From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Camp Subject: Re: soundmodem and fedora c3 Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2005 15:25:54 -0600 Message-ID: <422E1862.9030708@cox.net> References: <422DECD3.3050901@cox.net> <200503082107.02361.pa3gcu@zeelandnet.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE In-Reply-To: <200503082107.02361.pa3gcu@zeelandnet.nl> Sender: linux-hams-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format="flowed" To: Cc: linux-hams@vger.kernel.org You're right. I went through my original .config and it didn't have an= y=20 hamradio support enabled. I must have turned it on when I went to set=20 the CONFIG_MKISS support. At any rate, this was a difference I noticed moving from RedHat 9 to=20 =46edora C3. 73, Jeff Richard Adams wrote: > On Tuesday 08 March 2005 19:20, Jeff Camp wrote: >=20 >>Ron, I had the same problem with FC3 and soundmodem. I solved it by >>enabling MKISS support (CONFIG_MKISS) and rebuilding the kernel. The >>AX25 stuff was already there, but MKISS was not enabled by default. = It >>works great now. >=20 >=20 > I dont want to be a wet ass, however my fedora core kernel has=20 > # CONFIG_HAMRADIO is not set > which in turn means that there is no support for hamradio in fedora k= ernels at=20 > all, that is if i see it correctly. >=20 > To make it clear, my kernel is 2.6.9-1.681_FC3 which i do belive was = updated=20 > by up2date. >=20 > Futher more i can see no support for AX25 in other kernels from fedor= a. >=20 > On another note if i am correct, to configure mkiss in =B4make menuco= nfig=B4 one=20 > needs to check the box > Device Drivers > -> Networing Support > Then check > [ ] Amateur Radio support --->=20 >=20 > Considering my .config file did not include an asterisk in that box i= presume=20 > that Fedore does not supply kernels with AX25 at all. >=20 > Or am i incorrect in saying this.??? >=20 > Also to make it quite clear i dont use a soundmodem so i cannot reall= y=20 > conribute anything else to this thread, i just thought it worth menti= oning. > Hope you dont mind. >=20 >=20 >>73, >>Jeff >>N0WJP >> >>Ron- VE3DTT wrote: >> >>>Thanks to all who responded to my query. >>> >>>I am aware that 'soundmodem' is usermode software but I tried loadin= g >>>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 cho= ose >>>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 an= d >>>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 ta= kes >>>to get anything up and running with Linux, I'm inclined to counter t= hat, >>>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 somethin= g >>>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 >> >>- >>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 >=20 >=20 >=20 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-hams" i= n the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html