Topic: APRS - AX25

[stancol]

I'm trying to setup a server box to support a Ham Radio station for APRS (Automatic Position Reporting System). To do this I need to get ax25 to run. I'm trying it on a fresh install of SME 6.5 setup with one eth interface in server mode. So far I've managed to compile a Kernel with ax25 included and I can reboot the machine and run it with the new Kernel. The only thing I can't do is attach my serial port (/ttyS0) to ax25. I've defined my ports in /etc/ax25/axports but when I try kissattach it comes back saying nothing. When I look to see if kissattach is running it isn't. When I check my interfaces I should see an ax0 interface but it also doesn't start. When I check the log files I can't find any error messages.

P.S. I've done this one a MEPIS distro box so it's not like the first time I've tried this (APRS-AX25). Since I'm struggling so hard I've got to figure I've missed something simply.

"It's the simply things that are the hardest to figure out."

[lu2fgn]

Hi Stancol

Did you activated the Mkiss option with the new compilation ??
Run modprobe mkiss, and if the result is Can´t locate module mkiss, then is not activated.
Also wich ax25 did you put, when I did it
ax25apps-0.0.4-115.i386.rpm
ax25spyd-0.23-95.i386.rpm
ax25tool-0.0.6-15.i386.rpm
libax25-0.0.7-120.i386.rpm

Please let me know and will try to help you out
I did put this to be able to have a 9,6 UHF conection by radio, and ask that someone activate the Mkiss on the normal compilation but with no luck.

73&dxs
Alberto
  sorry about my English, for shure can make it better in Spanish ji ji

[stancol]

Modprobe couldn't find the module MKiss. That's why I'm already in the middle of trying to recompile the kernel. I was mostly trying to find a way not to have to recompile but oh well. Looks like the reason it didn't compile correctly was do to older versions of gcc/gcc-++.

I've used the rpm's you mentioned before but this time I tried it by compiling them directly from the latest tar files.