[Xlog-discussion] gmfsk and xlog

[Jan Ditzian]

This question is about gMFSK, but I cannot find a discussion group for 
that, so if someone can point me to the right place, I would appreicate it.

This is my second installation of xlog, on a different computer.  In my 
first install, both gmfsk and xlog worked fine, but that computer had a 
serial port.  This new computer does not have a serial port, and I am 
using USB0 to talk to the radio from xlog.  I have a serial cable coming 
out of my Ten-Tec Omni VI, and a serial-to-USB converter following that 
to the computer.  I have xlog working, and it reads frequency and mode 
data from the radio using Hamlib, with Device set to /dev/ttyUSB0.  
gMFSK does not have this choice, but I changed one of the entries to 
this value.  It does not work.

I have Hamlib in gMFSK set to use real frequencies in waterfall and to 
use Hamlib PTT.  Neither of these work.  When I try to transmit, I get 
the popup message: sound_open_for_write: opensnd: open: /dev/dsp: Device 
or resource busy.  This happens whether or not xlog is running.

Furthermore, when I start gMFSK, I receive the following two error 
messages, whether or not xlog is running.

Message 1:
Hamlib init: rig_set_ptt failed: Communication bus error.
Hamlib PTT disabled

Message 2:
Hamlib init: rig_get_freq failed: Communication bus error

Does anyone know whether gMFSK will work with a USB port to the device, 
and, if so, how I should set it up?  Both use Hamlib, so I assume that 
it is possible.

As I said at first, if there is a more appropriate place to take this 
question, please point me there.

Jan, KX2A