[Elecraft] K3 Firmware Updater under Linux / Wine

[G4ILO]

David Fleming-2 wrote:
> 
> Julian,
> 
> The Linux version of the K3 Utility is forthcoming. It
> should be ready for testing sometime this coming week.
> The serial port routines I'm using do not always
> identify -all- of the serial ports on a Linux system
> (eg USB to Serial adapters). So if the active serial
> port is not listed in the popup menu, the user may
> specify the active serial port by typing it into a
> text field. On my system, the Keyspan USB to Serial
> adapter is assigned to /dev/ttyUSB0 .. 
> 
> *Minimum* requirements for the Linux version include:
> 
> x86-based Linux distributions with GTK+ 2.8 (or
> higher) 
> glibc-2.3 (or higher) 
> libstdc++.so.6
> **A PROPERLY CONFIGURED RS-232 PORT THAT IS KNOWN TO
> WORK WITH OTHER APPLICATIONS**
> 
> Other requirements may be necessary for certain Linux
> distros. I'm running it successfully on Ubuntu 7.04
> Feisty Fawn.
> 
> I hope you'll be willing to do some testing. At this
> point, you may be the only other Linux user with a K3.
> 
David, I will be more than happy to test your version of the utility. I'm
running Xandros Desktop 4.0 which is based on Debian Sarge and it appears to
meet your minimum requirements. I also have an Asus Eee PC which runs a
later version of Xandros so I'll test it on that too, using a USB to serial
adapter. I assume the K3 has some sort of unbreakable bootstrap loader so if
a firmware update goes horribly wrong it doesn't have to be shipped back to
Aptos for rectification...



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