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| ====== How to get GNU Radio up and running (the easy way) ====== | ====== How to get GNU Radio up and running (the easy way) ====== | ||
| - | This howto explains how to get GNU Radio up und running //without installing, compiling, fiddling with OS stuff etc.!// | + | This howto explains how to get GNU Radio up und running with a live distro (//no installing, compiling, fiddling with OS stuff etc.//!) |
| ===== Requirements ===== | ===== Requirements ===== | ||
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| * Burn the .iso on a DVD **//or//** install it to USB stick and make it bootable (eg. with [[http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/create-a-usb-stick-on-ubuntu|Ubuntu Startup Disk Creator]]) | * Burn the .iso on a DVD **//or//** install it to USB stick and make it bootable (eg. with [[http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/create-a-usb-stick-on-ubuntu|Ubuntu Startup Disk Creator]]) | ||
| * Boot your computer from the DVD or the USB stick (this will take some time...) | * Boot your computer from the DVD or the USB stick (this will take some time...) | ||
| + | * Connect your **rad1o** (which must be turned on!) to your computer (be sure to use the //left// USB port of **rad1o**) | ||
| + | * Open a terminal (Ctrl-Alt-T) | ||
| * ''hackrf_info'' should show that **rad1o** was detected (some text like "Found HackRF board" is displayed) | * ''hackrf_info'' should show that **rad1o** was detected (some text like "Found HackRF board" is displayed) | ||
| - | * Now you can use all GNU Radio command line tools like ''hackrf_transfer'' | + | * You can also use all GNU Radio command line tools like ''hackrf_transfer'' |
| - | * If you want to use graphical tools like GNU Radio Companion (''grc'') or ''osmocom_fft'': | + | * Start GNU Radio Companion (GRC icon on the left of the screen) |
| - | * ''startx'' to start the desktop environment | + | |
| - | * Start GNU Radio Companion (Applications => Development => GRC) | + | |
| ===== Result ===== | ===== Result ===== | ||
| * A working GNU Radio with all of it's tools! | * A working GNU Radio with all of it's tools! | ||
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| - | ===== Potential problems ===== | ||
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| - | * In the latest Pentoo release (3.8) there seems to be a problem with Gtk: When running ''osmocom_fft'' some strange "Gtk-CRITICAL" errors show up. | ||
| ===== Credits ===== | ===== Credits ===== | ||
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