Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Quickstart comments related to Ubunto 15.10 (out of the box)

[Martin Braun]

Hi Gregory,

thanks for the feedback! I have some inline comments/questions.

Which version of PyBOMBS were you using?


On 04/11/2016 06:32 PM, Gregory W. Ratcliff wrote:
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> Minor findings:
> 
> The Git is required to be installed.  Easy to fix with apt-get install git
> Executing pybombs install gnuradio osmosdr doesn't really work.  It
> seems like the last item on the list is attempted to build first. 

PyBOMBS should have already figured out that it needs git and installed
it. If this was't the case, there's a bug in the existing code.

> I executued pybombs install gnuradio as a stand alone and about an hour
> later I had a working gnuradio system.
> 
> Then pybombs install osmosdr worked.
> 
> UHD worked (isn't support nice!).
> 
> Its not specifically mentioned in the quickstart that a fetch is
> required first.

A fetch is also not required. How did this problem manifest?

M

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> Major problem
> 
> I fetched and installed gr-fcdproplus
> Build and install worked without error.
> Upon execution on a test flowgraph the long time swig bug/error came
> back (see below the ***)
> Anyone remember what the fix for this was?  Its not in anything I could
> find on the list.
> 
> 
> Funcube Dongle Pro+ found as: plughw:1,0
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/home/gratcliff/gnuradio/top_block.py", line 135, in <module>
>     main()
>   File "/home/gratcliff/gnuradio/top_block.py", line 123, in main
>     tb = top_block_cls()
>   File "/home/gratcliff/gnuradio/top_block.py", line 75, in __init__
>     self.fcdproplus_fcdproplus_0 = fcdproplus.fcdproplus("",1)
>   File
> "/home/gratcliff/gnuradio/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/fcdproplus/fcdproplus_swig.py",
> line 105, in make
>     return _fcdproplus_swig.fcdproplus_make(device_name, unit)
> RuntimeError: FunCube Dongle  V2.0 soundcard found but not controlpart.
> 
>>>> Done (return code 1)
> ^CTraceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/home/gratcliff/gnuradio/bin/gnuradio-companion", line 130, in
> <module>
>     main()
>   File "/home/gratcliff/gnuradio/bin/gnuradio-companion", line 126, in main
>     ActionHandler(args, Platform())
>   File
> "/home/gratcliff/gnuradio/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gnuradio/grc/gui/ActionHandler.py",
> line 78, in __init__
>     gtk.main()
> 
> Next steps move on to Hermes, dump 1090 and a few others I have built from.
> 
> Greg
> nz8r
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