Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Failed Install + gr-osmosdr Troubles

On 12/11/2013 04:49 PM, Jacob Dickinson wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 6:38 AM, Martin Braun (CEL)<martin.braun@kit.edu> wrote:
>> On Sat, Dec 07, 2013 at 08:39:57PM -0800, Jacob Dickinson wrote:
>>> I then uninstalled 3.7.2.1 and installed 3.7.1.1 from the binary
>>> package (gnuradio_3.7.1.1_Ubuntu-13.10-x86_64.deb). Now gnuradio
>>> itself works, but when I installed the gr-osmosdr package following
>>> instructions on the osmocom website, there was no trace of any of the
>>> blocks in gnuradio-companion.
>> I'm guessing that the GNU Radio files are in /usr/ and the OsmoSDR files
>> are in /usr/local. In that case, GRC doesn't look for the blocks in
>> /usr/local.
>>
>> To see if this is the problem, set the environment variable
>> GRC_BLOCKS_PATH to /usr/local/share/gnuradio/grc/blocks/ (or wherever
>> your blocks are) and start gnuradio-companion. If this works, then you
>> can statically set this path in ~/.gnuradio/config.conf (see
>> http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/GNURadioCompanion).
>>
>> This behaviour is already documented (Issue #606), but we get very few
>> people who mix the source and binary builds.
>>
>>> When trying to import osmosdr directly in a python interpreter: the
>>> first time I issue the import statement, I get "ImportError:
>>> /usr/lib/libgnuradio-blocks-3.7.1.1.so.0.0.0: undefined symbol:
>>> volk_64u_byteswap_u". As far as I can tell, libvolk is installed on my
>>> machine. The second time I issue the import, the python interpreter
>>> crashes with a seg fault.
>>>
>>> I'm not too concerned about the crashing in 3.7.2.1 unless it's easily
>>> solvable or related to the second issue. The main thing I'm concerned
>>> about is getting gr-osmosdr working. Any guidance on troubleshooting
>>> this? I'm not familiar enough with gnuradio yet to know where to look.
>> Well, if GNU Radio doesn't work you won't be able to use gr-osmosdr
>> either. I can't think of a solution off the top of my head, though.
>>
>> Perhaps this is a case where pybombs might be able to help you.
>> If you want to try this, do the following:
>> - Uninstall everything GNU Radio- and OsmoSDR-related
>> - Run
>> git clone git://github.com/pybombs/pybombs
>> cd pybombs
>> ./pybombs install gnuradio
>>
>> and then
>>
>> ./pybombs install gr-osmosdr
>>
>> http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/pybombs/wiki/QuickStart will guide
>> you.
>>
>> MB
>>
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> Thanks for the info Martin! I set the environment variable and the
> osmocom blocks appeared in gnuradio-companion.
>
> When I said "I'm not too concerned about the crashing" I just meant
> that I'm willing to use the earlier version (3.7.2.1) if it works
> better on my system rather than debugging 3.7.2.2.
>
> Just for fun I uninstalled everything and tried installing with
> pybombs. However when it got to the step which builds
> filter_swigPYTHON_wrap there was an issue:
>
> [ 78%] Building CXX object
> gr-filter/swig/CMakeFiles/_filter_swig.dir/filter_swigPYTHON_wrap.cxx.o
>
> c++: internal compiler error: Killed (program c11plus)
> Please submit a full bug report,
> with preprocessed source if appropriate.
> See<file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-4.8/README.Bugs> for instructions.
> make[2]: *** [gr-blocks/swig/CMakeFiles/_block_swig2.dir/blocks_swig2PYTHON_wrap.cxx.o]
> Error 4
> make[1]: *** [gr-blocks/swig/CMakeFiles/_blocks_swig2.dir/all] Error 2
> make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
> Linking CXX shared module _filter_swig.so
> [ 79%] Built target _filter_swig
> Linking CXX shared module _blocks_swig4.so
> [ 80%] Built target _blocks_swig4
> Linking CXX shared module _blocks_swig5.so
> [ 80%] Built target _blocks_swig5
> make: *** [all] Error 2
> Error:root:PyBOMBS Make step failed for package (gnuradio) please see
> bash output above for a reason (hint: look for the word Error)
>
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That's generally due to gpp running out of memory during processing of
the fairly-chunky SWIG files. Add more RAM to your system, or add a
swap/paging file see "mkswap" and "swapon".



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