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hamclock_running_on_an_o2_joggler [2021/04/20 22:00] – 2e0lxqhamclock_running_on_an_o2_joggler [2021/04/21 07:25] – 2e0lxq
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    sudo apt install curl make g++ xorg-dev    sudo apt install curl make g++ xorg-dev
  
-5. Install the following apps as well:+5. Install the Hamclock app, following the guide on the Hamclock site. 
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 +6. Install the following apps as well:
  
    lightdm, lxsession, xorg, openbox    lightdm, lxsession, xorg, openbox
  
-6. Enable lightdm:+7. Enable lightdm:
  
    sudo dpkg-reconfigure lightdm    sudo dpkg-reconfigure lightdm
  
-7. Install the greeter+8. Install the greeter
  
    sudo apt-get install -y lightdm-gtk-greeter    sudo apt-get install -y lightdm-gtk-greeter
  
-8. If all goes to plan, when you reboot the system, the two lines of Ubuntu code should now be replaced a simple graphic box, asking you to provide the password for the 'of' user. Using your keyboard, type in the password, and the screen should be blank at this point. (I have tried doing this without a keyboard, via SSH, but I get a 'magic key' error at this point; only the keyboard entry appears to work for this)+9. If all goes to plan, when you reboot the system, the two lines of Ubuntu code should now be replaced a simple graphic box, asking you to provide the password for the 'of' user. Using your keyboard, type in the password, and the screen should be blank at this point. (I have tried doing this without a keyboard, via SSH, but I get a 'magic key' error at this point; only the keyboard entry appears to work for this)
  
-9. From your Terminal or PuTTy app, start the Hamclock app. You should see the Hamclock setup screen appear very shortly on your Joggler. Using the user guide, enter the items you want to change (callsign, location etc.), then let the app start.+10. From your Terminal or PuTTy app, start the Hamclock app. You should see the Hamclock setup screen appear very shortly on your Joggler. Using the user guide, enter the items you want to change (callsign, location etc.), then let the app start.
  
-10. The app will continue to run, but to disconnect your terminal window, use an instruction like nohup to keep the app running, otherwise shutting it down will also stop the Hamclock app. You can also disconnect your external keyboard.+11. The app will continue to run, but to disconnect your terminal window, use an instruction like nohup to keep the app running, otherwise shutting it down will also stop the Hamclock app. You can also disconnect your external keyboard.
  
 That should work. As I said, I am no coder, so there may be steps here that are not needed, duplicate things done previously or are just plain dumb, but this is the way I got my Hamclock to work, and I have built this on two separate sticks now to test it out.  That should work. As I said, I am no coder, so there may be steps here that are not needed, duplicate things done previously or are just plain dumb, but this is the way I got my Hamclock to work, and I have built this on two separate sticks now to test it out.