Re: (off-topic) Don't you just hate BADLY configured auto responders !!!
- Original Message - From: "Jens Schmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 08 August 2000 23:48 Subject: Re: (off-topic) Don't you just hate BADLY configured auto responders !!! > Rubens asked , "where", not "what" :8) > 73 JensZL2TJT > Geee Ed. Is this bird our thanksgiving dinner? No Sir, it's this year's Presidential Portrait!! Don't you just love a bit of humour now and then. Windows ME, now there's a joke! I have Raymond's address set up to visit the trash can as soon as mail arrives with his address in the from field. Saves me the hassle of deleting it. > Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > > > On Mon, Aug 07, 2000 at 10:50:53AM -0300, Rubens Nogueira wrote: > > > And Raymond, I just ask to you: where are you? > > > > Turkey, of course! > > > > Hamish > > -- > > Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Motorola type modem help please
I guess this is the wrong linux group, but you guys are probably just as knowledgeable! I have a Genius GM56-PCI modem in a linux machine. It's motorola chipset based job, and I don't know what to use as a driver. Any ideas what to use, or where to get it? Regards Rob. G1ZPU --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.166 / Virus Database: 79 - Release Date: 20/06/00
Re: Install Linux from ftp-server... not work??
Original offering from Alan... (well part of it anyway..) > 73 de Alan N2YGK > > PS: Redhat supports an FTP install method, so you don't need to install > a Windoze NFS server, just set up an FTP server. Although, given > you've already got the RedHat CD in the drive of that Windoze losing > machine, why not just upgrade it to Linux first? :-) Simple reason why I don't run the Windoze box with Linux is that many apps I have are Win95/98 and are not available for Linux (shame!). I could use VMWARE etc... but that would make the machine even slower than it is now (poor ol' 166MMX), sp I suffer the odd blue screen (shriek!) from time to time. I have asked AllAdvantage.com if they will do a viewbar for linux, but no answer yet. Another reason why I still have MS (Malfunctioning Software) Win on my machine Regards Rob G1ZPU --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.166 / Virus Database: 79 - Release Date: 20/06/00
Re: Install Linux from ftp-server... not work??
- Original Message - From: Richard Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 05 July 2000 19:20 Subject: Re: Install Linux from ftp-server... not work?? > On Wed, 05 Jul 2000, Håkan Larsson wrote about, Install Linux from ftp-server... not work??: > > Hello. > > > > I am trying to install linux on a computer how do not have any cd-rom reader. > > I have the RH6.0 disk on a ftp-server RH6.0 and try to install over my > > network. > > > > I can se the transfering via "tcpdump" on the ftp-server but all stops after > > the "stage2.img" is loaded in to the installing maskin. And then the hole > > thing just stoped. I still se the text "Loading second stage ramdisk. . ." > > after the loading is finished. > > > > What do I do wrong?? > > To be honest i dont know, i have never installed via ftp. however, if your > system is trying to "load" the second stage ramdisk then i would think > something is "really wrong". I tried the same thing with Definite Linux V7 (a RH-6 clone). And I got the same result. > > On another note, if you have netwrok access why not use NFS to install the > new distribution. > > Simply create the bootdisk sets, start the computer with the disk sets and > select NFS install. > > You will need to export the cdrom on the source "machine" in /etc/exports. > And have nfs started on that machine. > > I quite often use NFS to install on new computers which dont have cdroms. > If you need more help on a NFS install mail me, i cant garentee success > with redhat 6.0 as i myself use slackware, however the principle is the > same. > NFS is OK if your other machine is set up as a NFS server. My other machine runs Win98 (yuk! blue screen!), and NFS server software is difficult to find, and hard to justify paying upwards of $120 for, unless anyone knows of a good NFS server for Win95/98. There are a few for NT. In the end I found one that runs for 15 days as a trial, and used it to install Slackware 7 which now works a treat. > > > > Vy73 de Hakan > -- > Regards Richard > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://people.zeelandnet.nl/pa3gcu/ Regards Rob G1ZPU [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.166 / Virus Database: 79 - Release Date: 20/06/00
Re: ax25d with zipslack7
- Original Message - From: Arno Verhoeven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 27 June 2000 14:07 Subject: Re: ax25d with zipslack7 > Rob Compton wrote: > > > > I have just spent the last two days, installing, and re-installing zipslack > > 7 onto one of my machines to use as part of my BBS/node/cluster system. > > > > I now find that ax25d won't load. > > > > I get the following errors... > > > > axconfig: port yam0 not active > > axconfig: port scc0 not active > > axconfig: port scc1 not active > > axconfig: port axip not active > > ax25d: no AX25 port data configured > > > > For some reason, ax25d is looking in /usr/local/etc/ax25 for the config, > > rather than in /etc/ax25 > > This is a configure option before compiling the ax25 stuff. Read the > INSTALL files in the source packages for details. > > But if you're using Slackware 7 you can simply use the binary packages > in contrib/ham/ax25 on the CD-ROM. > These are compiled so that they look in /etc/ax25. Thanks for the advice Arno, I downloaded them and installed them. No change. Same errors. In fact, I tried Richard's way too, and got a segmentation fault when it tried to guess what machine I was using, and went no further. One thing that I also noted, with pkgtool, I get errors during install when it claims to not be able to run chmod etc... because it doesn't have root permission... though it runs the /install/install.sh script from what I can make out as the utils and configs get installed, and the install directory is removed afterwards. I WILL get the hang of this Linux stuff one day! > > 73, Arno pe1icq Regards Rob g1zpu / gb7zpu
ax25d with zipslack7
I have just spent the last two days, installing, and re-installing zipslack 7 onto one of my machines to use as part of my BBS/node/cluster system. I now find that ax25d won't load. I get the following errors... axconfig: port yam0 not active axconfig: port scc0 not active axconfig: port scc1 not active axconfig: port axip not active ax25d: no AX25 port data configured For some reason, ax25d is looking in /usr/local/etc/ax25 for the config, rather than in /etc/ax25 so I have put the config files in both places just in case - I don't know the reason for this. I also attach my axports file for reference. The axip port is not important, and I can do away with it to get things going if need be. ifconfig reports all ports are there and active. Anyone got any ideas? Have I got to recompile the tools/apps/libs etc.. Using Slackware 7, Zipslack kernel 2.2.13 ax25-tools-0.0.5 ax25-apps-0.0.4 libax25-0.0.7 node-0.3.0 on a Intel 486DX2/66 32Mb / 240Mb HD workstation. I have also tried Mini-Linux, but the YAM won't work with that (kernel 2.2.15b) for some reason as the serial port won't release for yamdrv to take control. Regards Rob G1ZPU / GB7ZPU === Get paid to surf the web, tell your friends, and get paid while they surf too! Check out: http://www.teamdangerous.com Links, Motorsport, A look a the lighter side of Amateur Radio, Homebrewing and more ===
Two problems
I've posted this message to both linux-hams and xfbb since the problems may have been seen by readers of each list. 1. YAM - not working! The power LED is on, but the RX led shows no activity, and it won't TX. I have tried it using AGW to drive it under Windose98, and it works fine, whether it be at 1200 or 9600bd. The YAM is on ttyS3 at IRQ12, and appears to configure OK during my startup script. But doesn't respond otherwise. 2. xfbb v7.01j daemon - won't work, exits with a segmentation violation every time I try to connect to it with xfbbC, or if a user connects on a RF port. I have tried the rpm installation from the SUSE ftp site, because I couldn't get the xfbb source to compile on my system for some reason. The system is : Cyrix MII-233, 32Mb RAM, 2 x IDE HDD's, 1 x USCC, 1 x PC100, 4 serial ports, Kernel is 2.2.13, Distro is Definite v7 (RedHat clone). Any ideas anyone? I'm going to try the YAM on another machine with no other apps running, and on ttyS0 to see what it does. I know the YAM should work, because so many people are using them. Rob. G1ZPU === Get paid to surf the web, tell your friends, and get paid while they surf too! Check out: http://www.teamdangerous.com Links, Motorsport, A look a the lighter side of Amateur Radio, Homebrewing and more ===
Re: Spammage: I Surf, YOU GET PAID!!!!!! Promise
- Original Message - From: Pat Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 03 May 2000 14:33 Subject: Re: Spammage: I Surf, YOU GET PAID!! Promise > I did better than that. I forwarded then to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Tue, May 02, 2000 at 10:01:41PM -0700, Dragos Ruiu wrote: > > I would recommend that everyone who received this forward it back to Mr. Pio > > at [EMAIL PROTECTED] to make the point that this is unacceptable behaviour. > > > > Just once each should suffice, and not contravene any usage policies :-). > > > > I did... Call it distributed spam negative reinforcement. :-) :-) :-} > > Let's hope this will be sufficient to reinforce the lesson > > about what not to do on public technical mailing lists. > > > > cheers, > > --dr > > > > -- > > dursec.com / kyx.net - we're from the future http://www.dursec.com > > learn kanga-foo from security experts: CanSecWest - May 10-12 Vancouver > > > > Speakers: Ron Gula/NSW, Ken Williams/E&Y, Marty Roesch/Hiverworld, > > Fyodor/insecure.org, RainForestPuppy/wiretrip.net, Theo de Raadt/OpenBSD > >Lance Spitzner/Sun, Fyodor Yarochkin/KALUG, Max Vision/whitehats.com > > You'll all be pleased to know that I have reported Mr Pio to [EMAIL PROTECTED] As a member of the alladvantage program, I am stunned that the idiot broke the rules that we agree to when we sign up. It is true, that it's a way to earn while you surf, but spamming is a no-no! Perhaps the idiot also didn't realise that there isn't a linux version of the viewbar yet, so posting it to so many linux type mail reflectors would serve no purpose what so ever, other than generating spam. Regards Rob Compton G1ZPU / GB7ZPU - running Linux kernel 2.2.13 - xfbb 7.00g - serving Beds/Herts/Cambs & NW Essex - UK. - Website for service updates - http://www.gb7zpu.org.uk === Get paid to surf the web, tell your friends, and get paid while they surf too! Check out: http://www.teamdangerous.com Links, Motorsport, A look a the lighter side of Amateur Radio, Homebrewing and more ===
Re: Any Plans For Data Radio's?
- Original Message - From: Marko Kovacevic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 16 March 2000 17:32 Subject: Re: Any Plans For Data Radio's? > Hi, > > Look at www.hamradio.si for packet and hw info !!! > > gl & 73 de Marko, s57mmk. > Marko, I know this is off topic, but I've been trying to contact the designer of the Super Vozelj node controller, Matjaz S53MV, and all of my email messages get bounced back. Can you get an email to him asking for details of the controller, and the 23cm & 13cm PSK data radios. Regards Rob G1ZPU / GB7ZPU [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ampr mail to : g1zpu@gb7zpu.#21.gbr.eu === Get paid to surf the web, tell your friends, and get paid while they surf too! Check out: http://www.teamdangerous.com Links, Motorsport, A look a the lighter side of Amateur Radio, Homebrewing and more ===
Re: Any Plans For Data Radio's?
- Original Message - From: Riley Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Any Plans For Data Radio's? > Hi David. > > > Sorry if this is slightly off topic? I am new to the list > > but have been a linux fan and ham for a long time. I have > > seen several emails on the list about plans for TNC's / > > packet modems, etc. > > > Does anyone know of any plans for data only radios (xcvrs)? > > Depends what you mean by "data only radios"... > > If you mean "radios that can't be used for anything other than > data" then there's no such thing - any radio can be converted to > work with data, and likewise can be converted to work with voice > as well. Aren't you being a bit perdantic Riley. But then again, from listening to you via VHF repeaters in the UK, that wouldn't be you otherwise! ;-) The guy means data radios. IE: Transceivers that have been designed specifically for the transmission of digital data. As radio amateurs we have a hands on ability to butcher wireless equipment to do virtually anything we want, providing the basic design will allow us. Take a design that uses no voice demod chip, ie: MC3356 instead of a MC3357 (or is it the other way around). One has af out, the other has raw data out. The pinouts are similar, but not the same. Yes you could mod a rig based around the data chip to do voice, easy on TX, lots of work, if not really worth it, for the RX. In Europe Motorola used to market a box called the MC-Micro. A synthesized rig that came in two basic variants - voice and data. The data version could pass up to 16Kbit/sec with 12.5KHz filters fitted. It was/is a very good basis for a 9K6 RUH compatible transceiver. A few of them have filtered out of the commecial world into hands of radio hams, but not many. (I keep looking!). > If you mean "radios that can be used for packet radio at 300 or > 1200 Baud" then just about any radio can be used for that without > modification. That's not data, that's damn near semaphore man! > If you mean "radios that can be used for packet radio at 9600 > Baud or above", then yes, most existing radios require some > modifications to be made before they can be used for this > purpose. However, there is a radio on the market that is (or at > least was) specifically designed for use with 9600 Baud packet on > the 70cm band, and it was made by one of the major manufacturers > of ham radio trannies. I don't have the details to hand though. And 9600baud is old-hat too. I think that David wants plans for the type of radio that can be used for 38K4 and up. Your basic amateur, indeed commercial spec land mobile voice radio needs a lot of IF work if you are going beyond 50KHz bandwidths. There are many designs available, for 70, 23, and 13cm. If you find the homepage of the Slovenian national radio society, you will find links to their data experts. They have designs for complete systems that handle 1.222MBit/sec on 13cm, as well as designs for 70 & 23cm. Then there's the Derbyshire IP Group's web page that details 70 & 23cm data transceivers suitable for up to 128Kbit transmission. Check out BayCom's homepage for more designs. Their latest parallel port based modem works at up to 600Kbit/sec. If you look closely, you will find many designs from all over the world. Try these : http://lois.kud-fp.si/hamradio and http://www.dutch.nl/bdj/index.htm There. That's better. Regards Rob G1ZPU / GB7ZPU
Re: Routing problem
- Original Message - From: Robin Gilks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: linux-hams list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 13 March 2000 07:49 Subject: Routing problem > Greetings all > > At the start of February, you may recall my queries about the routing in kernel > 2.2. > > Well, having returned from holidays, this has still not been solved - can anyone > report any progress? Robin, have a word with Paul, G0MHD ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) as he understands this better than me. It seems that in 2.0 kernels it was quite easy to route packets beween subnets, ie: 44.131.162.x and 44.131.163.x using a wide netmask to allow the passage of frames between systems. The routing in Kernel 2.2 doesn't like to do it that way. I'm not going to try to explain it, I'm still trying to understand it properly myself! Rob G1ZPU === Get paid to surf the web, tell your friends, and get paid while they surf too! Check out: http://www.teamdangerous.com Links, Motorsport, A look a the lighter side of Amateur Radio, Homebrewing and more ===
Re: NEW-AX.25: Starting to clean up socket API
- Original Message - From: Chuck Gelm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 02 March 2000 19:49 Subject: Re: NEW-AX.25: Starting to clean up socket API > Howdy, Y'all: > > IMHO, digipeating is obsolete. Is it? Then how will APRS systems work that rely on relaying (errr... digipeating) UI frames? Or haven't you got that sort of technology where you are? But then again, 99.9% of Radio Amateurs just LOVE things that are obsolete, and enjoy keeping them going, even if something newer and better is available. IMHO, don't by an Edsel when you can buy a Chevrolet Corvair - far faster, but much more dangerous in unfamiliar hands. > > 73, Chuck nc8q > === Get paid to surf the web, tell your friends, and get paid while they surf too! Check out: http://www.teamdangerous.com Links, Motorsport, A look a the lighter side of Amateur Radio, Homebrewing and more ===
multiple tx frames
Hello fellows. My latest problem relates to one of my TNC based ports. The TNC is a TNC220 in KISS mode, though I am sure that has absolutely nothing to do with the problem, but I'm sure that someone will want that info. The problem is thus: it transmits the same frame, probably 8-10 times, in one big transmission, and because maxframe for that port is set at 3, I quite often see 24-30 frames of 250bytes in length being sent each time the wireless transmits. And at 1200bd, that's taking a lot of time on a shared channel. What could be causing it? The TNC is hooked up to /dev/ttyS1, and I don't have anything else on that irq (3). The TNC is connected to the port via a fully connected RS232 lead - ie: a 25 core shielded cable with D-25's on both ends, passing full continuity checks, no shorts, etc... The other TNC based port on /dev/ttyS2 is working fine. The system is thus: Cyrix MX II PR233, 32Mb RAM. 64Mb swap memory, 4 serial ports (ttyS0-3) using irq's 4,3,10 & 12. USCC at 300h, PC100 at 280h, distro is Definite Linux v7 (a British distro based around RH6.1) with Kernel 2.2.13. ax25-tools-0.0.5, ax24-utils-0.0.4, libax25-0.0.7, node-0.3.0, xfbbd, jnos(g0mhd) 1.11d, clx501, KDE. Installed on 2 x HDD's, 1 x 520Mb, 1 x 1Gb, plus occaisional incursions from a 100Mb Zip disk. Any ideas anyone? Regards Rob G1ZPU/GB7ZPU === Get paid to surf the web, tell your friends, and get paid while they surf too! Check out: http://www.teamdangerous.com Links, Motorsport, A look a the lighter side of Amateur Radio, Homebrewing and more === BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 N:Compton;Rob FN:Rob Compton NICKNAME:G1ZPU ORG:Compton Farm Computer Systems / Rob Compton Formula One Engineering TITLE:Partner NOTE;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Operating GB7ZPU Amateur Wireless BBS / Mail Server & G1ZPU AX25 Packet Node= / IP Router.=0D=0A=0D=0ASuccessful Race Engine Builder - Demon Racing Engin= es=0D=0A=0D=0AOfficial Track Tester for Redline Magazine=0D=0A=0D=0AOther h= obbies include : Motorsport, Home Brewing Beer.=0D=0A=0D=0ASee the Team Dang= erous Web Site : www.teamdangerous.com=0D=0A TEL;WORK;VOICE:+44 7050 68 44 79 TEL;HOME;VOICE:+44 1767 261926 TEL;CELL;VOICE:+44 585 765 635 TEL;WORK;FAX:+44 1767 262441 TEL;HOME;FAX:+44 1767 260926 ADR;WORK:;;Clay End Farm;Sutton, Nr Sandy;Bedfordshire;SG19 2NE;UK LABEL;WORK;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Clay End Farm=0D=0ASutton, Nr Sandy, Bedfordshire SG19 2NE=0D=0AUK ADR;HOME:;;7A King Street;Potton;Bedfordshire;SG19 2QT;UK LABEL;HOME;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:7A King Street=0D=0APotton, Bedfordshire SG19 2QT=0D=0AUK X-WAB-GENDER:2 URL:http://www.teamdangerous.com URL:http://www.btinternet.com/~compton BDAY:19991027 EMAIL;PREF;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] EMAIL;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] EMAIL;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] EMAIL;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] EMAIL;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] REV:2302T085922Z END:VCARD
Re: API and driver interface
Greetings fellows... - Original Message - snip... > I have not tried XNET or TNN, but from what I have read, it may be a bit > involved. I used AWZnode for a time, but it seemed to me it uses fully > static port access parameters...maybe I'm wrong. snip.. I have TNN, but I don't have any engish docs or text files for it. Can anyone help? Regarding the flexnet / and love of M*cr*s*ft products, it comes back to the plug and play scenario where people love something that is dead easy to install, and just as easy to configure and operate. Something that Linux and it's associated apps fall down on. Things are getting better, I recently picked up a copy of Definite Linux v7.0 (a UK distribution, based around RedHat in the way Mandrake is), and installed it on a AMDK6-200 based box in about 20-25mins. That's quicker than MS-Windoze98 by about 20mins!! What is taking the time is getting horrible apps like sendmail, and fetchmail working properly with multiple email addresses on one machine. (Yes Dirk, I have exim, but can't get it to compile at the moment for some reason). KDE is helping things along with a nice gui for the users, something that makes win9x users feel at home. Has anyone tried running PCFlexNet under DOSEMU? Can that be done? Regards Rob. G1ZPU === Get paid to surf the web, tell your friends, and get paid while they surf too! Check out: http://www.teamdangerous.com Links, Motorsport, A look a the lighter side of Amateur Radio, Homebrewing and more ===
Re: SCC Problem - continued
- Original Message - From: Wijnand Mijnders PA3HFJ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 15 January 2000 09:29 Subject: Re: SCC Problem - continued > On Tue, 04 Jan 2000, Rob Compton wrote: > > I am starting to wonder whether this is linked to my problem - the one where > > the scc ports go into TX (until the timeout kicks in) and don't transmit any > > data, nor RX any data. > > I'm having the same symptoms while trying to get a PET-SCC-card to work. > > Rob, did you get any usable tips yet? > I found that there was a solder splash linking IRQ7 to IRQ5 on my USCC board. I removed that, set the board to IRQ7 and it works. The PC100 still doesn't work! I have further work to do. The PET-SCC needs lots of delays compiling in. Look in the scc.c file (in the with the sources) and change #undefine scc_delay to #define scc_delay (or something like that!!) It's quite straight forward. I think these SCC's don't like Pentium's!! they work fine in slow 486's and old 386's, but get very grumblesome in fast PC's. Check the docs for z8530drv > 73, Wijnand. > -- > > <- Internet email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -> > <- Ampr.org email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -> > Rob === Get paid to surf the web, tell your friends, and get paid while they surf too! Check out: http://www.teamdangerous.com Links, Motorsport, A look a the lighter side of Amateur Radio, Homebrewing and more ===
SCC Problem - continued
Here we go again... It get's more curious, though I can't help wondering if this is related My 4m port is tied to ax0, my 432MHz port is tied to ax1 In my fbb port.sys, the 4m port is port 1, the 432MHz port is port 3. xfbb reports that gb7bed is linked to ax1, though the 432 port is silent. The 4m port is busy shifting data. xfbb's monitoring show that the frames are being transmitted and received via port 3 (ax1 - 432MHz), though it is port1 (ax0 - 4m) doing the work. I am starting to wonder whether this is linked to my problem - the one where the scc ports go into TX (until the timeout kicks in) and don't transmit any data, nor RX any data. So enclosed are the following files : /proc/net/z8530drv - showing the lack of activity of my SCC ports /etc/z8530drv.conf - to show a "correct" (so I think) config file /etc/ax25/axports - my ports /usr/local/fbb/system/port.sys - showing my xfbb setup. /etc/rc.d/ax25.sh - my startup script for my ax25 stuff. and finally the output of netstat - netstat.txt - to show that ax1 is connected when it is really ax0 Hopefully someone can shed some light on this mysterious problem that is keeping the users out of GB7ZPU. Finally - what's the best DX-Cluster package for Linux - ie: easiest to setup and run, best features, etc... Best regards Rob G1ZPU PS: there is a typo in the ax25.sh where the YAM is described as being on COM2, when it is actually on COM4 / ttyS3 (the config is correct). === Get paid to surf the web, tell your friends, and get paid while they surf too! Check out: http://www.teamdangerous.com Links, Motorsport, A look a the lighter side of Amateur Radio, Homebrewing and more === z8530drv.conf Axports Z8530drv Ax25.sh Active Internet connections (w/o servers) Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State Active UNIX domain sockets (w/o servers) Proto RefCnt Flags Type State I-Node Path unix 1 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 1634 @0037 unix 1 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 1535 @002e unix 1 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 1268 @0019 unix 1 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 1523 @002d unix 1 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 192@0002 unix 1 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 130@0001 unix 1 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 1611 @0031 unix 1 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 1616 @0033 unix 1 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 1620 @0034 unix 1 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 1632 @0036 unix 1 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 341@0003 unix 1 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 1635 /tmp/.X11-unix/X0 unix 1 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 1633 /tmp/.X11-unix/X0 unix 1 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 1621 /tmp/.X11-unix/X0 unix 1 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 1617 /tmp/.X11-unix/X0 unix 1 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 1612 /tmp/.X11-unix/X0 unix 1 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 1536 /tmp/.X11-unix/X0 unix 1 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 1527 /tmp/.X11-unix/X0 unix 1 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 1269 /dev/log unix 1 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 342/dev/log unix 0 [ ] STREAM 201 unix 1 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 202/dev/log unix 1 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 131/dev/log Active AX.25 sockets Dest Source Device StateVr/VsSend-Q Recv-Q GB7ZPU-1 GB7ZPU-0 scc0SABM SENT000/000 0 0 GB7BED-0 GB7ZPU-0 ax1 ESTABLISHED 001/003 0 0 * GB7ZPU-0 yam1LISTENING000/000 0 0 * GB7ZPU-0 scc3LISTENING000/000 0 0 * GB7ZPU-0 scc0LISTENING000/000 0 0 * GB7ZPU-0 ax1 LISTENING000/000 0 0 * GB7ZPU-0 scc5LISTENING000/000 0 0 * GB7ZPU-0 ax0 LISTENING000/000 0 0 * BEDS-0 yam1LISTENING000/000 0 0 * G1ZPU-0yam1LISTENING000/000 0 0 * BEDS-0 scc5LISTENING000/000 0 0 * G1ZPU-0scc5LISTENING000/000 0 0 * BEDS-0 scc4LISTENING000/000 0 0 * G1ZPU-0scc4LISTENING000/000 0 0 * BEDS-0 scc3LISTENING000/000 0 0 * G1ZPU-0scc3LISTENING000/000 0 0 * BEDS-0 scc2LISTENING000/000 0 0 * G1ZPU-0scc2LISTENING000/000 0 0 * BEDS-0 scc1LISTENING000/
My SCC saga
Thanks to those that replied (all TWO of you - perhaps the rest are just waking up after xmas!) For those that don't know - I'm having trouble getting my system to work properly - the SCC ports in particular. The system is as follows : Cyrix M11-233 - 32Mb RAM - 520Mb HD - 4 x tty ports (on separate irq's) - a BayCom USCC four port card at 0x300h IRQ5 - a PacComm PC100 two port card at 0x280h IRQ2(9) - a YAM on ttyS1, KISS TNC's on ttyS2 and ttyS3. Giving a grand total of: 4 x 9K6 ports, and 5 x 1200bd ports. Kernel - 2.2.13 Latest axtools, utils & libax25. dl1bke's version 3 driver (for 2.1.x and up kernels). xfbb7, jnos1.11d I had a close look at z8530drv.conf and checked it against the docs & examples. Nothing looks wrong. I re-compiled the scc module with the extra delays as per the documentation. The symptoms are : scc port goes into tx - until timeout - no data transmitted sccstat reports that it's tx-error count matches it's tx count on all ports. They all work fine under DOS, so there is something wrong with the timing somewhere. The motherboard is a PC-Chips TX-Pro-II with o/b sound & video. (sound disabled in bios). I get no errors, only the one from axip because it can't connect to the other end of the link. Then there is just one more oddity... One of the kiss tnc's only seems to be transmitting EAX25 & DAMA frames, and won't respond to normal ax25 connects. Has ANYONE got any clues as to where to look next. Regards Rob G1ZPU not @ GB7ZPU since it doesn't work except for it's 4m port === Get paid to surf the web, tell your friends, and get paid while they surf too! Check out: http://www.teamdangerous.com Links, Motorsport, A look a the lighter side of Amateur Radio, Homebrewing and more === BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 N:Compton;Rob FN:Rob Compton NICKNAME:G1ZPU ORG:Compton Farm Computer Systems / Rob Compton Formula One Engineering TITLE:Partner NOTE;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Operating GB7ZPU Amateur Wireless BBS / Mail Server & G1ZPU AX25 Packet Node= / IP Router.=0D=0A=0D=0ASuccessful Race Engine Builder - Demon Racing Engin= es=0D=0A=0D=0AOfficial Track Tester for Redline Magazine=0D=0A=0D=0AOther h= obbies include : Motorsport, Home Brewing Beer.=0D=0A=0D=0ASee the Team Dang= erous Web Site : www.teamdangerous.com=0D=0A TEL;WORK;VOICE:+44 7050 68 44 79 TEL;HOME;VOICE:+44 1767 261926 TEL;CELL;VOICE:+44 585 765 635 TEL;WORK;FAX:+44 1767 262441 TEL;HOME;FAX:+44 1767 260926 ADR;WORK:;;Clay End Farm;Sutton, Nr Sandy;Bedfordshire;SG19 2NE;UK LABEL;WORK;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Clay End Farm=0D=0ASutton, Nr Sandy, Bedfordshire SG19 2NE=0D=0AUK ADR;HOME:;;7A King Street;Potton;Bedfordshire;SG19 2QT;UK LABEL;HOME;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:7A King Street=0D=0APotton, Bedfordshire SG19 2QT=0D=0AUK X-WAB-GENDER:2 URL:http://www.teamdangerous.com URL:http://www.btinternet.com/~compton BDAY:19991027 EMAIL;PREF;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] EMAIL;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] EMAIL;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] EMAIL;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] EMAIL;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] REV:2104T140750Z END:VCARD
Problem with SCC
Season's greetings to all list subscribers.. I learned a lot about linux in this last few months, but obviously not enough. I have missed something! for some reason fhe SCC's don't work properly. I used the example info in the docs that came with the latest scc drivers from dl1bke. When the 1200baud SCC transmits, all that comes out seems to be a very long tone, with a tiny 'bip' of something in the middle. I checked the settings against the docs, and I can't see anything wrong. I guess the 9600baud ports are doing the same thing too. None of the scc's rx anything, even though there is valid data on the channels. The two scc cards are : BAYCOM USCC, and PacComm PC100. I use all the ports, so that's a total of 6 scc devices. My two kiss tnc's seem to be working ok, at least I got something right! The SCC cards worked fine under DOS with BPQ. I have already re-compiled the driver with the scc_delay's defined just in case the bus speed is too fast for them. And they both have Zilog Z8530's fitted. Kernel is 2.2.13, latest ax25utils, ax25tools, and libax25. Anyone got any ideas, or a few pointers of where to start looking for the trouble? Rob G1ZPU === Get paid to surf the web, tell your friends, and get paid while they surf too! Check out: http://www.teamdangerous.com Links, Motorsport, A look a the lighter side of Amateur Radio, Homebrewing and more ===
SCC problem
Hi folks, At last, I had the new system finished. So I thought. I learned a lot in this last few months, but obviously not enough. I have missed something! The SCC's don't work properly. I used the example info in the docs that came with the latest scc drivers from dl1bke. When the 1200baud SCC transmits, all that comes out seems to be a very long tone, with a tiny 'bip' of something in the middle. I checked the settings against the docs, and I can't see anything wrong. I guess the 9600baud ports are doing the same thing too. None of the scc's rx anything, even though there is valid data on the channels. The two scc cards are : BAYCOM USCC, and PacComm PC100. I use all the ports, so that's a total of 6 scc devices. My two kiss tnc's seem to be working ok, at least I got something right! Any ideas? Rob G1ZPU === Get paid to surf the web, tell your friends, and get paid while they surf too! Check out: http://www.teamdangerous.com Links, Motorsport, A look a the lighter side of Amateur Radio, Homebrewing and more === BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 N:Compton;Rob FN:Rob Compton NICKNAME:G1ZPU ORG:Compton Farm Computer Systems / Rob Compton Formula One Engineering TITLE:Partner NOTE;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Operating GB7ZPU Amateur Wireless BBS / Mail Server & G1ZPU AX25 Packet Node= / IP Router.=0D=0A=0D=0ASuccessful Race Engine Builder - Demon Racing Engin= es=0D=0A=0D=0AOfficial Track Tester for Redline Magazine=0D=0A=0D=0AOther h= obbies include : Motorsport, Home Brewing Beer.=0D=0A=0D=0ASee the Team Dang= erous Web Site : www.teamdangerous.com=0D=0A TEL;WORK;VOICE:+44 7050 68 44 79 TEL;HOME;VOICE:+44 1767 261926 TEL;CELL;VOICE:+44 585 765 635 TEL;WORK;FAX:+44 1767 262441 TEL;HOME;FAX:+44 1767 260926 ADR;WORK:;;Clay End Farm;Sutton, Nr Sandy;Bedfordshire;SG19 2NE;UK LABEL;WORK;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Clay End Farm=0D=0ASutton, Nr Sandy, Bedfordshire SG19 2NE=0D=0AUK ADR;HOME:;;7A King Street;Potton;Bedfordshire;SG19 2QT;UK LABEL;HOME;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:7A King Street=0D=0APotton, Bedfordshire SG19 2QT=0D=0AUK X-WAB-GENDER:2 URL:http://www.teamdangerous.com URL:http://www.btinternet.com/~compton BDAY:19991027 EMAIL;PREF;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] EMAIL;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] EMAIL;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] EMAIL;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] EMAIL;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] REV:19991223T072446Z END:VCARD
JNOS & Linux
In order to keep (a) continuity with my old dying DOS system, and, (b) maintain all of the facilities offered by the UK-IP spec JNOS (not all supported in Linux kernel), I am trying to run JNOS under linux. So far I have got it to run in tty7, but it won't talk to my ports. The question is this. Does JNOS share the ports with kernel? ie: when the system boots up, I initialise all of my ports (scc's & tnc's), and then issue ifconfig to set each one up, for example: scc0 is 1200bd on 433.65 scc1 is 1200bd on 50.67 scc2 is 9600bd on 430/439MHz etc... The linux machine has the address 44.131.162.130 Jnos (gb7zpu.ampr.org) has the address 44.131.162.129 In JNOS, I issue the command: attach asy scc0 0 ax25 scc0 256 256 1200 JNOS replies with "File or Directory does not exist" Does this mean that I have to perfom a kissattach for each scc port? Even though the DL1BKE driver presents each scc port as a kiss inteface? If I go to a different console and enter ifconfig, it lists ALL of the ports (all 6 scc ports, 2 tnc's, loopback, slip, etc..) It comes back to my pet subject - the lack of documentation. It's all in the AX25-Telepath-HOWTO. All I really need are some sample config files : An autoexec.nos for JNOS 1.11d giving attach & ifconfig commands for scc type ports, or in fact, any ports that are also used by the kernel. The docs111d.zip file available from many ftp sites only shows autoexecs from people who have jnos talking to KISS TNC's which don't appear to be configured via kernel ax25. Yes I do have lnxforward, and that doesn't compile with libax25-0.0.7, yes I do have mailgw, and NO it doesn't support all of the facilities that the UK-IP compiled/modified version of JNOS1.11d has in itself, which is a shame, because it looks a much tidier way of operating a mail gateway. Seasoned Gratings. Rob G1ZPU === Get paid to surf the web, tell your friends, and get paid while they surf too! Check out: http://www.teamdangerous.com Links, Motorsport, A look a the lighter side of Amateur Radio, Homebrewing and more === BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 N:Compton;Rob FN:Rob Compton NICKNAME:G1ZPU ORG:Compton Farm Computer Systems / Rob Compton Formula One Engineering TITLE:Partner NOTE;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Operating GB7ZPU Amateur Wireless BBS / Mail Server & G1ZPU AX25 Packet Node= / IP Router.=0D=0A=0D=0ASuccessful Race Engine Builder - Demon Racing Engin= es=0D=0A=0D=0AOfficial Track Tester for Redline Magazine=0D=0A=0D=0AOther h= obbies include : Motorsport, Home Brewing Beer.=0D=0A=0D=0ASee the Team Dang= erous Web Site : www.teamdangerous.com=0D=0A TEL;WORK;VOICE:+44 7050 68 44 79 TEL;HOME;VOICE:+44 1767 261926 TEL;CELL;VOICE:+44 585 765 635 TEL;WORK;FAX:+44 1767 262441 TEL;HOME;FAX:+44 1767 260926 ADR;WORK:;;Clay End Farm;Sutton, Nr Sandy;Bedfordshire;SG19 2NE;UK LABEL;WORK;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Clay End Farm=0D=0ASutton, Nr Sandy, Bedfordshire SG19 2NE=0D=0AUK ADR;HOME:;;7A King Street;Potton;Bedfordshire;SG19 2QT;UK LABEL;HOME;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:7A King Street=0D=0APotton, Bedfordshire SG19 2QT=0D=0AUK X-WAB-GENDER:2 URL:http://www.teamdangerous.com URL:http://www.btinternet.com/~compton BDAY:19991027 EMAIL;PREF;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] EMAIL;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] EMAIL;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] EMAIL;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] EMAIL;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] REV:19991220T140921Z END:VCARD
lnzforward problem
When I try to perform the "make" to create and install lnxconfig it fails with a missing library file. Something to do with converting callsigns. I made sure that I had libax25.0.0.7 installed, and it was. Have I missed something. The doc's just say "make sure you installed the libs" - which I had done. I really will have to make proper notes before I make the journey home and send mails! Regards Rob G1ZPU === Get paid to surf the web, tell your friends, and get paid while they surf too! Check out: http://www.teamdangerous.com Links, Motorsport, A look a the lighter side of Amateur Radio, Homebrewing and more === BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 N:Compton;Rob FN:Rob Compton NICKNAME:G1ZPU ORG:Compton Farm Computer Systems / Rob Compton Formula One Engineering TITLE:Partner NOTE;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Operating GB7ZPU Amateur Wireless BBS / Mail Server & G1ZPU AX25 Packet Node= / IP Router.=0D=0A=0D=0ASuccessful Race Engine Builder - Demon Racing Engin= es=0D=0A=0D=0AOfficial Track Tester for Redline Magazine=0D=0A=0D=0AOther h= obbies include : Motorsport, Home Brewing Beer.=0D=0A=0D=0ASee the Team Dang= erous Web Site : www.teamdangerous.com=0D=0A TEL;WORK;VOICE:+44 7050 68 44 79 TEL;HOME;VOICE:+44 1767 261926 TEL;CELL;VOICE:+44 585 765 635 TEL;WORK;FAX:+44 1767 262441 TEL;HOME;FAX:+44 1767 260926 ADR;WORK:;;Clay End Farm;Sutton, Nr Sandy;Bedfordshire;SG19 2NE;UK LABEL;WORK;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Clay End Farm=0D=0ASutton, Nr Sandy, Bedfordshire SG19 2NE=0D=0AUK ADR;HOME:;;7A King Street;Potton;Bedfordshire;SG19 2QT;UK LABEL;HOME;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:7A King Street=0D=0APotton, Bedfordshire SG19 2QT=0D=0AUK X-WAB-GENDER:2 URL:http://www.teamdangerous.com URL:http://www.btinternet.com/~compton BDAY:19991027 EMAIL;PREF;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] EMAIL;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] EMAIL;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] EMAIL;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] EMAIL;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] REV:19991215T175536Z END:VCARD
Re: Config help required..
- Original Message - From: Yuri Saltikov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 10 December 1999 13:20 Subject: Re: Config help required.. > Hello Hamish, > > On Fri, Dec 10, 1999 at 10:04:17AM +1100, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > > > > I get a couple of errors, one relating to tty speed. Something is not right > > > > as yet. > > > > How do I set the tty port speed? I read the manual for setserial, and it > > > > confused me more as there are a number of speed settings. Which one do I > > > > want? if any? > > > > > > Rob, port speed setted by kissatach in the value, that readed from > > > 'axports' file. setserial is not needed in this case. > > > See man axports for more details... > > > > I'm confused, why would you use kissattach on the YAM? > > Hamish, after loading soundmodem.o/baycom.o/yam.o module and > correctly configure this driver we got network device, such > as sm0, bc0 etc. This device can be used for IP over AX25, but, > we can't make simple 'call' for connecting to other station and > use this device in LinuxNode/xfbbd etc ... > > For this utils we need to make KISS stream w/net2kiss (man net2kiss), > and w/kissattach create standart AX.25 port. Now I'm confused more. In my YAM docs, it says nothing about kissattach to use the port for xfbb. Don't you just love incomplete documentation. Looks like I'll have to go all the way through my config and do some more work! Where is the AX25-Telepathic-HOWTO? That's the one that tells you how to set things up that haven't been documented properly. I just love this, It's keeping my brain working at 110% and she cannae tek much more Captain! Rob. === Get paid to surf the web, tell your friends, and get paid while they surf too! Check out: http://www.teamdangerous.com Links, Motorsport, A look a the lighter side of Amateur Radio, Homebrewing and more ===
Re: Config help required..
- Original Message - From: Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 09 December 1999 23:04 Subject: Re: Config help required.. > On Thu, Dec 09, 1999 at 05:27:21PM +0300, Yuri Saltikov wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 09, 1999 at 02:11:52PM -, Rob Compton wrote: > > > I get a couple of errors, one relating to tty speed. Something is not right > > > as yet. > > > How do I set the tty port speed? I read the manual for setserial, and it > > > confused me more as there are a number of speed settings. Which one do I > > > want? if any? > > > > Rob, port speed setted by kissatach in the value, that readed from > > 'axports' file. setserial is not needed in this case. > > See man axports for more details... > > I'm confused, why would you use kissattach on the YAM? I may have confused the issue when I carried on to another problem... The YAM is now fine, that's sorted, a spot of hand/eye co-ordination trouble! The other problem relates to the serial ports that have KISS tnc's hanging on the end of them. kissattach fails with two errors, which I can't remember, and since the machine that is giving me grief is 1.5 miles away, I can't get those errors right now. I'll mail them to the list later, from my works machine. I know that it should pick up the speed info from the axports file, but for some reason it is giving me an error (which I have no explaination for) that looks like it's something to do with tty_rate or was that tty_speed, and was it something like tty_ioctl or summat? My fault, I should have written it down! It's nearly there, just a little more time and the GB7ZPU server/bbs will be flying under it's own steam with Linux in the boiler! Strangely enough, after seeing the latest mailings on the list regarding SCC troubles - I had no trouble making two SCC cards work together - one Baycom USCC, the other a PacComm PC100. 6 ports of SCC bliss giving 3 x 1200bd and 3 x 9600bd ports. (PC100 has a G4XYW modem connected to it's disconnect header and the USCC has a genuine G3RUH modem on it's header). Regards Happy Kernel Compiling. Rob. G1ZPU === Get paid to surf the web, tell your friends, and get paid while they surf too! Check out: http://www.teamdangerous.com Links, Motorsport, A look a the lighter side of Amateur Radio, Homebrewing and more ===
Re: Config help required..
- Original Message - From: Yuri Saltikov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 09 December 1999 12:45 Subject: Re: Config help required.. > On Tue, Dec 07, 1999 at 07:55:00PM +0100, Alberto Escudero wrote: > > Did you use setserial with port 0 option? > > > > setserial /dev/ttyS3 port 0 > > May be: > > setserial /dev/ttyS3 uart none > ? > > > > yamcfg uses obsolete (PF_INET,SOCK_PACKET) > > > Trying yam1 at iobase 0x2e8 irq 3 > > > yam1: cannot 0x2e8 busy > > > Trying yam1 at iobase 0x2e8 irq 3 > > > yam1: cannot 0x2e8 busy > Thanks Yuri & Alberto, Thanks to all involved, especially Richard Adams who is helping me get this varmit of a system to work. The problem was a hardware related issue. The Hardware was plugged into the wrong tty! A spot of incorrectly labelled (or no labels to be precise!) tty ports. Thus, YAM was in ttyS1 when I thought it was in ttyS3, and when I swapped it over, because I thought the port may not be working, I then thought it was in S1 when it was actually in S3. Now another problem has turned up, this one to do kissattach. When I enter ; # kissattatch /dev/ttyS1 4m 44.131.162.144 (4m is the name of the port in axports.) I get a couple of errors, one relating to tty speed. Something is not right as yet. How do I set the tty port speed? I read the manual for setserial, and it confused me more as there are a number of speed settings. Which one do I want? if any? If the manuals were better, and not written for a telepath, Linux would be much more popular than it already is. The AX25-Howto needs re-writing (please Terry :o) ) so a complete idiot like myself can read it, understand it, and what's more, configure their system from it, without finding holes that are not documented, or if they are, you need to be a mind-reader to know where the docs are. Regards Rob G1ZPU === Get paid to surf the web, tell your friends, and get paid while they surf too! Check out: http://www.teamdangerous.com Links, Motorsport, A look a the lighter side of Amateur Radio, Homebrewing and more ===
Config help required..
Hello, I'm having trouble getting my final config sorted out. The system is thus: RedHat 5.2, Kernel 2.2.13 with updated utils, glibc etc... all as needed for 2.2.x kernels. System config: Cyrix M11 233, 32Mb RAM, 520Mb HD, IDE CD, ZIP drive (ppa), on a PC-Chips TX-Pro-II motherboard. 2 x SCC cards (one BAYCOM USCC, one PACCOMM PC100) 4 x serial ports (ttyS0 = mouse, ttyS1 = KISS TNC @ 4800baud, ttyS2 = KISS TNC @ 9600baud, ttyS3 = YAM @ 9600baud) Problem: I can't get my YAM modem to initialise as it claims the serial port is busy, and I can't seem to get kissattach to see the other serial ports properly. I know that the ttyS00/S02 ttyS01/S03 interrupts are "shared" but even if I remove two, it makes no difference. So the problem is elsewhere. Here are some of my boot up messages... for a bit of background info.. Serial driver version 4.27 with no serial options enabled ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16450 ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16450 ttyS02 at 0x03e8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A ttyS03 at 0x02e8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured loop: registered device at major 7 Z8530 SCC driver version 3.0.dl1bke (experimental) by DL1BKE early initialization of device scc0 is deferred dmascc: autoprobing (dangerous) dmascc: no adapters found AX.25 ethernet driver version 0.01 PPP: version 2.3.7 (demand dialling) TCP compression code copyright 1989 Regents of the University of California PPP line discipline registered. YAM driver version 0.8 by F1OAT/F6FBB early initialization of device yam0 is deferred early initialization of device yam1 is deferred early initialization of device yam2 is deferred early initialization of device yam3 is deferred AX.25 Multikiss device enabled SLIP: version 0.8.4-NET3.019-NEWTTY (dynamic channels, max=256). The PCI BIOS has not enabled this device! Updating PCI command 0001->0005. PCI latency timer (CFLT) is unreasonably low at 0. Setting to 32 clocks. eth0: Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100 at 0x5800, 00:90:27:5C:2C:34, IRQ 0. Receiver lock-up bug exists -- enabling work-around. Board assembly 721383-006, Physical connectors present: RJ45 Primary interface chip i82555 PHY #1. General self-test: passed. Serial sub-system self-test: passed. Internal registers self-test: passed. ROM checksum self-test: passed (0x04f4518b). scc0: data port = 0x300 control port = 0x304 -- found scc1: data port = 0x301 control port = 0x305 -- found scc2: data port = 0x302 control port = 0x306 -- found scc3: data port = 0x303 control port = 0x307 -- found scc4: data port = 0x280 control port = 0x284 -- found scc5: data port = 0x281 control port = 0x285 -- found Init Z8530 driver: 6 channels, IRQ 5,9 The SCC's seem to config OK but... yamcfg uses obsolete (PF_INET,SOCK_PACKET) Trying yam1 at iobase 0x2e8 irq 3 yam1: cannot 0x2e8 busy Trying yam1 at iobase 0x2e8 irq 3 yam1: cannot 0x2e8 busy That's a YAM on "COM3" (ttyS2) This is my /proc/net/ioports file... -001f : dma1 0020-003f : pic1 0040-005f : timer 0060-006f : keyboard 0080-008f : dma page reg 00a0-00bf : pic2 00c0-00df : dma2 00f0-00ff : fpu 01f0-01f7 : ide0 0280-0280 : scc data 0281-0281 : scc data 0284-0284 : scc ctrl 0285-0285 : scc ctrl 02e8-02ef : serial(auto) 02f8-02ff : serial(auto) 0300-0300 : scc data 0301-0301 : scc data 0302-0302 : scc data 0303-0303 : scc data 0304-0304 : scc ctrl 0305-0305 : scc ctrl 0306-0306 : scc ctrl 0307-0307 : scc ctrl 0378-037a : parport0 03c0-03df : vga+ 03e8-03ef : serial(auto) 03f0-03f5 : floppy 03f6-03f6 : ide0 03f7-03f7 : floppy DIR 03f8-03ff : serial(auto) 4000-4007 : ide0 4008-400f : ide1 5800-581f : Intel Speedo3 Ethernet Which shows that the serial interfaces are there.. Now here is an extract from my /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit file... It's not finished yet, I could do with some pointers / corrections. # # Fire up the SCC interfaces # /sbin/sccinit # # Now to setup up the interfaces # # NOS to Linux slip link (internal) # /usr/sbin/kissattach /dev/ptys0 axlink 44.131.162.129 /sbin/ifconfig ptys0 44.131.162.129 hw ax25 gb7zpu-8 /sbin/ifconfig ptys0 broadcast 44.131.162.143 netmask 255.255.255.128 /sbin/ifconfig ptys0 arp mtu 256 up # # Link to GB7PT via a YAM on COM2 (ttyS1) # /usr/sbin/yamcfg yam1 iobase 0x2e8h irq 3 txdelay 50 /sbin/ifconfig yam1 44.131.162.144 hw ax25 gb7zpu-10 /sbin/ifconfig yam1 broadcast 44.131.162.159 netmask 255.255.255.128 /sbin/ifconfig yam1 arp mtu 256 up # # 6m port on SCC port B # /sbin/ifconfig scc1 44.131.162.161 hw ax25 gb7zpu-6 /sbin/ifconfig scc1 broadcast 44.131.162.175 netmask 255.255.255.128 /sbin/ifconfig scc1 arp mtu 256 up # # 4m port on KISS TNC via COM3 (ttyS2) # /usr/sbin/kissattach 4m /dev/ttyS01 44.131.162.177 /sbin/ifconfig 4m 44.131.162.177 hw ax25 gb7zpu-4 /sbin/ifconfig 4m broadcast 44.131.162.191 netmask 255.255.255.128 /sbin/ifconfig 4m arp mtu 256 up # # 2m port on PC100 Port B # /sbin/ifconfig scc5 44.131.162.193 hw ax25 gb7zpu-2 /sbin/ifconfig scc5 broadcast 44.131.162.207 netmask 255.255.255.12
Re: linux soundmodem over 9600 baud ?
> Greg Maxwell wrote: > > > Note that for QAM modulation you need I/Q modulation and linear TX and > > > RX > > > signal paths (due to non-constant envelope). This is non-trivial to > > > implement, > > > > You can do the I/Q modulation in entirely in software. This shouldn't be > > too hard. > > > > As for the linear signal paths.. I'm assuming you mean linear power > > responce in frequenceny space. This is corrected using a FIR filter. > > Modems do this. > > I assume you don´t mean generating a QAM modulated baseband signal with > the > sound card and modulating that FM onto a RF carrier? This would be a > very funny thing to do, which would be interesting to simulate, but > I would not expect any performance gain from it. I don't know if it would work, but why not use modulate it using an AM radio? >From my limited knowledge of this subject, the problem of getting QAM to work with FM radios is down to the amount of AF carrier phases & tones, plus the modulation of those carriers which would probably get screwed up in the FM modulation process, or even more if the radio really uses phase modulation as many so called FM TX's do. Not long ago I looked at the idea of hooking up a V34 modem to an AM ex-PMR (land mobile) radio, with the idea of using that as a first stage in a 23cm or 13cm setup. The PMR radio (A Phillips MX293) worked on VHF high band (around 140MHz), and would then drive a transverter to the required band. Since I don't get the time to "play" with these projects at the moment, I don't mind sharing my ideas, in fact as a radio amateur, I don't mind sharing them anyway! It just came to me that we have been brainwashed into thinking that FSK transmitters are the be-all and end-all of data transfer, but sometimes you have to take a different view when a problem like this (QAM over a wireless link) turns up. Any thoughts? Has anyone tried using modded (down to 10GHz) 11GHz Satellite TV RX & 10GHz ATV TX for hooking up 10Mbit ethernet ports? - that's another one for you to think about... You need an ethernet adaptor with BNC o/p. The o/p levels will need to be converted to 1v peak to peak (as per Composite Video). Feed this into your ATV TX (with no pre-emphasis or filtering), and at the RX, pick up "baseband video o/p" from the "SCART" connector. Convert that back to normal levels (which I think are around the TTL area), and feed that back into your ethernet adaptor. A T-piece is needed at each end, or you can spilt it at your level converter. Sounds simple. Should work. Anyone got the time to give it a go? Back to reality How does this 300bd modem work Regards Rob Compton G1ZPU Get paid to surf the web, tell your friends, and get paid while they surf too!! Check out: http://www.teamdangerous.com Links, Motorsport, A look at the lighter side of Amateur Radio, Homebrewing, and more.
Linux FBB problem
Hi folks, I posted this on the FBB mailing list as was stunned by the silence, so as I know that many of you run FBB under Linux, someone could help.. I have (finally) compiled kernel 2.2.10 to include all of the drivers I need, but what I can't seem to make work now is FBB. I start the daemon with ./xfbb.sh -d & Then I startx, and attempt to run xfbbX in a window. It fires up, but I can't connect to the server because it says my callsign/password is wrong. I have checked and re-checked passwd.sys it looks OK. What have I missed? I have tried RTFM but for some reason xd700g_full.tgz has no docs with it! Rob. G1ZPU / GB7ZPU BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 N:Compton;Rob FN:Rob Compton NICKNAME:G1ZPU ORG:Compton Farm Computer Systems / Rob Compton Formula One Engineering TITLE:Partner NOTE;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Operating GB7ZPU Amateur Wireless BBS / Mail Server & G1ZPU AX25 Packet Node= / IP Router.=0D=0A=0D=0ASuccessful Race Engine Builder - Demon Racing Engin= es=0D=0A=0D=0AOfficial Track Tester for Redline Magazine=0D=0A=0D=0AOther h= obbies include : Motorsport, Home Brewing Beer.=0D=0A=0D=0ASee the Team Dang= erous Web Site : www.teamdangerous.com=0D=0A TEL;WORK;VOICE:+44 1767 260271 TEL;HOME;VOICE:+44 1767 261926 TEL;CELL;VOICE:+44 585 765 635 TEL;WORK;FAX:+44 1767 262441 TEL;HOME;FAX:+44 1767 260926 ADR;WORK:;;Clay End Farm;Sutton, Nr Sandy;Bedfordshire;SG19 2NE;UK LABEL;WORK;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Clay End Farm=0D=0ASutton, Nr Sandy, Bedfordshire SG19 2NE=0D=0AUK ADR;HOME:;;7A King Street;Potton;Bedfordshire;SG19 2QT;UK LABEL;HOME;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:7A King Street=0D=0APotton, Bedfordshire SG19 2QT=0D=0AUK X-WAB-GENDER:2 URL:http://www.teamdangerous.com URL:http://www.btinternet.com/~compton BDAY:19991027 EMAIL;PREF;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] EMAIL;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] EMAIL;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] EMAIL;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] EMAIL;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] REV:19991122T122629Z END:VCARD
Re: Kernel compile prob...
Many thanks to all, I'm overwhelmed by the amount of help. Give me a few years and I'll be able to work out how to list a directory!! I'll try a 'make bzImage' (instead of make zImage), and then look seriously at using modules as there is still a fair bit more I need to get this thing working properly. Regards Rob.
Kernel compile prob...
I have admitted many times before - I am a linux dummy! My problem now is that for some reason I can't get kernel to complete it's compile. I've got everything I want in the kernel except the drivers for my 100Mb Zip disk, so I added that to the config. When it compiles, I get the following errors: snip tools/build bootsect setup compressed / vmlinux.out CURRENT > zImage Root device is (3,6) Boot sector 512bytes Setup is 4392bytes System is 552kB System is too big make[1]: ***[zImage] Error 1 make[1]: leaving directory '/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/linux/arch/i386/boot' make: ***[zImage] Error 2 snip... What does this mean? How can I sort it? Rob. BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 N:Compton;Rob FN:Rob Compton NICKNAME:G1ZPU ORG:Compton Farm Computer Systems / Rob Compton Formula One Engineering TITLE:At the helm NOTE;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Operating GB7ZPU Amateur Wireless BBS / Mail Server & G1ZPU AX25 Packet Node= / IP Router.=0D=0A=0D=0AOfficial Track Tester / Instructor for Redline Maga= zine=0D=0A=0D=0AOther hobbies include : Motorsport, Home Brewing Beer.=0D= =0A=0D=0ASee the Team Dangerous Web Site : www.teamdangerous.com=0D=0A TEL;WORK;VOICE:+44 1767 260271 TEL;HOME;VOICE:+44 1767 261926 TEL;CELL;VOICE:+44 585 765 635 TEL;WORK;FAX:+44 1767 262441 TEL;HOME;FAX:+44 1767 260926 ADR;WORK:;;Clay End Farm;Sutton, Nr Sandy;Bedfordshire;SG19 2NE;UK LABEL;WORK;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Clay End Farm=0D=0ASutton, Nr Sandy, Bedfordshire SG19 2NE=0D=0AUK ADR;HOME:;;7A King Street;Potton;Bedfordshire;SG19 2QT;UK LABEL;HOME;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:7A King Street=0D=0APotton, Bedfordshire SG19 2QT=0D=0AUK X-WAB-GENDER:2 URL:http://www.teamdangerous.com URL:http://www.btinternet.com/~compton BDAY:19991027 EMAIL;PREF;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] REV:19990915T163453Z END:VCARD
Re: Unknown return value 127 on FBB
Thanks to all those that replied, Gerd, Steve, and Richard.
I'm going to do both things - output to tty10, and check to make sure that
the directory structure in init.srv matches reality.
I couldn't see any description of error codes in the docs. How about it
Jean-Paul?
And I have also subscribed to the FBB mailing list.
Rob. G1ZPU
- Original Message -
From: Gerd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: 20 August 1999 09:20
Subject: Re: Unknown return value 127 on FBB
> Hello Rob, hello all,
>
>
> > > "Unknown return value 127"
>
>
> > I'd like to know what's going on too. I have a similar installation and
I
> > get the same error when I try to start xfbb.
> >
> > What have we done wrong?
>
> Nothing. Sometimes FBB simply happens to crash if it encounters
> eg. a syntax error in a config file or is missing some system files.
>
> To bring more light on this you should edit xfbb.sh to direct all
> output to a certain console.
> In original, all output is directed to /dev/null via &>.
> Change this to /dev/tty10 to see the output on console 10, for
> example.
> You then very often see the reason for the erratic behaviour.
>
> Cheers, 73
>
> Gerd
> P.S.: There's a separate mailinglist for xfbb related problems; see
> http://www.f6fbb.org ("mailing lists") for details.
>
Re: Unknown return value 127 on FBB
I'd like to know what's going on too. I have a similar installation and I get the same error when I try to start xfbb. What have we done wrong? Rob. - Original Message - From: Portela Zardetto, Juan Jose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 17 August 1999 15:39 Subject: Unknown return value 127 on FBB > Hi All! > > > I have a PC 486, 16 MB RAM and RH 5.2. I installed xd700d_full.tar.gz with > the install.sh. Everithing went ok, but when i tryed to run de xfbb.sh the > following error code appear. > "Unknown return value 127" > > Somebody can tell me what is going on? > > Thank you in advance > > Juanjo, LW1ELM >
Missing z8530.c in RH 5.2 Source?
I have had a few minutes (hours) spare and taken another look at my Linux system. I've totally re-installed RH5.2 with a clean HD, complete with the kernel (2.0.36-0.7) source code. I went through the kernel config, and duly selected the z8530 driver ready for my Baycom USCC, and my ancient PacComm PC120 card. It seemed to compile OK, then threw up an error. What? z8530.c missing? nope! not there! Checked the source directory for drivers, and it ain't there. z8530.h is there, but no .c! Has anyone got it? can they send it to me as a message attachment. It was all going so well, then. I have various versions of z8530 utils, but none of them have ever compiled with my system. There has always been some sort of problem. Despondant... Rob.
YAM & z8530drv-2.4 probs
Yes, I am still having a complete nightmare getting to grips with this Linux stuff. Am I giving up? No! Right, to business... 1. I have the YAM disk here in my hand... I install it as instructed in the README files. Does it work - NO! When I perform the patch, it fails when it goes to update Config.in - so me being a clever person, I use emacs and edit Config.in to put in the line that the patch failed to add. Did that work - NO! Why? What have I missed? 2. I have z8530drv-2.4 (two versions, dl1bke's version (b), and g8ecj's updated version(c)) - and I install it into the source directory as requested, I type make for_kernel, and it goes off and does it's bit. So I then try to make a new kernel with the z8530 drivers, and YAM, and guess what - it fails to compile with an Error 1 in scc.o or something like that. If I de-select the z8530 and the YAM drivers, it compiles OK. Why? What have I missed? Kernel is 2.0.36 / RH5.2 Trying to make a module with the z8530 drivers using 'make module' also fails with the same errors. Can I get 'make' to output it's text info into a file so I can see what it's done, or where the problems started? I know I can make it report which directory it's in, but its off the screen so fast, I can't write it down in time! Regards Rob BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 N:Compton;Rob FN:Rob Compton NICKNAME:G1ZPU ORG:Compton Farm Computer Systems / Rob Compton Formula One Engineering TITLE:At the helm NOTE;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Operating GB7ZPU Amateur Wireless BBS / Mail Server & G1ZPU AX25 Packet Node= / IP Router.=0D=0A=0D=0AOther hobbies include : Motorsport, Home Brewing Be= er.=0D=0A=0D=0ASee the Team Dangerous Web Site : www.teamdangerous.com=0D= =0A TEL;WORK;VOICE:+44 1767 260271 TEL;HOME;VOICE:+44 1767 261926 TEL;CELL;VOICE:+44 585 765 635 TEL;WORK;FAX:+44 1767 262441 TEL;HOME;FAX:+44 1767 260926 ADR;WORK:;;Clay End Farm;Sutton, Nr Sandy;Bedfordshire;SG19 2NE;UK LABEL;WORK;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Clay End Farm=0D=0ASutton, Nr Sandy, Bedfordshire SG19 2NE=0D=0AUK ADR;HOME:;;7A King Street;Potton;Bedfordshire;SG19 2QT;UK LABEL;HOME;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:7A King Street=0D=0APotton, Bedfordshire SG19 2QT=0D=0AUK X-WAB-GENDER:2 URL:http://www.teamdangerous.com URL:http://www.btinternet.com/~compton BDAY:19991027 EMAIL;PREF;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] REV:19990729T093004Z END:VCARD
Getting confused!
Hi guys, I have just had a chance to sit down and take another look at this linux system I am building to take over the running of the GB7ZPU bbs. I now see that, from reading the messages on this list, I have the wrong ax25-utils for the 2.0.36 kernel that I have - the one I've got is ax25_utils-2.1.42a-3.i386.rpm, and I see that I should have an earlier version. My dilemma is: I have 2.2.10 kernel source on my win98 machine's hard disk, all 14Mb of it. The linux box is running RH5.2. As a bit of a newbie at linux, can I compile the 2.2.10 kernel with RH5.2, or will I need to get the RH6 stuff to go with it? If I CAN compile 2.2.10 with RH5.2, can I use the ax25 utils that I have "in stock", or will I need yet another version? And though off topic, but related to my woes, can I hook up a ZIP drive to Linux? I have looked through the configuration when compiling kernel, but can't find ZIP in there anywhere. If I can get the ZIP hooked up to the Linux box, then I can transfer the new kernel source easily, in a zip ;-) I still think that the docs for Linux need to be written so a dummy can understand them. The docs I have found (HOWTO's etc) all seem to be aimed at university professors who now linux so well that they don't need the doc's anyway! Best regards Rob G1ZPU BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 N:Compton;Rob FN:Rob Compton NICKNAME:G1ZPU ORG:Compton Farm Computer Systems / Rob Compton Formula One Engineering TITLE:At the helm NOTE;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Operating GB7ZPU Amateur Wireless BBS / Mail Server & G1ZPU AX25 Packet Node= / IP Router.=0D=0A=0D=0AOther hobbies include : Motorsport, Home Brewing Be= er.=0D=0A=0D=0ASee the Team Dangerous Web Site : www.teamdangerous.com=0D= =0A TEL;WORK;VOICE:+44 1767 260271 TEL;HOME;VOICE:+44 1767 261926 TEL;CELL;VOICE:+44 585 765 635 TEL;WORK;FAX:+44 1767 262441 TEL;HOME;FAX:+44 1767 260926 ADR;WORK:;;Clay End Farm;Sutton, Nr Sandy;Bedfordshire;SG19 2NE;UK LABEL;WORK;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Clay End Farm=0D=0ASutton, Nr Sandy, Bedfordshire SG19 2NE=0D=0AUK ADR;HOME:;;7A King Street;Potton;Bedfordshire;SG19 2QT;UK LABEL;HOME;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:7A King Street=0D=0APotton, Bedfordshire SG19 2QT=0D=0AUK X-WAB-GENDER:2 URL:http://www.teamdangerous.com URL:http://www.btinternet.com/~compton BDAY:19991027 EMAIL;PREF;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] REV:19990721T075553Z END:VCARD
Re: In Layman's terms: what exactly is a LOOPBACK ?
The Loopback port was put there to enable programs like FBB to talk to other progs like TNOS, as if they were talking to them via a TNC & Wireless. Older versions of node software would only allow applications talks to the outside world, and not "loop back" into another application. For example : my bbs : GB7ZPU runs an archaic setup using DOS5, Desqview 386, BPQ4.08a, FBB 5.15c, UKNOS 1.10i, and up until recently, a specially cut-down JNOS 1.10i as a standalone Convers server. The whole system acts as a AX25 mail gateway to IP, together with NNTP gateway, FTP server, etc. In the UK, ax25 and ip nets are (should be) on separate channels, so they don't interfere with each other, or should I say, that ax25 doesn't interfere with ip's more friendly protocols! The loopback idea was carried onwards by the authors as it is useful in many applications, even under Linux (LinFBB/Xfbb). As software is moving onwards, the need for the Loopback is becoming less (except for sad old DOS software!), and even in the world of Gatesville99, authors are moving to a more socket orientated way of talking to the outside world with packet radio. SV2AGW's latest packet engine uses WinSock / ip interfaces for applications, and is damned easy to setup and run. It's a pity that some of the Linux amateur wireless apps are not this simple, or more hams would move over to what is a superior operating system. Just that it's user interface is crap compared to 95/98/NT in terms of adding programs/utilities/hardware support etc.. I shall stop digging, and carry on with working out how to get this latest kernel on my machine (and working!). Regards (I don't use 73 - that's a Morse Code abbreviation!) Rob. G1ZPU > I have read Jonathan Naylor's XFBB doc and a few other tidbits. > In search for understanding, there is very little in the archives that > talks about why a loopback is needed nor their functions. Would some > kind sole take a moment to spell this functionality out? > I am trying to understand the application of the loopback and its roll > with > ax25-utils <--> jnos/tnos/xfbb. > > I am sure a few other "laymen" would like to read it as well. > > 73, John > > >
Re: Linux AX.25 programing help
Here we go again! Some dipstick (me) didn't actually install the sources when I installed RH5.2 to the hard disk. Thankfully you guys are out there to keep my wheels on the road and pointing in the right direction. I have just compiled a kernel and I'm going to see how things go. I think I have to find a few more modules - for the YAM and similar, but so far it looks good. (I have the YAM module on a floppy right here!). Special thanks to Tomi, Gerd, and Torsten, who put me right really quick! Rob. G1ZPU - Original Message - From: Tomi Manninen OH2BNS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 30 June 1999 13:06 Subject: Re: Linux AX.25 programing help > On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, Rob Compton wrote: > > > I have the HOWTO, I have read it, I understand what it's saying, BUT! For > > some reason I can't 'make' the new kernel. When I enter "make menuconfig", > > as per the instructions, it comes back with "*** No rule to make target > > 'menuconfig'. Stop." > > Are you in the directory where you have the full linux kernel source when > you do that (usually /usr/src/linux) ? Do you _have_ the full kernel > source on your machine? > > > I have read, and re-read the RedHat 5.2 book, I have racked up loads of time > > on the 'net looking at FAQ's, and more, but I can't find "config", > > "menuconfig" or even "Xconfig" on my machine. > > Menuconfig etc. are not programs or even files. They are make _targets_. > Try typing "man make" and read the DESCRIPTION chapter, it isn't long. > That should give you an overview of what make does. Now, by running "make > menuconfig" you select the "menuconfig" target in the kernel main Makefile > that is supposed to first compile the menu dialog program and then run it. > If make fails with "no rule to make target" you have done some fundamental > mistake in getting and unpacking the kernel source code; you are in the > wrong directory or the Makefile is somehow corrupted. > > -- > --- Tomi Manninen / [EMAIL PROTECTED] / OH2BNS @ OH2RBI.FIN.EU --- > >
Re: Linux AX.25 programing help
> The ax25 HOWTO is a little outdated, but there is enough there so you > can figure it out. I have the HOWTO, I have read it, I understand what it's saying, BUT! For some reason I can't 'make' the new kernel. When I enter "make menuconfig", as per the instructions, it comes back with "*** No rule to make target 'menuconfig'. Stop." I have read, and re-read the RedHat 5.2 book, I have racked up loads of time on the 'net looking at FAQ's, and more, but I can't find "config", "menuconfig" or even "Xconfig" on my machine. > > But the ax25 extensions really aren't for the person who wants to pull > it out of the box and plug it in. Amateur Radio exists to give people > the opportunity to learn . . . . They have plenty of other media if all > they want to do is just talk . . . I want to learn about Linux, but it seems that all the people who know don't talk the same language as me. Yes, they may speak English, but it sounds like double-dutch to me ;-) There are few local amateurs that operate Linux, they say "yeah, it's simple, just look at the how-to's and faq's. Great, they tell you all about it, providing it goes right first time. If it goes belly up when you hit the enter key, there is nothing anywhere that tells you what to do next. Like I pointed out originally, with win95/NT programs, you install them with a nice simple setup program that you supply with some information, it probes the system registry for other stuff, and off it goes. > Joe public is never going to have anything to do with installing either > NT or linux . . . He (or she) is going to buy a computer with the > operating system preinstalled, and take it back to the dealer when > something goes wrong. > > My system will comprise of : > > > > Cyrix MX233 processor in a PC-Chips TX-ProII m/b with on-board svga & sound. > > 32Mb ram, 520Mb HD, 4 serial, 1 parallel, mouse on sio3. > > > > The packet interfaces will be: > > > > sio1 - KISS TNC 1200bd > > sio2 - KISS TNC 1200bd > > sio4 - YAM 9600bd > > PC120 port A - 9600bd > > PC120 port B - 1200bd > > BAYCOM USCC port A - 1200bd > > BAYCOM USCC port B - 1200bd > > BAYCOM USCC port C - 19200bd > > BAYCOM USCC port D - 9600bd > > > > BBS Software - F6FBB v7g for Linux running the daemon version > > IP Hub software - TNOS > > Node/Rose software : FPAC > > You can duplicate all of this by installing JNOS or TNOS on top of Linux > . . . . But neither of them is simple to run, and TNOS is now totally > unsupported (its author even shut off the mailing list when he decided > to "retire."). Having said that, I use TNOS (on > K6HS.#NCA.CA.USA.NOAM/k6hs.ampr.org) because it has more features to > play with. But I don't know why you would want to run both F6FBB and > TNOS at the same time. The FBB is for the AX5 users that run WinPac, TPK, and other similar FBB-UI-header mail programs. It is the standard package for mail forwarding in the UK and I know it, it works, and does a very good job (thank's Jean-Paul!), The TNOS is there because it's another complete package offering all of the servers that the ip users want in one simple to operate & configure package. > > I need some pointers as to setting up the PC120 / Baycom ports as the kiss > > stuff seems relatively simple-ish. > > > The baycom setup is covered in the ax25 HOWTO, and once done looks just > like a KISS port. I am not familiar with the PC120. If it is not > connected through a serial port or using the Z8530 chip you may have to > write your own driver . . . . or do something differently. If it is, > then it is covered in the AX25 HOWTO. Once you go through the initial > configuration steps, everything looks the same . . . like a serial > stream to a KISS TNC. Which is why it makes sense to use JNOS or TNOS, > because each can be simply attached to as many linux devices as you > want. The PC120 card is the same as a PC100 card ( I don't know what the difference is), and uses the Z8530 interface like the BAYCOM USCC. I have the information on setting that up now, but if I could just make a start with "make menuconfig" etc.. I'd be off!!! Regards Rob G1ZPU
Re: Linux AX.25 programing help
Like Scott, kb2ear, I am new to Linux and find the setup of a system compared to a Win95 or MS-DOS system bewildering. It took me two weeks to get Linux installed and working on my system - much of that because RH5.2's install prog didn't like the old 2x CDROM. But that's sorted now. What I think is really needed is some sort of prog for X where you enter the ports you want to use, serial i/o for KISS, serial i/o for YAM modem, parallel for PICPAR, pc-card solutions like PC100/120, DRSI, BAYCOM, etc.. and that then compiles the config files which get's the whole shooting match up and running, without the need for a masters degree in C++, and 25 years of UNIX experience to make it tick. If Linux is to win the war with NT, then it must be as easy to set up. I know there are books on the subject, but at the end of the day, Joe Public isn't interested in them, he want's a system that's easy to configure and reliable when it's running. I've gone to Linux because my old DOS based packet BBS (GB7ZPU) is coming to the end of it's life (Dec31st!), and I have looked at all of the alternatives. None of them offer the selection of available modems supported with the features it needs to provide the same / better service for the future, as Linux does. So here's my cry for help! My system will comprise of : Cyrix MX233 processor in a PC-Chips TX-ProII m/b with on-board svga & sound. 32Mb ram, 520Mb HD, 4 serial, 1 parallel, mouse on sio3. The packet interfaces will be: sio1 - KISS TNC 1200bd sio2 - KISS TNC 1200bd sio4 - YAM 9600bd PC120 port A - 9600bd PC120 port B - 1200bd BAYCOM USCC port A - 1200bd BAYCOM USCC port B - 1200bd BAYCOM USCC port C - 19200bd BAYCOM USCC port D - 9600bd BBS Software - F6FBB v7g for Linux running the daemon version IP Hub software - TNOS Node/Rose software : FPAC I need some pointers as to setting up the PC120 / Baycom ports as the kiss stuff seems relatively simple-ish. Thanks in advance for any help. Regards Rob. G1ZPU @ GB7ZPU.#21.GBR.EU [EMAIL PROTECTED]
