Re: information about AX.25 ? part 2

From: Richard Adams (terhi.victor@logonet.com)
Date: Wed Nov 22 2000 - 07:37:09 EET

  • Next message: Charles E. Gelm: "Re: information about AX.25 ? part 2"

    On Tue, 21 Nov 2000, Charles E. Gelm wrote about , Re: information about AX.25 ? part 2:
    > Hi, Richard:
    >
    > Thanks for the hints, but I didn't make it very far.
    > I have an uneasy feeling that I missing something.
    >
    > /usr/src/linux# grep KISS .config
    > CONFIG_MKISS=y
    >
    > I
    > #make bzdisk
    > #reboot

    Is that all you did to compile and install a new kernel,? how about
    installing it as well. If that is all you did i bet issuing the command
    'uname -a' will return something other than kernel 2.2.17.

    > then logon as 'root'
    > # man mkiss
    > No manual entry for mkiss
    > # man kissattach
    > No manual entry for kissattach
    > #find / -iname mkiss*
    > /usr/src/linux-2.2.17/include/config/mkiss.h
    > /usr/src/linux-2.2.17/drivers/net/hamradio/mkiss.c
    > /usr/src/linux-2.2.17/drivers/net/hamradio/mkiss.h
    > /usr/src/linux-2.2.17/drivers/net/hamradio/mkiss.o
    >
    > I'm pretty sure that I downloaded the kernel from kernel.org.
    > Why is the kernel missing those man pages?

    The kernel has "nothing to do with man pages".
    'man' is a program, which shows pages of information installed from
    utilitys like "mkiss", or i had beter say (in this case) when you install
    the nessacary ax25-tools ax25-apps and the nessacary libax25.

    > Is there some other source of information about configuring
    > AX.25 (other than man pages) ?

    It sounds to me like you need to go back 3 spaces and start over, return to
    my home page and do some more reading.

    You also need to install at least

    libax25-0.0.7.tar.gz
    ax25-apps-0.0.4.tar.gz
    ax25-tools-0.0.5.tar.gz
    node-0.3.0.tar.gz

    When you have downloaded the above and read the README / INSTALL files
    included in them, done as they tell you, then you will have not only manual
    pages for mkiss but for ALL the ax25 utilitys, plus a better chance of
    getting things to work.

    They can be found at;
    ftp://hes.iki.fi/pub/ham/linux/ax25/
    Or;
    http://sourceforge.net/(somewhere)
    Or quite possably your Linux distribution cdrom set.
    Slackware has them in the conrtib directory, i belve other distro's have
    them there also.

    > Pretty busy! I just want to connect a KISSed TNC to my xFBB
    > packet BBS application. I don't want a node or an IP address,
    > just a serial port.

    You WILL certainly need an IP address to even be able to use 'kissattach.
    If you do not have a 44-ampr.org IP# then use one from the 192.168.0.x
    range.

    >
    > Chuck nc8q 

    -- 
Regards Richard
terhi.victor@logonet.com
http://people.zeelandnet.nl/pa3gcu/

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