From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mike Markowski Subject: Re: soundmodem and fedora c3 Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2005 12:44:34 -0500 Message-ID: <422DE482.6030800@udel.edu> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-hams-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: linux-hams@vger.kernel.org Just as a sanity check, did you remember to run soundmodemconfig so that it creates interface sm0? And similarly, remember to actually run soundmodem before starting xastir. :-) I know you probably did, but just making sure all bases are covered! After running soundmodem, make sure an "ifconfig" shows that sm0 is up before starting xastir. Mike AB3AP Ron- VE3DTT wrote on 03/08/05 12:35 ET: > Thanks to all who responded to my query. > > I am aware that 'soundmodem' is usermode software but I tried loading > the modules anyway, out of desperation. > > 'make menuconfig' suggests that ax.25 is hard coded in my kernel. > > I have this sample of an 'axport' file which addresses 'sm0': > > "sm0 KA1FSB-8 1200 255 2 145.630 Mhz "Wellesley, MA" 1200 > bps soundmodem" > > but it doesn't help. I've tried many variations on sample > configurations with negative results. > > 'xastir' will allow me to bring up a 'kiss' device on any port I choose > but none communicate with soundmodem. The xastir manual tells me to use > ax25. > > 'Listen' informs me that my ax25 ports aren't active. > > -- > "Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates." -- WE7U > > I, reluctantly, must include myself among the computer illiterate and > when I discovered that 'soundmodem' is available for windows I > downloaded 'soundmodem', 'flexnet32' and 'paxon' and was decoding > packets within 15 minutes start to finish. In view of the time it takes > to get anything up and running with Linux, I'm inclined to counter that, > perhaps, > > Linux is Life's tax on those of us who don't have one. > > It has to be it's own reward. I'll keep trying things until something > works. > > Thanks again, > Ron > 73 VE3DTT > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-hams" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html