ax25-xtools¶
X11 versions of the AX.25 monitoring tools
- Version recorded: 0.0.10
- Categories:
packet-terminals - Upstream: https://linux-ax25.in-berlin.de/wiki/Main_Page
- Install after:
ax25-tools - Needs from the kernel:
ax25— checked against the running kernel at plan time; see kernel-ax25
What it does¶
Windowed equivalents of the ax25-tools monitors, principally xlisten -- the same raw-frame view as listen in a scrolling window rather than a terminal.
Why you would want it¶
On a desktop, having the frame monitor in its own window beside the terminal program is more useful than it sounds: packet debugging is a comparison between what you sent and what went out, and that is a two-window job.
Before it will work¶
An X11 session and a configured AX.25 port.
How it installs¶
- apt:
ax25-xtools
Known problems¶
Needs the kernel AX.25 stack, which Linux 7.1 removed (merge 64edfa65, 2026-04-24); on a 7.1 or newer kernel -- Kali rolling and Pop!_OS 24.04 on 7.1.5, measured 2026-09-04 -- the plan refuses or defers this unit by name. See ax25-tools and docs/reference/kernel-ax25.md. It is a thin X11 wrapper with no theming and no scrollback beyond what the widget holds. For anything to be captured rather than watched, the command-line listen piped to a file is the better tool.
Keeping it current¶
- probe: apt policy
- strategy: apt_upgrade
Where to get help with the software itself¶
The linux-ax25 project wiki.