Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] detecting spectrum holes

[Abdelrahman Ahmed]

i'm not using VMs at all i just choose install inside windows option
from ubuntu installation menu and i need to reboot to enter ubuntu os
so i think it is not VM

2012/3/22, Jonathan Fox <address@hidden>:
> On 3/22/12, address@hidden <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:38:18 +0200, Abdelrahman Ahmed wrote:
>>
>>>
>> frist of all i have two laptops with ubuntu 11.10 x32bit installed
>> inside windows 7 professional x64, i used this link in synaptic to
>> install gnuradio packages:
>>>
>>> 11.10 contains 3.2.2.dfsg-1ubuntu7
>> (http://packages.ubuntu.com/oneiric/gnuradio [1])
>>>
>>> and this guide
>> to install the other packages :
>>>
>>>
>> http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/UbuntuInstall#Install-Dependencies
>> [2]
>>>
>>> After successful installation still there is UHD, i installed
>> it through this:
>>>
>>> git clone git://code.ettus.com/ettus/uhd.git [3]
>>
>>>
>>> cd uhd/host
>>>
>>> mkdir build
>>>
>>> cd build
>>>
>>> cmake ../
>>>
>>>
>> make
>>>
>>> make test
>>>
>>> sudo make install
>>>
>>> #Check where your
>> path is with "find |grep libuhd"
>>>
>>> export
>> LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/lib
>>> after that i
>> checked:
>>> ----------------------------
>>> python worked
>>>
>> gnuradio-companion worked
>>> gnuradio worked
>>>
>>> so guide me if i mess
>> something or did something wrong in installation step ?
>>> i will provide
>> you with other information about hw setup and what each usrp box
>> contain? in Saturday
>>
>> USB device performance/reliability inside a VM
>> from Windows is not good at all, and I'm surprised you can get anything
>> to work at all this way.
>>
>>
>>
>> Links:
>> ------
>> [1]
>> http://packages.ubuntu.com/oneiric/gnuradio
>> [2]
>> http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/UbuntuInstall#Install-Dependencies
>> [3]
>> http://code.ettus.com/ettus/uhd.git
>>
>
> I am curious, why did you not use the the build-gnuradio script here:
> http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/InstallingGR
>
> It has everything you need to get started and if you are new to GNU
> Radio it does save you a lot of trouble.
>
> -Jon
>
> PS Save yourself some trouble and do a fresh install of Ubuntu on the
> hard drive, just make an image of your current hard drive for when you
> want to go back to Windows. VMs help make life miserable with this
> sort of thing.
>