From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: w9ya Subject: Re: ARRL's LoTW with Debian Sarge (solved) Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 18:08:05 -0500 Sender: linux-hams-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <200309261808.05245.w9ya@arrl.net> References: <20030918031442.GA708@localhost> <20030924003444.GA24050@n7xy.net> <20030926174737.GB26521@n7xy.net> Reply-To: w9ya@arrl.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20030926174737.GB26521@n7xy.net> Content-Disposition: inline List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Bob Nielsen , Linux Hams , Debian Hams Anyone know if there is any chance to get this ARRL app. updated to work with the latest version of GTK ? i.e. It would seem simpler than fighting other programs that want to use the latest GTK. 73; bob w9ya On Friday 26 September 2003 12:47 pm, Bob Nielsen wrote: > I noticed that the download page now shows which version of GTK is > required for the RH7 and RH8 version of TrustedQSL. With the RH7 > version (converted to Debian with alien), I no longer receive the error > message and was able to sign and upload my log files without further > problems. > > Bob, N7XY > > On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 05:34:44PM -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote: > > Has anybody tried TrustedQSL version 1.07? When I get to the point of > > creating the signed file, tqsl gives me the following error and then > > dies: > > > > tqsl: relocation error: tqsl: undefined symbol: > > tqsl_setADIFConverterDateFilte > > > > I was able to create files with 1.06, but the LOTW system doesn't > > appear to like them and gives me this (I did successfully go through > > the certificate process): > > > > 2003-09-23 17:30:41 LOTW_QSO: Error in record 3: No recognized signing > > specification in tCONTACT record > > > > I didn't have any of these problems with the beta-test versions. > > > > This is on a Debian (mostly Sarge with a bit of Sid) system, using > > alien to convert the files. I also tried compiling from source, but > > had trouble with both trustedqsl (configure can't locate tqsllib even if > > I specify the location) and tqsllib (/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -liberty). > > > > Puzzled, > > Bob, N7XY > > > > On Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 10:14:42PM -0500, Nate Bargmann wrote: > > > Hello everyone. > > > > > > For most on this list what I'm about describe is probably old hat, but > > > there may be some newcomers that would find this helpful in the list > > > archives. > > > > > > As most are probably aware, the American Radio Relay League has been > > > working for a few years on a way to digitally sign log submissions for > > > electronic application for their various awards. In the October 2003 > > > issue of QST (Amateur Windows? 8-) it has been announced that this > > > program was opened to general use as of 15 September 2003. On the > > > Logbook of The World web page: > > > > > > http://www.arrl.org/lotw/ > > > > > > there is a library and programs for signing and generating log data for > > > Linux. These programs are provided in binary form only for Red Hat 7.2 > > > and 8.0 releases and are RPMs. Also provided are source RPMs for the > > > library and the applications. These archives are not directly > > > installable as managed packages on my Linux distribution of choice, > > > Debian, so they must be converted using a utility called Alien. > > > > > > Having never needed Debian's Alien before, I decided this was as good > > > of a time as any to try it. I grabbed the RH 8.0 RPMs and the source > > > RPMs, just in case. > > > > > > I installed alien, rpm, libwxbase2.4, and libwxgtk2.4 as the web page > > > said the programs depended on WXWin 2.4. > > > > > > Converting the RPMs to .deb's was straightforward with alien and > > > installation with dpkg completed without error. I attempted to start > > > tqsl, but the startup failed. A quick ldd /usr/bin/tqsl revealed a > > > dependency on libcrypto.so.2 that was not found. Using the package > > > search page on the Debian site: > > > > > > http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages > > > > > > I found that it was a part of the libssl0.9.7 and libssl0.9.6 packages, > > > the latter version being in the oldlibs section. > > > > > > Well, I created a symlink to libcrypto.so.0.9.7 named libcrypto.so.2: > > > > > > ln -s libcrypto.so.0.9.7 libcrypto.so.2 > > > > > > (actually I used Midnight Commander, but this is generic--don't forget > > > you'll need to be root as these files reside in /usr/lib) and tried > > > again. Running tqsl worked fine, but tqslcert failed with a relocation > > > error. > > > > > > Poking around in the README in the tqsllib archive I found where the > > > library is dependent on OpenSSL 0.9.6. So I redid my symlink to point > > > to libcrypto.so.0.9.6 and tqslcert loaded and ran. > > > > > > In tqslcert I was able to create my certificate request and am now > > > waiting for the authentication process. > > > > > > One quirk or bug I noticed in tqslcert is that if the Help button is > > > clicked and then the help window is backgrounded, the window that > > > called the help window is frozen and will remain so until the help > > > window is closed. This may be a problem in WxWin, I don't know. > > > > > > So there you have it, my micro-HOWTO on LoTW on Debian Sarge (Testing). > > > > > > 73, de Nate >> > > > > > > P.S. I keep this system updated about once per week. An older Testing > > > snapshot may or may not work. The same caveat may apply to Sid > > > (Unstable). > > > > > > -- > > > Wireless | Amateur Radio Station N0NB | "We have awakened a > > > Internet | n0nb@networksplus.net | sleeping giant and > > > Location | Bremen, Kansas USA EM19ov | have instilled in him > > > Amateur radio exams; ham radio; Linux info @ | a terrible resolve". > > > http://www.qsl.net/n0nb/ | - Admiral Yamamoto > > -- > Bob Nielsen, N7XY n7xy (at) n7xy.net > Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.n7xy.net