Airspy HF+ and Manjaro

[br...@arsharmonia.com]

Hello,

I just installed Manjaro Linux, Hakoila 17.1.12 on my PC. After the fresh install I loaded Gqrx v2.11.5 using the Manjaro Package Manager.

I have my Airspy HF+ plugged into a USB2 port. When I start Gqrx, the initial configuration window pops up and asks me to select a device. My Airspy HF+ doesn't appear in the list. When I run Gqrx from the terminal window I get the following error:

[pea@Bruce ~]$ gqrx
qt5ct: using qt5ct plugin
qt5ct: D-Bus global menu: no
gr-osmosdr 0.1.4 (0.1.4) gnuradio 3.7.13.4
built-in source types: file fcd rtl rtl_tcp uhd hackrf bladerf rfspace airspy
Resampling audio 96000 -> 48000
BookmarksFile is /home/pea/.config/gqrx/bookmarks.csv
[INFO] [UHD] linux; GNU C++ version 8.2.0; Boost_106700; UHD_3.13.0.1-0-unknown
gr-osmosdr 0.1.4 (0.1.4) gnuradio 3.7.13.4
built-in source types: file fcd rtl rtl_tcp uhd hackrf bladerf rfspace airspy

FATAL: No supported devices found to pick from.

Trying to fill up 1 missing channel(s) with null source(s).
This is being done to prevent the application from crashing
due to gnuradio bug #528.

Next I deleted the default.conf file I found in ~/config/Gqrx and restarted Gqrx in the terminal using the command; Gqrx -r to rebuild the config file. When the Gqrx configuration window popped up I selected 'Other' as a device and entered AirspyHF as the device string, let Gqrx start up, then I closed Gqrx and restarted. Still no Airspy HF+ listed as a device.

Finally I ran airspy_info from the terminal and got this error:

[pea@Bruce ~]$ airspy_info
airspy_lib_version: 1.0.9
airspy_open() board 1 failed: AIRSPY_ERROR_NOT_FOUND (-5)

I'm not sure where to look or how to fix this problem. Can someone hopefully give me a pointer about where I might start??

Thank you for your help,

Bruce

[Paul Stoetzer]

What's your output from dmesg when you plug in the AirSpy?

73,

Paul, N8HM

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[Bruce Pea]

Hi Paul,

Thank you for your note. Here is the dmesg output when I unplugged the Airspy HF+ and plugged it into another USB port:

[ 6307.890929] usb 2-3: USB disconnect, device number 4
[ 6311.315450] usb 2-6: new high-speed USB device number 5 using ehci-pci

Thanks,

Bruce

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[Alexandru Csete]

Hi Bruce,

This line:

> gr-osmosdr 0.1.4 (0.1.4) gnuradio 3.7.13.4
> built-in source types: file fcd rtl rtl_tcp uhd hackrf bladerf rfspace
> airspy

mean that Airspy HF+ support is not available on your platform.

You can try the "generic 64 bit binary" available here:
http://gqrx.dk/download

Note that you will have to copy the udev rule to /etc/udev/rules.d/

Alex

[Bruce Pea]

Hi Alex,

Thank you for your note. 

I tried using the generic version of Gqrx and moved all the files into the rules.d directory as you suggested. No luck. I worked on getting Gqrx to see the Airspy HF+ for a couple more hours and still had no luck. I don't know what the problem is.

But I did get the problem solved... I switched to Linux Mint and Gqrx worked great with my Airspy HF+ on the first try. Linux Mint is a good distro but I was looking forward to getting to know Manjaro Linux. Oh well... gotta go with what works for now!!  :)

Thanks for making a great program, your efforts are much appreciated!

Best wishes,

Bruce