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73Linux-LMint-x86 issues with WSJT-X and FLRIG with the IC-705 #19

Closed N1JCM closed 12 months ago

N1JCM commented 1 year ago

I use Linux Mint on an x86 laptop, running the 73Linux build and an Icom IC-705 radio/USB interface. FLRIG and FLDIGI seem to work fine together, but with the installed WSJT-X v 2.5.4, WSJT-X will not connect using the FLRIG FLRIG radio selection. An update try to get WSJT-X v2.6.1 fails to get this later revision.

Any thoughts on FLRIG/WSJT-X/IC-705 issues (maybe Hamlib?) and why I can't update WSJT-X in the 73Linux Update tool?

(Hope Jason is feeling better :-)

Thanks,

Jeff Marden N1JCM

km4ack commented 1 year ago

I have seen several reports of this with hamlib 4.5. In WSJTX, try selecting the 705 for the radio instead of FLRIG. Several have reported this as a usable workaround.

N1JCM commented 1 year ago

Thanks Jason. Its the serial/CAT connection that fails to init, and I tried direct via the IC-705 selection in WSJT-X as my next step, but still no CAT control initialization success. In Windows 10 I had a similar problem and had to move from WSJT-X v2.5.4 ( as in 73Linux) to the later revision WSJT-X v2.6.1 to get the CAT port to work on the IC-705. When I did a 73Linux Update, it would not load the later v2.6.1 version of WSJT-X.

Any plans for 73Linux to use WSJT-X v2.6.1?

Thanks,

Jeff Marden N1JCM

N1JCM commented 1 year ago

Any update on this issue? Anyone using 73Linux with MINT, the IC-705 and WSJT-X?

Thanks,

Jeff Marden/N1JCM

km4ack commented 1 year ago

Currently you will need to build WSJTX from source to get the very latest. 73Linux installs the version from the repository at the moment.

N1JCM commented 1 year ago

Understood, thanks.

Jeff Marden/N1JCM