Setting up FTDI cable for Chirp and Yaesu VX-6

Chirp is free software to configure ham radios. I have an Ubuntu 12.04 install of linux that I wanted to run the software from. What I had to do to get linux to recognize the cable. I installed the daily snapshot (version 20140428~precise~1) of chirp. Directions for installing chirp software can be found here. However, the guide under manual method for getting the cable working did not work for me. [Read More]

Configuring puppet master ubuntu/debian

Installing puppet version 2.7.3 I will be installing the package via ruby gems. I do not like it all but the packages available in the apt repository are to old. Install ruby, rubygems and dependencies apt-get install ruby rubygems libopenssl-ruby Install puppet via gem gem install puppet --version=2.7.3 Puppet executables You have to options here: Add the gem bin path to your .profile echo export PATH="$PATH:/var/lib/gems/1.8/bin" /root/. [Read More]