[arm-allstar] Upgrading without the menu?

Wed Mar 1 18:32:24 EST 2017

I am using SSH from another Linux box to work with the Allstar image.
The arrow keys don't move away from the ok/cancel choices at the bottom of
the screen.
Somebody else on the list suggested hitting 9 then 1 to advance in to the
two digit options.
This is sort of minor since I generally just go to the command prompt
anyway.
It was just the original setup that put me in a bind.
I guess I just like keyboard entries to be supported in addition to the
cursor or mouse.
73

-----Original Message-----
From: arm-allstar [mailto:arm-allstar-bounces at hamvoip.org] On Behalf Of
"Doug Crompton via arm-allstar"
Sent: Wednesday, March 1, 2017 3:42 PM
To: ARM Allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
Cc: Doug Crompton <wa3dsp at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] Upgrading without the menu?

Chris,

  I am not sure what your screen reader says but in all the menus you can
use the up and down arrow keys, page up/down, the mouse wheel, etc. to
navigate the menus.

If might be a limitation of a particular screen reader if it is not
ignoring the graphics. You also may not have your character translation set
correctly as noted in the readme. It should be CP437. In putty this is set
in the window/translation menu. If it is not set correctly character like
x's etc. will be substituted for graphical characters.

We could also publish a list of numbers on the menu corresponding to what
it does. Since the menu always opens on item 1 you could arrow now to the
correct item by counting and then hit return.

On the timezone screen yes there are a lot of options because it is the
entire world but again the page down and arrow keys work. I don't know if
there is any way to reorganize the file such that the most commonly used US
time zones are at the top of the list. We will look into it because that
would make sense.

*73 Doug*

*WA3DSP*

*http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*

On Wed, 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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