Problems on CentOS 6.4 (64 bit)

[Dan]

Hi,

I've done the following:
- uninstall CentOS distribution libusb1 and libusb1-devel
- download the latest libusb1 from git: http://git.libusb.org/libusb.git
- automake.sh
- make
- make install
- use the latest rtlsdr code from git
- set the env variables as follows:
     export LIBUSB_LIBS="-L/usr/local/lib -lusb-1.0"
     export LIBUSB_LIBS="-L/usr/local/lib"
- ./configure
- make
- make install
Trying to run rtl_test I get a lot of debug messages. The full answer 
can be seen here:
http://www.yo3ggx.ro/rtlsdr/rtltest.txt

Thanks
Dan

On 10/12/2013 10:34 AM, Peter Stuge wrote:
> Dan wrote:
>>>> Any other hints?
>>> Only to use the latest kernel code.
>> I cannot change the kernel on the system I intend to use the dongle,
>> as it provides other services which cannot be interrupted..
> I can understand that you can not upgrade kernel on the final system,
> but it would be very helpful if you could test on a separate system,
> with similar hardware, with a new kernel, to see if the problem persists.
>
>
>>> Did you make sure that the rtl-sdr programs are in fact also using
>>> the new libraries, as opposed to what is installed by CentOS which
>>> is what will be used by default, when running them?
>> Before this I've fully uninstalled the previous version and set the
>> environment variables:
>> LIBUSB_LIBS and LIBUSB_CFLAGS
>> before running ./configure for rtl-sdr
> That sounds good. It is important that you have uninstalled the
> version provided by the CentOS package.
>
>
> Pete Zaitcev wrote:
>>> LIBUSB_LIBS and LIBUSB_CFLAGS
>>> before running ./configure for rtl-sdr
>> That's a bit indirect. The best way is to run ldd ./myapp
> ldd is a good way to see what libraries will actually be loaded by a
> given program. If indeed the CentOS package has been uninstalled then
> ldd should confirm that the correct library file is being loaded.
>
>
>> I continue to maintain that all this advice about installing "latest"
>> without knowing what's up is not likely to work.
> It's not about what will likely make things work, it's about doing
> debugging with the current state of the code, so that I know that I
> haven't already fixed the problem in libusb.git and so that I know
> exactly what code is being used when the error occurs.
>
>
>> The stock libusb1 rpm from Koji works just fine, I would not even
>> bother rebuilding it, just pull off an F14 repo.
> Since there are commits in libusb.git which are not included in those
> binaries it is significantly more helpful to use the git code for
> testing.
>
>
>> Find what the problem is by running strace ./rtl-sdr and matching
>> ioctls to the code.
> Please don't do that, it is not helpful. Please focus on creating a
> debug log as described on http://libusb.org/wiki/debug since that's
> very useful for those of us who know the libusb code.
>
>
> Thanks
>
> //Peter
>


-- 
73 Dan YO3GGX
http://www.yo3ggx.ro