[pskmail] Re: Aw: Re: Re: Fldigi for latest client? which one?
- From: Remi Chateauneu <remi.chateauneu@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pskmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2013 16:22:51 +0100
Another possibility is not using fldigi at all and have your own
coders/decoders in pskmail. This is probably much safer on the long term.
On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 4:17 PM, Remi Chateauneu
<remi.chateauneu@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> OK.
>
> "Dave is aware of this. This bug renders
> the application useless."
>
> Probably, he does not care or he is not interested. Or probably he wanted
> pskmail use the xml interface. Why not forking fldigi like dl-fldigi did ?
> The domain name fldigi.org is free. It would be more convenient to have
> your own version, packaged with pskmail, no ?
>
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 1:04 PM, Rein Couperus <rein@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Remi,
>>
>> 1: What happens is that the GUI stops updating x.
>> The window is still there, but the content is not updated anymore.
>> Most of the time the window is also not responsive, and has to be killed
>> externally. There is NO error message in gdb... we have are tired of
>> advertizing this fact to the fldigi community...
>>
>> 2. You can reproduce the ARQ error by running e.g. fldigi 3.21.63 and any
>> pskmail
>> server. E.g. if fldigi receives a complete frame like e.g.:
>> <SOH>~LISTLOCAL
>> 53FI<SOH>u3s¨¨¨5260<EOT><DC2><s2n: 32, 100.0, 0.0>
>> It appears at the ARQ interface as e.g.:
>> <SOH>~LISTLOCAL
>> 53FI<SOH>u3s¨¨¨5<DC2><s260<EOT>2n: 32, 100.0, 0.0>
>> This is a bug. It was introduced when the AMP-2 protocol was introduced
>> in fldigi.
>> Flamp also uses the ARQ interface. Dave is aware of this. This bug
>> renders
>> the application useless.
>>
>> 3. I will send you the gdb output and the core dump next time it crashes
>> completely...
>>
>> I´ve really got enough problems to solve in our own code :)
>>
>> Rein PA0R
>>
>> Hi Rein,
>>
>> "the latest fldigi versions(starting around 3.20.0)"
>> Doing what exactly please ?
>>
>> "as from version 3.21.50 the ARQ interface is broken for pskmail."
>> Could you please describe a scenario that I can reproduce ?
>>
>> "I have mailed w1hkj about this..."
>> Was it on the mailing lists ? I am sure other people might have the same
>> problem.
>>
>> " The problem is that (part of) the S/N signalling information
>> is placed before the end of the frame (before the <EOT>), which breaks
>> the application."
>> Is it a bug or a feature that you would like to have removed ? I have
>> seen that in the code. If you are the only users of this interface, wny not
>> suggesting a patch ?
>>
>> "based on 3.20.40. It crashed during last night (segfault, signal 11)."
>> Can you rerun it under gdb so we can see where it crashes ?
>>
>> Remi
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 8:43 AM, Rein Couperus <rein@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> Remi,
>>>
>>> the latest fldigi versions(starting around 3.20.0) crash the GUI at
>>> regular intervals.
>>> This has been happening for the last 12 months or so. No output to the
>>> event log.
>>> It happens on windows as well as linux, and with the server as well as
>>> the client.
>>> This is the main reason for dropping fldigi for the client.
>>>
>>> Moreover, as from version 3.21.50 the ARQ interface is broken for
>>> pskmail.
>>> I have mailed w1hkj about this... The problem is that (part of) the S/N
>>> signalling information
>>> is placed before the end of the frame (before the <EOT>), which breaks
>>> the application.
>>>
>>> That is why latest server version (2.0.17) now contains a special copy
>>> of 3.20.11,
>>> which does not have these problems (did not crash for the last 4 days).
>>>
>>> At the moment I am also testing a server version which includes xmlrpc
>>> for rig control,
>>> based on 3.20.40. It crashed during last night (segfault, signal 11).
>>>
>>> For us, fldigi remains a pain in the butt, it places a heavy burden on
>>> the project...
>>>
>>> Rein PA0R
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "System worked but every hour or so Fldigi simply stopped"
>>>
>>> Is there any error message on fldigi output ? Windows or Linux ?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 3:04 AM, Robert Krasowski
>>> <rkrasowski@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi
>>>> I received email form Polish ham that is trying PSKMail. He installed
>>>> fldigi ver 3.21.68 plus client ver 1.5.11 (he is not sure about client
>>>> version). System worked but every hour or so Fldigi simply stopped
>>>> responding and he had to terminated both application and restarted. He
>>>> tried version jpskmail 2.0.3 and also ended up with problems.
>>>> Questions: What is the latest functional client ( 2.0.33?) and what
>>>> is the version of Fldigi that works with it?
>>>> I hope we will be able to help him, his call sign is SQ6XL.
>>>> Thanks
>>>> 73
>>>> Robert
>>>> KB2PNM
>>>
>>>
>
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