTS distro that is way behind? Where did you get QSSTV from?
Rick Kunath, K9AO
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Jeff KP3FT
Wayne Carpenter KN2Z @minicowman
Philip Rose, GM3ZZA