From: Chuck nc8q Gelm (vtjsei.lzxxg@mari-el.ru)
Date: Fri Jul 20 2001 - 02:44:33 EEST
To the Software developers:
It would be most helpful is there was a -debug- mode that said
something like:
Looking for /etc/ax25/linpac.conf [ found | not found ]
I has this similar problem installing ax25 stuff. There were some
dyslexic filenames and references.
See: http://gelm.net/HOWTO-AX25-linux-kernel-2.2.x.html
To configure a linux box to use a standard TNC-2 clone, one needs:
- glibc-2.1.x (or better?)
- gmake
- m4
- libz or zlib (the doc's say one way, the actual file is spelled the other)
- compile a kernel with the above applications and with the following
flags set [minimum]: CONFIG_HAMRADIO, CONFIG_AX25, CONFIG_MKISS
This was not intuitively obvious.
It took me several visits to the linux-hams list and lots of help from
the regulars, Tomi, Richard, Ray and others, before I was successful. :-|
pa3gcu wrote:
<snip>
> Well like i said, we firstly had config files in /usr/local then they were
> all changed to go into /etc/ax25 by default, then suddenly the default was
> back to /usr/local, as to why i have no clue, there is just the INSTALL file
> which says IF you require /usr/ as the bin dir and /etc/ax25 as the config
> dir then use the example line below with ./configure.
>
> >
> > The real issue is the way in which programs are coded by developers. How
> > many people have NOT persevered like Phil has, but just gave up and said
> > "Linux is no good for packet". These problems are not documented, and rely
> > on quite a good knowledge of Linux to resolve. I can easily imagine a
> > newcomer to Unix returning to the MS world after these sorts of problems!
>
> Yes i agree there, as per the explaination above obviously linpac was
> written with /etc/ax25 in mind at that time when /etc/ax25 was the "default"
> config dir.
>
> This is not the first time this problem has cropped up and i expect it is not
> going to be the last. Before someone askes me just which dir is supposed to
> be the default i just dont know, i suppose i am as confused as the rest.
>
> >
> > cheers
> > Steve
>
> --
> Regards Richard
> tru.bfnpfr@acopia.com
> http://people.zeelandnet.nl/pa3gcu
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