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Re: DRAWS Image 15 and Xastir

Jack Spitznagel
 

Ran the commands and here is the console output:

pi@kd4izdraws2:~ $ sudo su
root@kd4izdraws2:/home/pi# dpkg -l "rpi-eeprom"
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name           Version      Architecture Description
+++-==============-============-============-==================================
ii  rpi-eeprom     5.0-2        all          Raspberry Pi 4 boot EEPROM updater
root@kd4izdraws2:/home/pi# apt-get remove rpi-eeprom-images
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  flashrom libftdi1-2 libusb-0.1-4
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  rpi-eeprom rpi-eeprom-images
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After this operation, 7,798 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
 files list file for package 'rpi-eeprom-images' contains empty filename
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
root@kd4izdraws2:/home/pi# apt-get install rpi-eeprom rpi-eeprom-images
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
rpi-eeprom is already the newest version (5.0-2).
rpi-eeprom-images is already the newest version (5.0-2).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
root@kd4izdraws2:/home/pi# dpkg -l "rpi-eeprom"
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name           Version      Architecture Description
+++-==============-============-============-==================================
ii  rpi-eeprom     5.0-2        all          Raspberry Pi 4 boot EEPROM updater
root@kd4izdraws2:/home/pi# 
 
Hope we aren't chasing a princess riding a unicorn... sure seems like it. Maybe better to just start with a clean image? Only thing bothers me is that this happened twice on two different units. Only messing with one to try to fix it.
--
Jack - KD4IZ
Re: DRAWS Image 15 and Xastir

Jack Spitznagel
 

Basil...
Will do as you suggest momentarily. Sorry for the confusion. I am not running synaptic because it never was successfully installed. I have been strictly using the apt-get commands you suggested.
--
Jack - KD4IZ
Re: DRAWS Image 15 and Xastir

Basil Gunn
 

Jack,

Goal is to fix this problem:

dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
files list file for package 'rpi-eeprom-images' contains empty filename

Do NOT go back & forth using synaptic & apt-get. Until this problem is
solved JUST use apt-get.

Do this:

sudo su
dpkg -l "rpi-eeprom*"

apt-get remove rpi-eeprom-images
apt-get install rpi-eeprom rpi-eeprom-images

dpkg -l "rpi-eeprom*"

# Send me the console output of above.

/Basil



Jack Spitznagel <kd4iz@frawg.org> writes:

Hi Basil,



I ran your script sequence from the previous note-

sudo su

apt-get update

apt-get install --fix-missing

apt-get dist-upgrade

As requested, here is the console output from that session:

pi@kd4izdraws2:~ $ sudo su
Re: DRAWS Image 15 and Xastir

Jack Spitznagel
 

Hi Basil,

 

I ran your script sequence from the previous note-

sudo su

apt-get update

apt-get install --fix-missing

apt-get dist-upgrade

 

As requested, here is the console output from that session:

 

pi@kd4izdraws2:~ $ sudo su

root@kd4izdraws2:/home/pi# apt-get update

Hit:1 http://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian buster InRelease

Get:2 http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian buster InRelease [15.0 kB]

Fetched 15.0 kB in 1s (15.3 kB/s)  

Reading package lists... Done

root@kd4izdraws2:/home/pi# apt-get install --fix-missing

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree       

Reading state information... Done

The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:

  alsa-base gstreamer0.10-alsa gstreamer0.10-plugins-base libegl-dev

  libgles-dev libglvnd-core-dev libglvnd-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0

  libgstreamer0.10-0 libjpeg9 libllvm6.0 libopengl0 libva-wayland2

  libx11-xcb-dev libxcb-dri2-0-dev libxcb-dri3-dev libxcb-glx0-dev

  libxcb-present-dev libxcb-randr0-dev libxcb-render0-dev libxcb-shape0-dev

  libxcb-sync-dev libxcb-xfixes0-dev libxfce4util-bin libxfce4util-common

  libxfce4util7 libxfconf-0-2 libxshmfence-dev pimixer point-rpi xfconf

Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.

0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

root@kd4izdraws2:/home/pi# apt-get dist-upgrade

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree      

Reading state information... Done

Calculating upgrade... Done

The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:

  alsa-base gstreamer0.10-alsa gstreamer0.10-plugins-base libegl-dev

  libgles-dev libglvnd-core-dev libglvnd-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0

  libgstreamer0.10-0 libjpeg9 libllvm6.0 libopengl0 libva-wayland2

  libx11-xcb-dev libxcb-dri2-0-dev libxcb-dri3-dev libxcb-glx0-dev

  libxcb-present-dev libxcb-randr0-dev libxcb-render0-dev libxcb-shape0-dev

  libxcb-sync-dev libxcb-xfixes0-dev libxfce4util-bin libxfce4util-common

  libxfce4util7 libxfconf-0-2 libxshmfence-dev pimixer point-rpi xfconf

Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.

0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

root@kd4izdraws2:/home/pi#

 

The above obviously did not change the outcome of an attempt to install synaptic (tried again anyway). Then when running “sudo apt autoremove” afterward, dpkg still borks with an error code (2) – it is apparently unhappy because “ 'rpi-eeprom-images' contains empty filename”:

pi@kd4izdraws2:~ $ sudo apt-get install synaptic

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree      

Reading state information... Done

The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:

  alsa-base gstreamer0.10-alsa gstreamer0.10-plugins-base libegl-dev

  libgles-dev libglvnd-core-dev libglvnd-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0

  libgstreamer0.10-0 libjpeg9 libllvm6.0 libopengl0 libva-wayland2

  libx11-xcb-dev libxcb-dri2-0-dev libxcb-dri3-dev libxcb-glx0-dev

  libxcb-present-dev libxcb-randr0-dev libxcb-render0-dev libxcb-shape0-dev

  libxcb-sync-dev libxcb-xfixes0-dev libxfce4util-bin libxfce4util-common

  libxfce4util7 libxfconf-0-2 libxshmfence-dev pimixer point-rpi xfconf

Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.

The following additional packages will be installed:

  libcairo-perl libept1.5.0 libglib-perl libgtk2-perl libpango-perl

  libxapian30

Suggested packages:

  libfont-freetype-perl libgtk2-perl-doc xapian-tools dwww menu deborphan

  apt-xapian-index software-properties-gtk

The following NEW packages will be installed:

  libcairo-perl libept1.5.0 libglib-perl libgtk2-perl libpango-perl

  libxapian30 synaptic

0 upgraded, 7 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

Need to get 0 B/4,196 kB of archives.

After this operation, 14.7 MB of additional disk space will be used.

Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y

Selecting previously unselected package libcairo-perl.

dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:

files list file for package 'rpi-eeprom-images' contains empty filename

E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)

pi@kd4izdraws2:~ $ sudo apt autoremove

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree      

Reading state information... Done

The following packages will be REMOVED:

  alsa-base gstreamer0.10-alsa gstreamer0.10-plugins-base libegl-dev

  libgles-dev libglvnd-core-dev libglvnd-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0

  libgstreamer0.10-0 libjpeg9 libllvm6.0 libopengl0 libva-wayland2

  libx11-xcb-dev libxcb-dri2-0-dev libxcb-dri3-dev libxcb-glx0-dev

  libxcb-present-dev libxcb-randr0-dev libxcb-render0-dev libxcb-shape0-dev

  libxcb-sync-dev libxcb-xfixes0-dev libxfce4util-bin libxfce4util-common

  libxfce4util7 libxfconf-0-2 libxshmfence-dev pimixer point-rpi xfconf

0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 31 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

After this operation, 68.8 MB disk space will be freed.

Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y

dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:

files list file for package 'rpi-eeprom-images' contains empty filename

E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)

 

This is getting off the beaten DRAWS track, so tell me if you don’t want to go there…

 

Thanks for trying to help.

 

Jack Spitznagel – KD4IZ

Trustee for NR3DT

The Museum Ship USCGC Taney WHEC-37 Amateur Radio Group

Cell: (410) 207-5123

 

 
Re: DRAWS Image 15 and Xastir

Daniel Sohn
 

Hi Jack,

Something to try.

Use the console commands instead of synaptic so you can cut & paste the
output into an email to me.

sudo su
apt-get update
apt-get install --fix-missing
apt-get dist-upgrade

Send me the console output of the above commands.

/Basil


Jack Spitznagel <kd4iz@frawg.org> writes:

Thanks Basil,

It worked. But when I went to wrap things up for my style of operating with raspbian LINUX, I tried to install synaptic and xscreensaver. Both attempts started by retrieving and failed at the extracting steps with a "dpkg returned an error code (2)".

Fortunately XASTIR still starts and runs as do other apps, so I am not totally hamstrung.

See error message detail below:

For Synaptic install - when unpacking:
"Selecting previously unselected package libcairo-perl.
dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
files list file for package 'rpi-eeprom-images' contains empty filename
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)"

For Xscreensaver install - when unpacking:
"Selecting previously unselected package libglade2-0:armhf.
dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
files list file for package 'rpi-eeprom-images' contains empty filename
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)"

I tried several of the dpkg recovery suggestions from online raspbian
help sources, but none did the trick so I could continue with the
installations.Are there any tricks to bring *dpkg* back to its senses
or rebuild the specified files with empty filenames?

Thanks for responding even if I am off topic here...
Re: DRAWS Image 15 and Xastir

Bill Vodall
 



Use the console commands instead of synaptic so you can cut & paste the
output into an email to me.

sudo su
apt-get update

I've seen issues arise when using both synaptic and command line apt-get.   Be careful and watch for weirdness.
Re: DRAWS Image 15 and Xastir

Basil Gunn
 

Hi Jack,

Something to try.

Use the console commands instead of synaptic so you can cut & paste the
output into an email to me.

sudo su
apt-get update
apt-get install --fix-missing
apt-get dist-upgrade

Send me the console output of the above commands.

/Basil


Jack Spitznagel <kd4iz@frawg.org> writes:

Thanks Basil,

It worked. But when I went to wrap things up for my style of operating with raspbian LINUX, I tried to install synaptic and xscreensaver. Both attempts started by retrieving and failed at the extracting steps with a "dpkg returned an error code (2)".

Fortunately XASTIR still starts and runs as do other apps, so I am not totally hamstrung.

See error message detail below:

For Synaptic install - when unpacking:
"Selecting previously unselected package libcairo-perl.
dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
files list file for package 'rpi-eeprom-images' contains empty filename
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)"

For Xscreensaver install - when unpacking:
"Selecting previously unselected package libglade2-0:armhf.
dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
files list file for package 'rpi-eeprom-images' contains empty filename
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)"

I tried several of the dpkg recovery suggestions from online raspbian
help sources, but none did the trick so I could continue with the
installations.Are there any tricks to bring *dpkg* back to its senses
or rebuild the specified files with empty filenames?

Thanks for responding even if I am off topic here...
Re: DRAWS Image 15 and Xastir

Jack Spitznagel
 

Thanks Basil,

It worked. But when I went to wrap things up for my style of operating with raspbian LINUX, I tried to install synaptic and xscreensaver. Both attempts started by retrieving and failed at the extracting steps with a "dpkg returned an error code (2)".

Fortunately XASTIR still starts and runs as do other apps, so I am not totally hamstrung.
 
See error message detail below:

For Synaptic install - when unpacking:
"Selecting previously unselected package libcairo-perl.
dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
 files list file for package 'rpi-eeprom-images' contains empty filename
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)"

For Xscreensaver install - when unpacking:
"Selecting previously unselected package libglade2-0:armhf.
dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
 files list file for package 'rpi-eeprom-images' contains empty filename
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)"

I tried several of the dpkg recovery suggestions from online raspbian help sources, but none did the trick so I could continue with the installations.Are there any tricks to bring *dpkg* back to its senses or rebuild the specified files with empty filenames?

Thanks for responding even if I am off topic here...

--
Jack - KD4IZ
Re: DRAWS Image 15 and Xastir

Basil Gunn
 

My error was
"xastir: error while loading shared libraries:> libgeotiff.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or
directory"
Yep. I confirm that's also what I see.

so I'll back up unless and try again unless you plan to
change the image so those steps are not needed.
This is easily fixed with what I previously posted so will not be
releasing a new image for that. The xs_install.sh script already fixes
this problem.

sudo su
apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade
apt-get -y -qq install shapelib libshp-dev libgeotiff-dev libwebp-dev
libgraphicsmagick1-dev

/Basil n7nix
Re: DRAWS Image 15 and Xastir

Jack Spitznagel
 

Did not exactly follow that but did "some".

My error was "xastir: error while loading shared libraries: libgeotiff.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory" so I'll back up unless and try again unless you plan to change the image so those steps are not needed.
--
Jack - KD4IZ
Re: DRAWS Image 15 and Xastir

Basil Gunn
 

Hi Jack,

The following is what I did from a clean install of image15 to get Xastir to run.
I tried to run Xastir from just a clean install & I received this error:

xastir: error while loading shared libraries: libgeotiff.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

After doing the following Xastir ran fine.

apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade
apt-get -y -qq install shapelib libshp-dev libgeotiff-dev libwebp-dev libgraphicsmagick1-dev
shutdown -r now

/Basil n7nix


Jack Spitznagel <kd4iz@frawg.org> writes:

I have a 2nd DRAWS unit I use for porta/mobile activities and an SD card that already has the “virgin” image on it. I will give it a try this afternoon and record the results. More to come.

Best
Re: DRAWS Image 15 and Xastir

Jack Spitznagel
 

I have a 2nd DRAWS unit I use for porta/mobile activities and an SD card that already has the “virgin” image on it. I will give it a try this afternoon and record the results. More to come.

Best
--
Jack - KD4IZ
Re: DRAWS Image 15 and Xastir

Basil Gunn
 

Thanks Jack.

If you can't get xastir to start from clicking the desktop icon then
open a console and run xastir from the console. Doing this will display
any problems that may be occurring that you won't see from clicking the
desktop icon.

I'll do a fresh install later today to see if I can replicate.
/Basil n7nix



Jack Spitznagel <kd4iz@frawg.org> writes:

Basil, All,



Did I miss a posting about this? Had trouble getting XASTIR to load
following the install and configure checklist/instructions in the group
Wiki.



I finally got a chance (well, was forced by an apparent image 14 SD card
brainfart) to load and configure DRAWS image 15. I was taking consulting
calls and doing a pile of paperwork concurrently, so I beg idiocy and broken
focus.



The load and configure went just fine until after Direwolf was configured
and I tried to launch and configure XASTIR. I could not get it to come up
using the icon or the console. I did do all reboots as required in the
checklist.



I wish I had been less busy and had recorded exactly what I tried during my
salvage attempt but the sequence was something like:

1. used APT to attempt an update - failed saying a library was missing
("maria***.lib" or something like it)
2. used the repair option and it failed, missing the same library
3. one of the error messages suggested a full system update and to try
again, update succeeded.
4. Repair option then worked and XASTIR started.



Basil, I am kicking myself that I did not write things down. I can't
remember if this image enables an install log by default. If so will be glad
to send it.



XASTIR is happily working in spite of all that so priority is more for
others than for me.



Jack Spitznagel - KD4IZ

Biomedical Consulting Services
DRAWS Image 15 and Xastir

Jack Spitznagel
 

Basil, All,

 

Did I miss a posting about this? Had trouble getting XASTIR to load following the install and configure checklist/instructions in the group Wiki.

 

I finally got a chance (well, was forced by an apparent image 14 SD card brainfart) to load and configure DRAWS image 15. I was taking consulting calls and doing a pile of paperwork concurrently, so I beg idiocy and broken focus.

 

The load and configure went just fine until after Direwolf was configured and I tried to launch and configure XASTIR. I could not get it to come up using the icon or the console. I did do all reboots as required in the checklist.

 

I wish I had been less busy and had recorded exactly what I tried during my salvage attempt but the sequence was something like:

  1. used APT to attempt an update – failed saying a library was missing (“maria***.lib” or something like it)
  2. used the repair option and it failed, missing the same library
  3. one of the error messages suggested a full system update and to try again, update succeeded.
  4. Repair option then worked and XASTIR started.

 

Basil, I am kicking myself that I did not write things down. I can’t remember if this image enables an install log by default. If so will be glad to send it.

 

XASTIR is happily working in spite of all that so priority is more for others than for me.

 

Jack Spitznagel – KD4IZ

 

Biomedical Consulting Services

 

 

 

 
Re: DRAWS FT817 no TX audio

Ken Myers
 

Just by the way, my board is the one with the sma the same end as the SD card.
Re: DRAWS FT817 no TX audio

Ken Myers
 

Thanks John

I have reset the radio, and have used DM to set the ALSA parameters.  

pi@DRAWS-VK4GC:~ $ alsa-show.sh
 ===== ALSA Controls for Radio Transmit =====
LO Driver Gain  L:[-6.00dB] R:[-6.00dB]
PCM         L:[-16.50dB] R:[-16.50dB]
DAC Playback PT L:[P3] R:[P3]
LO Playback CM [Full Chip]
 
 ===== ALSA Controls for Radio Receive =====
ADC Level L:[-2.00dB] R:[-2.00dB]
IN1 L:[Off] R:[Off]
IN2 L:[10 kOhm] R:[10 kOhm]
CM L:[10 kOhm] R:[10 kOhm]
pi@DRAWS-VK4GC:~ $ 

Made new mD6 cable (actually removed pin 6 from one end of a standard cable)

Using another receiver to test output.

Result is harsh audio with very faint expected modulation sounds underneath.
Insufficient to register any power out on the FT817 with a 100mw power mete attached.
Both cables had same result.

FT817 works perfectly for FT8 on all other configurations - Rigblaster on PC, or Pi with USB card (a la KM4ACK build)

I want to get the hat working as it would integrate perfectly inside my uBITXv6 case - elegant.

What can I try next?

Cheers

Ken
VK4GC



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
 
Re: DRAWS FT817 no TX audio

John D Hays - K7VE
 

Another suggestion is to do a hard reset on the FT-817 itself to make sure none of the internal settings for audio / accessory port have been changed.

On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 4:16 PM John D. Hays <john@...> wrote:
There is a web based tool to setup.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5C3cWVVz_A
--
John D. Hays
Kingston, WA
K7VE

 



--
John D. Hays
Kingston, WA
K7VE

 
Re: DRAWS FT817 no TX audio

John D Hays - K7VE
 

There is a web based tool to setup.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5C3cWVVz_A
--
John D. Hays
Kingston, WA
K7VE

 
Re: DRAWS FT817 no TX audio

Ken Myers
 

read as UNMODULATED Carrier
Re: DRAWS FT817 no TX audio

Ken Myers
 

Thanks Barry
 Running alsashow

pi@DRAWS-VK4GC:~ $ alsa-show.sh
 ===== ALSA Controls for Radio Transmit =====
LO Driver Gain  L:[-6.00dB] R:[-6.00dB]
PCM        L:[-16.50dB] R:[-16.50dB]
DAC Playback PT L:[P3] R:[P3]
LO Playback CM [Full Chip]  Your link has (Full chip CM) - any significance?? IF so where do I change?

 ===== ALSA Controls for Radio Receive =====
ADC Level L:[-2.00dB] R:[-2.00dB]
IN1 L:[Off] R:[Off]
IN2 L:[10 kOhm] R:[10 kOhm]
CM L:[10 kOhm] R:[10 kOhm]

I note in the Github link you are using mDi6 Pin3 for PTT.  I am using USB Cat cable.  That part is all good.
I would guess the aim with GPIO 12 > mD6/3 PTT is to eliminate a cable. Good idea, but PTT is not my problem.

Does any other suggestions?

Thanks so far

Tested above - still modulated carrier.







On Fri, 6 Mar 2020 at 03:50, Basil Gunn <basil@...> wrote:

Look at the link below. It is what I used to get an FT-817 to work with
FLdigi.

https://github.com/nwdigitalradio/n7nix/blob/master/docs/RADIO_APP_NOTES.md

Since you are using some HF digital mode you should stick with mDin6 pin
5 AFOUT. You configure DISC or AFOUT with your radio and alsa
configuration. They need to match each other.

Also search the messages in this group.
https://nw-digital-radio.groups.io/g/udrc/search?q=ft-817

/Basil n7nix

kenmyersglobal@... writes:

> Back Again after a delay.
> Ran FT817 .sh as suggested
>
> Still the same 2 radios - ft817 and uBITXv6 (uBITX thinks it is a FT817 for WSJTX purposes)
>
> Both radios work fine with another Pi USB audio RXTX perfect.
>
> ON DH the Cat works great. FT817 has USB ct62, uBITX6 has direct USB
>
> With the DH, RX great full decode. TX on wsjtx keys transmitter but no audio. (confirmed using another receiver - just low hum - full carrier)
>
> Using a cable with pins 1,2,4,5 present. Cable Good.
> Using DHmanager selecting FT817, and AF(pin5) no audio emitted. Sliding the gain didn't help.
> Also tried pin4 DISC - still pure carrier.
> Tried on both radios
>
> Great for WSPR reporting but not for TX on any digital.





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