I think you missed the point of the previous response. Let me try yto
explain in more detail:
Like many linux networking programs, ax25 support for linux is in two parts.
The first part, which IS included with the kernel source is the networking
and protocol drivers. This is new to 2.0.36, and in all previous kernels,
you had to download the kernel patch to make the protocols available.
The second part is the utilities package. This inlcudes all of the command
line executables needed to access ax25 and it's sub protocols. This is NOT
part of the kernel, and as far as I know there is no distribution of linux
that comes with this package. This package also includes the man pages
(which since you don't have them proves that you lack this package.)
Ax25-utils-2.1.42a. (with either an rpm extension, or a tar.gz/tgz
extension) is the utilities package. It contains the files you need to get
up and running. http://www.cs.cuhk.hk/pub/Linux/apps/ham/ax25/!INDEX.html
has the utilities package available, as well as many other places like
sunsite.
Please note: You may also have to find a patch to your net-utilities
package for many of the common networking commands to work with ax25. I
don't know whether or not this upgrade is included in any distribution of
linux.
Just because you have the newest kernel does not mean that you have all of
the utilities upgraded to their fullest. The linux kernel and it's
utilities are quite seperate. If you used an older distribution of linux
(that came with kernel 2.0.30) and then patched your kernel up to 2.0.36,
that does not also upgrade all your utilities -- they are not part of the
kernel.
I hope this is useful and makes sense. If you read the ax25 howto, and skip
the kernel patching part since your kernel includes it, you will find all
that I have told you in there.
--Colin Peart
-----Original Message-----
From: richard bown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Tomi Manninen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, December 10, 1998 5:57 AM
Subject: Re: sorry folks the saga continues
>sorry if not knowing causes you offence!
>If your going to take the high and mighty attitude, why do you subscribe
>to this group. I thought was for mutual help.
>considering the fact I'm using kernel 2.0.35 which has the ax utils
>already built in how am I to install something which is already there ??
>and if i'm having problems finding the man pages , I'm not going to be
>the only one. the ax25 HOWTo covers the patch for the previous kernel,
>but there is no mention of the later stable kernels
>What you fail to remember is that probally years ago you were in the
>same position, and questions you asked were probally regarded by others
>with more experience as rubbish. We All learn by experience, and I was
>under the impression that the purpose of amatuer radio was a learning
>exercise.
>
>If the man pages are there, I've obviously missed howto install them,
>and as the ax 25 utils are already bolted on to 2.0.35 how are they to
>be built ??
>
>
>In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>Tomi Manninen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>>On Thu, 3 Dec 1998, Bown, Richard wrote:
>>
>>> Please no more "read the man pages" , the're not on either machine at
>>> this end, and a web search for "man netrom" and a few other things on
>>> alta vista failed to produce anything as well
>>
>>_INSTALL_ the man pages then! They _ALL_ come with the ax25-utils. If "man
>>netrom" doesn't work for you then you have not installed your
>>ax25-utilities properly. No more questions to the list please until you
>>have fixed that!
>>
>
>--
>richard bown
