On Thursday 06 December 2007 20:52, Karl Larsen wrote: > This afternoon I decided to see if I could get my best Amateur Radio > software running on F8. The first step was to get fftw libs on F8 and > that is done with a tarball > > fftw-2.1.5.tar.gz which I compiled with success on F8 and installed it > properly. This took about 30 minutes because it is a complex Fast > Fourier Transform program. Essential to my program. > > Next I un-packed gmfsk-0.7pre1.tar.gz which is the main program. > This compiled the first time since the right fftw is loaded. I installed > it properly and it runs just fine but, It can't open /dev/ttyS0. This is > because I am not root or Group uucp. > > I got the nice User and Group GUI thing going and was not happy with > how it looked. I forgot to hit on Edit and setup and set it to show ALL > users and Groups. Once I got that working I was able with ease to cause > my karl login to belong to the uucp group. Had to reboot and it now works. > > The application gmfsk is alive and working on F8. It would be fun to > make a RPM with this application but it has so many other things > required it never seems to work out. > > Sure glad to get it working! > > Karl Well done. I saw recently that keeping your brain active can offset altsheimers ( and I've probably spelt that wrong). Putting the spelling aside, working with Linux certainly keeps your brain active. I've got a few years to catch up to you Karl, but you're doing well man with working through the problems. All the best. Nigel.
