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Title: AX.25: Unable to open axports file

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AX.25: Unable to open axports file

Applies to

SuSE Linux: Versions since 6.2
SuSE Linux AXP: Versions since 6.1

Symptom:

You have installed the packages libax25, ax25apps and ax25tool from ham. Now you want to configure your TNC in kiss mode and you receive the following error message(s):
earth:~ # kissattach -i 44.xxx.xxx.xxx -m512 /dev/ttyS0 radio
kissattach: cannot open axports file

or
earth:~ # kissparms -p radio -t 100 -s 100 -r 25
axconfig: unable to open axports file
kissparms: no AX.25 ports configured

Cause:

The applications have been linked to the AX.25 library which in turn has been misconfigured during the packaging of the rpm archives. This leads to the situation that these applications are looking for their configuration files at the wrong location.

Solution:

  1. A workaround is the creation of a symbolic link to the correct directory.
    earth:~ # cd /usr/etc
    earth:/usr/etc/ # ln -s ../../etc/ax25/ ax25
    earth:/usr/etc/ # ls -l ax25
    lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           15 Aug 12 10:10 ax25 -> ../../etc/ax25/
    
  2. An update of the packages concerned has been placed on our web server:

    http://www.suse.de/patches/62_update.html

    With these updated packages you can replace the incorrect on your system (see also the sections in the manual " RPM - the package manager of the distribution" and the SDB article Updating individual RPM-packages of the »SuSE Linux«-Distribution (http://www.suse.de/sdb/en/html/ke_update.html).

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Keywords: AX.25, AX25, HAM, LIBAX25, AXCONFIG, KISS, KISSPARMS, AXPORTS, KISSATTACH, PACKET RADIO, PR

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