[Xastir] Soundcard Modem For Idiots?

[Jason Hitesman]

Thanks so much for forwarding this back to the list - it's finally got 
me on the right path for getting the soundmodem working!

I was also having the same problem with the "error with axports file" 
message after following the instructions...but I found something on this 
page that seems to have solved it:
http://www.febo.com/packet/linux-ax25/ax25-config.html

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There is one thing to watch out for with the new ax25 packages. If you 
install the ax25 stuff from Debian or RedHat packages, they will be 
installed in /usr/sbin with the config files in /etc/ax25. But... if you 
obtain the sources and build them yourself, the programs will be 
installed in /usr/local/sbin with the config files in 
/usr/local/etc/ax25. That can cause problems if the home-built programs 
need to read, for example, the axports file and are looking for it in 
/usr/local/etc/ax25 when it really lives in /etc/ax25.

The workaround is simple, though it's not The Right Thing according to 
the filesystem standards: make /usr/local/etc/ax25 a symbolic link to 
/etc/ax25. That way, no matter which directory a program looks in for 
its configuration files, it will find the same ones. To do that, issue 
this command:
ln -s /etc/ax25 /usr/local/etc/ax25
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That's what was causing the problem for me on my Debian setup. 
Apparently xastir was looking to /usr/local/etc/ax25/axports and finding 
the default ports 1 and 2 in the sample.  I renamed /usr/local/etc/ax25 
to ax25.old and made a link as suggested...it now works!

Now I just have to figure out how to tell if I'm getting audio to this 
thing for not and how to set the levels and all that fun sound related 
stuff :D

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Jason Hitesman
N8INJ