[Xastir] Fix the Interface error

Curt Mills curt.we7u at gmail.com
Mon May 11 17:49:12 EDT 2015


Yea, so that's showing your grep command was running.  If soundmodem
was running there would have been another line.

You'll need to start up Soundmodem separately before starting Xastir.

On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 2:15 PM, Skyler F <electricity440 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I ran the command and was returned with :
>
>
> *skyler    5565  0.0  0.0   4684  2088 pts/0    S+   15:14   0:00 grep
> --color=auto soundmodem*
>
> Skyler KD0WHB
>
> On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 3:10 PM, Curt Mills <curt.we7u at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> ps aux | grep soundmodem
>>
>>
>> On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 2:09 PM, Skyler F <electricity440 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > How do I check if the soundmodem process is running? I just did the
>> apt-get
>> > install soundmodem.
>> >
>> > I just installed sound modem because there was some documentation. If
>> there
>> > is documentation on how to set it up, as long as it works, I will get
>> > direwolf.
>> >
>> > One of the reasons I ;like soundmodem is because it had a hidraw driver
>> for
>> > PTT, which I am trying to get working with my CM108 sound card chip. I
>> also
>> > like it because it has an easy config menu that I choose all of the
>> > settings.
>> >
>> > By the way, I get the same error independent of what interface I select
>> on
>> > the menu ( although that might be expected because I don't have any other
>> > hard ware plugged in)
>> >
>> >
>> > On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 2:38 PM, David Ranch <xastir at trinnet.net> wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> Is the soundmodem process running?  Xastir won't start it for you.  Btw,
>> >> though soundmodem still works, it's been abandoned for years.  You'll
>> have
>> >> much better luck with Direwolf in the long run as it supports multi-bit
>> >> error correction and is under active development.
>> >>
>> >> --David
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On 05/11/2015 09:20 AM, Skyler F wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> I am having the interface error when I try to start my interface from
>> the
>> >>> interface menu:
>> >>>
>> >>> Device 0 DOWN Serial KISS TNC /dev/soundmodem0
>> >>>
>> >>> Now I click START
>> >>>
>> >>> It is still stuck on DOWN, and the terminal outputs:
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Interface Error!  Error opening interface 0 Hard Fail
>> >>>
>> >>> I attempted the command:
>> >>>
>> >>> sudo chmod 4755 /usr/local/bin/xastir
>> >>>
>> >>> But it did not change anything, and gave me the same error.  Is there
>> >>> anything else I should try?
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Thanks for the help,
>> >>>
>> >>> Skyler
>> >>>
>> >>>
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>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Skyler Fennell
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>> > KDØWHB
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>>
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