[Xastir] Problems with Xastir Linux and MFJ-1270B

Andrew Rich vk4tec at tech-software.net
Sun Jun 5 15:50:31 EDT 2005


another good test is 

cat /dev/ttyxxx and then turn on your tnc

you should see some characters on screen



-----Original Message-----
From: Patrick Green [mailto:pagreen at gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, 6 June 2005 1:18 AM
To: Steve Friis
Cc: xastir at xastir.org
Subject: Re: [Xastir] Problems with Xastir Linux and MFJ-1270B


Hi Steve,

  Yep, it was a permissions problem.  I forget that in the Linux
world, the typical user account doesn't have root permissions like you
need in the Windows (you can but you get nagged to death) and the
ports aren't allowed universal access.

73 de Pat --- KA9SCF.

On 6/5/05, Steve Friis <wm5z at comcast.net> wrote:
> Hi Pat,
> 
> I am not a pro, but here goes...
> 
> When you set up the INTERFACE/ADD, which port did you connect to? Common
> error is to use the wrong /dev/tty port and then the wrong settings to
> talk to the device. Look at your settings where it does work. Are they
> the same as in xastir? Be aware of settings like the port baud rate and
> port style. Mine is set up with /dev/ttyS2 - 9600 - 8n1. (I have mine
> connected to what would be COM3 in Windoze.)
> 
> Also, you might need to modify your security. Do this by editing the
> file "/etc/security/console.perms" by adding this as the last line,
> "<console> 6660 /dev/ttySx 0600 root.root" where "x" is the port number.
> This will allow your system to access that port device as though you
> were root. I had to do this in both xastir on one computer and gMFSK on
> the other computer.
> 
> Steve/WM5Z
> 
> Patrick Green wrote:
> 
> >Hi All,
> >
> > I tried everything trying to get Xastir 1.5.0 Linux to communicate
> >with my MFJ-1270B.  I can access the TNC fine in minicom but Xastir
> >doesn't connect to it at all.  Is there something glowing that I'm
> >missing?  I can't connect to it in KISS mode or normal TNC mode with
> >the TNC in either mode respectively.  I changed the
> >tnc-startup/stop.sys files to the tnc2-ui ones.  No luck at all.  This
> >is a setback I wasn't really expecting.  Luckily I didn't try setting
> >this up at the site where this is going to sit.  Any help would be
> >appreciated.
> >
> >73 de Pat --- KA9SCF.
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