[nos-bbs] Help with getting minimal JNOS configuration working

[Chris Maness]

And for clarification I don't mean that it is unfortunate that the
code has been updated and put together with a nice script, I mean that
it is unfortunate that these fixes have not been applied to the
official repository at:

https://linux-ax25.in-berlin.de/wiki/Main_Page

Again, this information will save you some pain and frustration of
figuring all of this out the hard way.

73 de Chris KQ6UP

On Sun, May 7, 2023 at 4:53 PM Chris Maness
<christopher.maness at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Our pleasure (I hope I can speak for all who replied), and you may
> certainly run into some snags but reach out here or on:
>
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v5.10/networking/ax25.html
>
> Also, the "official" AX.25 user space programs are out of date, but
> unfortunately the "fixed/updated" versions are found here:
>
> https://github.com/ve7fet/linuxax25
>
> The contain a script that should make .deb packages for you.  I am
> going to assume for now that you are familiar with git and chmod to
> run the script in the top level directory of this git repository.
>
> These links should save you from some "pain".
>
> -Chris
>
> On Sun, May 7, 2023 at 4:41 PM David Lolling <dave.lolling at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks everyone for your suggestions.  I will keep working on it!  I am running JNOS as root on the RPI.  My long term plan is to run this on a small form factor PC rather than a PI.
> >
> > On Sun, May 7, 2023 at 6:11 PM Chris Maness <christopher.maness at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> No worries at all, Maiko.  We all know that you are doing the Lords work, 😂
> >>
> >> -Chris
> >>
> >> On Sun, May 7, 2023 at 3:58 PM Maiko (Personal) <maiko at pcsinternet.ca> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I'm having a bad day, here I was replying to James, should be Dave,
> >>> sorry guys. Also, I should have done some reading on the direwolf
> >>> user guide before posting what I did, my apologies for jumping the
> >>> gun. That's what happens when one spends more time programming, then
> >>> doing actual ham radio (for the last few years anyways), sigh ...
> >>>
> >>> Maiko / VE4KLM
> >>>
> >>> On 2023-05-07 5:50 p.m., Chris Maness wrote:
> >>> > Maiko, I have used direwolf with kiss using the -p option, and it works
> >>> > better than the AGWPE port.  I found that flakey.  I don’t remember the
> >>> > exact details, but switched back to the pseudo terminal version, and it
> >>> > works great.
> >>> >
> >>> > -Chris KQ6UP
> >>> >
> >>> > On Sun, May 7, 2023 at 3:46 PM James Smith <js.lanshark at gmail.com
> >>> > <mailto:js.lanshark at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >>> >
> >>> >     Thanks Maiko!
> >>> >
> >>> >     On Sun, May 7, 2023 at 6:38 PM Maiko (Personal)
> >>> >     <maiko at pcsinternet.ca <mailto:maiko at pcsinternet.ca>> wrote:
> >>> >
> >>> >         Direwolf is a software modem, you should be using agwpe driver.
> >>> >
> >>> >         Read this document, jump to section 5.6
> >>> >
> >>> >         https://www.langelaar.net/jnos2/documents/j2addendum.txt
> >>> >         <https://www.langelaar.net/jnos2/documents/j2addendum.txt>
> >>> >
> >>> >         It's a TCP/IP connection, direwolf is the one talking to the
> >>> >         TNC, not JNOS, so you can't use attach asy type commands.
> >>> >
> >>> >         Maiko
> >>> >
> >>> >          >     Virtual KISS TNC is available on /dev/pts/2
> >>> >          >     Ready to accept AGW client application 0 on port 8000 ...
> >>> >          >     Ready to accept KISS TCP client application 0 on port
> >>> >         8001 ...
> >>> >          >     Created symlink /tmp/kisstnc -> /dev/pts/2
> >>> >
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> >>> > --
> >>> > Thanks,
> >>> > Chris Maness
> >>> > -Sent from my iPhone
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> >> Chris Maness
> >> -Sent from my iPhone
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> Thanks,
> Chris Maness



-- 
Thanks,
Chris Maness