When I invoke the application I see flashes of errors that clear away quickly before they can be read and I see text staircasing. In an attempt to calm the output I piped the output into strings so the VT terminal commands won't work. Below is a snippet of the errors I could catch.
# pushd ~/git/ham2mon/apps/ && ./ham2mon.py -w -r 1500000 -d 0 -f 462562500 -a rtl 2>&1 | strings | tee /tmp/output.txt
~/git/ham2mon/apps ~/git/ham2mon/apps ~/git/ham2mon/apps ~/git/ham2mon/apps ~/git/ham2mon/apps ~/git/ham2mon/apps ~/git/ham2mon/apps ~
linux; GNU C++ version 6.2.0 20161010; Boost_106100; UHD_003.009.005-0-unknown
[?1049h
[1;24r
[?7h
[?1l
>Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./ham2mon.py", line 147, in <module>
curses.wrapper(main)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/curses/wrapper.py", line 49, in wrapper
curses.nocbreak()
_curses.error: nocbreak() returned ERR
root@tonka:~/git/ham2mon/apps# pushd ~/git/ham2mon/apps/ && ./ham2mon.py -a "rtl" -n 4 -f 145E6 -r 2E6 -g 20 -s -40 -v 0 -t 30 -w
~/git/ham2mon/apps ~/git/ham2mon/apps ~/git/ham2mon/apps ~/git/ham2mon/apps ~/git/ham2mon/apps ~/git/ham2mon/apps ~/git/ham2mon/apps ~/git/ham2mon/apps ~
linux; GNU C++ version 6.2.0 20161010; Boost_106100; UHD_003.009.005-0-unknown
RuntimeError: SDR hardware not detected or insufficient USB permissions. Try running as root.
# uname -a
Linux tonka 4.14.34-v7+ #1110 SMP Mon Apr 16 15:18:51 BST 2018 armv7l GNU/Linux
# dpkg --list |grep -i rtl
ii librtlsdr0:armhf 0.5.3-11+rpt1 armhf Software defined radio receiver for Realtek RTL2832U (library)
ii rtl-sdr 0.5.3-11+rpt1 armhf Software defined radio receiver for Realtek RTL2832U (tools)
ii soapysdr0.5-2-module-rtlsdr:armhf 0.2.2-2 armhf RTL-SDR device support for SoapySDR
# dpkg --list |grep -i radio
ii gnuradio 3.7.10.1-2 armhf GNU Radio Software Radio Toolkit
ii gnuradio-dev 3.7.10.1-2 armhf GNU Software Defined Radio toolkit development
ii gr-air-modes 0.0.2.c29eb60-1 armhf Gnuradio Mode-S/ADS-B radio
ii gr-fcdproplus 3.7.25.4b6464b-2 armhf Funcube Dongle Pro Plus controller for GNU Radio
ii gr-fosphor 3.7.0.2.7b6b996-1 armhf gnuradio fosphor block (GPU spectrum display)
ii gr-iqbal 0.37.2-7 armhf GNU Radio Blind IQ imbalance estimator and correction
# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bda:2832 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL2832U DVB-T
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0bda:2838 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL2838 DVB-T
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0424:7800 Standard Microsystems Corp.
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0424:2514 Standard Microsystems Corp. USB 2.0 Hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:2514 Standard Microsystems Corp. USB 2.0 Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
When I invoke the application I see flashes of errors that clear away quickly before they can be read and I see text staircasing. In an attempt to calm the output I piped the output into strings so the VT terminal commands won't work. Below is a snippet of the errors I could catch.