Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] gqrx branch osmosdr

[Alexandru Csete]

On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 4:02 PM, Patrick Strasser
<address@hidden> wrote:
>
> I tried it, pulled the latest from rtl-sdr and gr-osmosdr and gqrx
> branch osmosdr.
> % git describe
> v2.1-git-61-g7bf22e9
>
> Built fine, but I could not get it running. It seems to hit an uncought
> execption and dumps core:
>
> % ./gqrx
> linux; GNU C++ version 4.6.3; Boost_104900; UHD_003.004.002-0-g7f44d838
>
> gr-osmosdr supported device types: file fcd rtl rtl_tcp uhd
>>>> gr_fir_ccf: using SSE
>>>> gr_fir_ccc: using SSE
> Using Volk machine: sse4_2_64
>>>> gr_fir_fff: using SSE
> New filter offset: 0 Hz
> Loading configuration from: "default.conf"
> Configuration file: "/home/past/.config/gqrx/default.conf"
> terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::runtime_error'
>  what():  meta-range cannot be empty
> [1]    8188 abort (core dumped)  ./gqrx
>
...
>
> gain_rel is 0.5. I deleted an old ~/.config/gqrx/default.conf, still the
> same. My device is a Terratec NOXON DAB stick rev1, but it does not make
> a difference if the stick is connected or disconnected.
>
> A problem in libosmosdr?
>
> ps: Would be nice to have a replay functionality, mirroring the IQ
> recording functionality. I guess that needs some extensions in the
> startup device setup code...

Thanks for the feedback. It was a lack of check in gqrx. You can try
to pull & build again.
And yes, good idea to delete old default.conf file.
Also note that saving and loading configuration under different names
is not quite robust yet.

Alex