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Everything you've setup looks correct. What version of Debian and which kernel version are you running? When running your axcall command, maybe you can run it via "strace -f" to see more details of where this is failing? Ps. You can look how I start up my AX25 stack here ( http://www.trinityos.com/HAM/CentosDigitalModes/RPi/etc/ax25/ax25-up.new ) but once your stack is running, try running these echo statements and see if anything looks wrong: -- echo "Displaying current system kissparms" echo "Displaying current system kissparms" >> $LOG echo "--" echo "--" >> $LOG echo "AX25 protocol mode (0=Norm* 1=Extd) : `cat /proc/sys/net/ax25/$AXINT/ax25_default_mode`" echo "AX25 protocol mode (0=Norm* 1=Extd) : `cat /proc/sys/net/ax25/$AXINT/ax25_default_mode`" >> $LOG echo "AX25 backoff type (0=Linear 1=Expon*) : `cat /proc/sys/net/ax25/$AXINT/backoff_type`" echo "AX25 backoff type (0=Linear 1=Expon*) : `cat /proc/sys/net/ax25/$AXINT/backoff_type`" >> $LOG echo "AX25 connect mode (0=none 1=network 2=all*) : `cat /proc/sys/net/ax25/$AXINT/connect_mode`" echo "AX25 connect mode (0=none 1=network 2=all*) : `cat /proc/sys/net/ax25/$AXINT/connect_mode`" >> $LOG echo "AX25 Extd window size (num of unacked packets 32*) : `cat /proc/sys/net/ax25/$AXINT/extended_window_size`" echo "AX25 Extd window size (num of unacked packets 32*) : `cat /proc/sys/net/ax25/$AXINT/extended_window_size`" >> $LOG echo "AX25 idle timeout (idle session timeout in M 20*) : `cat /proc/sys/net/ax25/$AXINT/idle_timeout`" echo "AX25 idle timeout (idle session timeout in M 20*) : `cat /proc/sys/net/ax25/$AXINT/idle_timeout`" >> $LOG echo "AX25 AXIP mode (0=Datagram* 1=VirtConnection) : `cat /proc/sys/net/ax25/$AXINT/ip_default_mode`" echo "AX25 AXIP mode (0=Datagram* 1=VirtConnection) : `cat /proc/sys/net/ax25/$AXINT/ip_default_mode`" >> $LOG echo "AX25 max packet size (256*) : `cat /proc/sys/net/ax25/$AXINT/maximum_packet_length`" echo "AX25 max packet size (256*) : `cat /proc/sys/net/ax25/$AXINT/maximum_packet_length`" >> $LOG echo "AX25 max packet retry count (10*) : `cat /proc/sys/net/ax25/$AXINT/maximum_retry_count`" echo "AX25 max packet retry count (10*) : `cat /proc/sys/net/ax25/$AXINT/maximum_retry_count`" >> $LOG echo "AX25 protcol version (DAMA Slave) : `cat /proc/sys/net/ax25/$AXINT/protocol`" echo "AX25 protcol version (DAMA Slave) : `cat /proc/sys/net/ax25/$AXINT/protocol`" >> $LOG echo "AX25 STD window size (num of unacked packets 2* ) : `cat /proc/sys/net/ax25/$AXINT/standard_window_size`" echo "AX25 STD window size (num of unACKed packets 2*) : `cat /proc/sys/net/ax25/$AXINT/standard_window_size`" >> $LOG echo "AX25 T1 timer (unacked packet retry 10000mS*) : `cat /proc/sys/net/ax25/$AXINT/t1_timeout`" echo "AX25 T1 timer (unacked packet retry 10000mS*) : `cat /proc/sys/net/ax25/$AXINT/t1_timeout`" >> $LOG echo "AX25 T2 timer (wait for 2nd RX packet 3000mS*) : `cat /proc/sys/net/ax25/$AXINT/t2_timeout`" echo "AX25 T2 timer (wait for 2nd RX packet 3000mS*) : `cat /proc/sys/net/ax25/$AXINT/t2_timeout`" >> $LOG echo "AX25 T3 timer (link still up check 300000mS*) : `cat /proc/sys/net/ax25/$AXINT/t3_timeout`" echo "AX25 T3 timer (link still up check 300000mS*) : `cat /proc/sys/net/ax25/$AXINT/t3_timeout`" >> $LOG -- --David KI6ZHD On 01/13/2022 12:32 PM, Karsten Merker
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On Thu, Jan 13, 2022 at 07:45:34AM -0800 David Ranch wrote:$ LANG=en axcall cb 13CB42 GW4PTS AX.25 Connect v1.11 AX25_WINDOW: Invalid argumentPlease post your /etc/ax25/axports file as I imagine there is an error in there. That configuration file is known to be sensitive to extra characters, CR/LF, etc. Here is a working example where those are TABS creating the space between columns: -- #portname callsign speed paclen window description d710 KI6ZHD 9600 255 4 built-in D710 TNC at 1200baudHello, many thanks for your help. I have attached my /etc/ax25/axports file to this mail.Also.. it should be noted that your given destination callsign is NOT a valid amateur radio callsign.Indeed, but that is unavoidable when operating AX.25 on CB radio instead of on the ham bands.As such, some software (not necessarily AX.25 code) might break is unexpected ways.Yes, that could of course happen. To make sure that the source of the problem at hand isn't using callsigns that do not strictly comply with the ITU-mandated format for ham callsigns while still fulfilling the requirements of the AX.25 spec (up to 6 characters, either uppercase ASCII letters or numbers), I had already run a bunch of tests with structurally valid ham radio callsigns (both for the local AX.25 port as well as for the destination). The behaviour of axcall was exactly the same with the CB and with the ham callsigns.Where are you getting your axcall binary? Is it from the Debian repos?Yes, from Debian/sid.If so, that code is rather OLD and this is due to the primary maintainer not marking new releases on his Git repo. What I recommend to do is to compile a new version and use that over the Debian repo versions. There are generally TWO versions you can consider and I explain all of that here: http://www.trinityos.com/HAM/CentosDigitalModes/RPi/rpi4-setup.html#18.install-ax25I have uninstalled the Debian ax25-apps, ax25-tools, libax25 and libax25-dev packages and built the software from https://github.com/ve7fet/linuxax25.git as described in your link above. Unfortunately, with those binaries the behavior is exactly the same as with the Debian-packaged ones. For testing the newly-built binaries I have again used structurally valid (although currently unassigned) ham callsigns to exclude the callsign format as a possible problem source. $ cat /etc/ax25/axports # /etc/ax25/axports # # The format of this file is: # # name callsign speed paclen window description # # #1 OH2BNS-1 1200 255 2 144.675 MHz (1200 bps) #2 OH2BNS-9 38400 255 7 TNOS/Linux (38400 bps) cb DL1ABG-1 1200 255 2 CBPR (1200bps) $ grep ^MYCALL /etc/direwolf.conf MYCALL DL1ABG # /usr/local/stow/ax25/sbin/kissattach /dev/pts/6 cb AX.25 port cb bound to device ax0 root@aletheia:~# ifconfig ax0: flags=67<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING> mtu 255 ax25 DL1ABG-1 txqueuelen 10 (AMPR AX.25) RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B) RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B) TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 $ LANG=en /usr/local/stow/ax25/bin/call cb DL1ABD GW4PTS AX.25 Connect 2.0.1 AX25_WINDOW: Invalid argument $ ldd /usr/local/stow/ax25/bin/call linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007ffc68b6d000) libncursesw.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.6 (0x00007ff0e0b0c000) libtinfo.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.6 (0x00007ff0e0adb000) libax25.so.1 => /usr/local/lib/libax25.so.1 (0x00007ff0e0acf000) libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007ff0e0906000) libdl.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 (0x00007ff0e08ff000) /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007ff0e0ba4000) Regards, Karsten |