Bill,
You and Christoph Berg are correct. Problem is resolved. In order to prevent
constant restarting of my OS, I began killing WSJT-X with 'System Monitor' to
prevent the stale lock file error from hampering restart of the program. This
gave me a chance to look around some and try different audio settings. Finally
changed input and output to ALSA input and output stereo, for each of the two
audio streams. This did the trick. Program now works fine, doesn't hang up
and I can restart it at will. The problem is always in the last place you
look! Thanks for being there to help.
Before I go let me say this to you and the team involved with the development
of this software. I do quite a bit of weak signal work on two meters. And, I
have seen hams employ all kinds of hardware to hear weak signals, more and
bigger antennas, preamps, towers, amplifiers, better cable, you get it. But
never, ever, have I seen anything like WSJT-X with modes giving me the ability
to work stations that I can't hear. Hams like to say 'if you can hear them,
you can work them'. Modes like FT8 and Q65 have changed that. Now, if I can't
hear them, I CAN work them! You know, a few weeks ago, I worked a fellow on
two meters, he in Ohio, I am in NJ. We used Q65-30B. We finished quickly,
despite the fact that I never saw his signal on the waterfall, and certainly
never heard it. I just think this is absolutely remarkable....remarkable!
So I wanted to take the opportunity to thank you and the development team for
not only enhancing my enjoyment of the hobby, but for stretching the boundaries
of what is possible in communications.
73,Andy, ka2uqw
On Monday, June 7, 2021, 7:35:49 AM EDT, Bill Somerville
<g4...@classdesign.com> wrote:
On 07/06/2021 03:39, Andrew Neumeier via wsjt-devel wrote:
> Hello,
> Downloaded this program today into a fresh install of Kubuntu 20.04
> LTS. Program installed but several problems so far. It receives
> fine, but attempts to xmit fail, no audio out yet. Working on that.
> But, when program returns to receive from xmit or TUNE, the waterfall
> stops, and no signals are decoded. Closing the program and restarting
> it is met with the warning about a 'stale lock file'. Computer has to
> be restarted to be able to restart WSJTx. Oddly, WSJTx opens
> immediately when Kubuntu boots, without clicking on the program icon.
>
> I have a dual-boot machine, with the other OS running Kubuntu 18.04,
> and that system is unaffected and am using that system for the
> moment. WSJT-x 2.4 runs fine there.
>
> Just letting you know.
>
> 73,
> Andy, ka2uqw
Hi Andy,
if closing and restarting WSJT-X gives a stale lock file error then the
main wsjtx process is not shutting down cleanly, that is probably
related to the difficulty it is having attaching to an audio output
device. What device are you choosing for the output device on the
"Settings->Audio panel, and what is your rig and how is it connected to
your PC for audio?
73
Bill
G4WJS.
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