[arm-allstar] Upgrading without the menu?

[Vince Buono]

Hi Chris,

After you press 9 and go to 9, try pressing 1 six times, and you will be at 15. It works for me.

73 de Vince-WA3ADI, Havertown, PA - Allstar Node #41820, EchoLink Node #572480, IRLP Node #4910

> On Mar 1, 2017, at 12:39 PM, Chris Zenchenko via arm-allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Doug,
> First let me say that the new image installation went quite well.
> However Buddy's concerns re-the menu also caused me some difficulty.
> I can live with the garbage speech from the drawing of the menu but
> unfortunately the way that menu works there is no way for keyboard access to
> navigate it easily.
> It and the time zone menu have more than 9 choices.
> So  for example on the admin menu I can't use any choice past 9.
> I tried typing in two digits but only the second digit sticks.
> If the code could be changed to allow for a two digit entry it would help.
> Currently I can type "9" and then hit enter.
> However I can't type "15" instead when I hit enter I get the network config
> menu.
> I had to manually set the tz since that menu had lots of options past 9 as
> well.
> Overall I'm getting comfortable with the new image and had my node mostly
> functional in only 30 minutes.
> My deepest thanks for all you and the team do.
> You and Dave and others are always on the list answering questions and
> interacting with folks helping them get on the air.
> I'd have run screaming in to the street after only a few hours in the
> spotlight.
> Yet you are always there and helping.
> I can't think of a better example of what ham radio is supposed to be than
> how you all have supported Allstar and all of us.
> Again my thanks!
> 73
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: arm-allstar [mailto:arm-allstar-bounces at hamvoip.org] On Behalf Of
> "Doug Crompton via arm-allstar"
> Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2017 12:49 PM
> To: ARM Allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
> Cc: Doug Crompton <wa3dsp at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] Upgrading without the menu?
> 
> Buddy,
> 
> One thing that is always the case is that when you enter the ADMIN menu
> you are always at item number 1 which is the update. So if you enter the
> menu and hit return twice it will always attempt an update.
> 
> If you want to do it from the command line the line should read -
> 
> /usr/local/hamvoip-pacman/bin/pacman --force --noconfirm --yes -Syu
> 
> Also keep in mind that updates don't happen daily (like windows!) and they
> will be announced on the arm-allstar email list.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> *73 Doug*
> 
> *WA3DSP*
> 
> *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
> 
> On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 9:00 AM, "Buddy Brannan via arm-allstar" <
> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> 
>> Hi y'all,
>> 
>> OK, so I get that the menu is recommended, especially for upgrading, but,
>> with apologies for perhaps discounting the hard work that went into
>> creating it, it's a pain to navigate with screen reading software if
> you're
>> blind. Mostly because of the graphics characters that draw the windows,
> but
>> also because it seems that directly accessing options by number isn't
>> always reliable. So far, apart from perhaps tuning audio (and I think
>> there's a command for that), the only thing that seems to be an absolute
>> must from the menu is the system update. Is this correct? If not, how
> would
>> this be accomplished from the shell prompt?
>> 
>> --
>> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
>> Phone: 814-860-3194
>> Mobile: 814-431-0962
>> Email: buddy at brannan.name
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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