DragonOS 6.12.y for the uConsole and DevTerm

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DragonOS: 6.12.48

DragonOS is now based off Debian Trixie instead of Ubuntu, I have redone the image so it now supports the CM5!


DragonOS Pi64 is an out-of-the-box 22.04 aarch64 Raspberry Pi based operating system for anyone interested in software defined radios.

Features: ClockworkPi-CM4-DragonOS-6.12.y

  • Sane charging defaults applied.
  • Kernel updates though my APT repo.
  • External WiFi antenna already set in config.txt.
  • Auto-expanding file system
    • On first boot system will boot expand FS then reboot.
  • Updated driver overlays - easier config.txt management.
    • Just follow the instructions at the bottom of the config.txt
  • Username / Password: ubuntu / dragon

Raspberry Pi Imager will cause image not to boot if you apply custom settings.

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I have added a few working/testing images and kernels with the *.deb files to install in the mega folder if you want for different OSs.

Google Drive link for the main image if Mega doesn’t work for you.


Here’s my Github with the rpi-6.12.y branch if you’d like to compile yourself. All the ClockworkPi drivers are pre-marked to compile in bcm2711_defconfig or bcm2712_defconfig. Also the APT repo with kernels and hardware scripts for ClockworkPi devices


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RTL-SDR & LORA Extension board prep files
Just received my uConsole, now what? A list of links of interest
Dragon_OS pi version
Screen not powering on, no keyboard working,works on hdmi
uConsole OS directory
Dragon_OS pi version
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7th distro. what are you @Rex ? are you one of these ‘distro maintainer’???

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I guess I am now. I’m am but a humble distro dealer peddling my wares. :rofl:

I just want to help people and this device succeed.
I know with the SDR expansion card about to ship soon more people will want to give some of these tools a spin without having to compiling everything themselves.

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I always thought SDR people do it purely for struggle, otherwise why they don’t use internet for communication, but for remote SDR?

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Because with SDR you can literally scan RF in real time in your local area. I don’t know of any online tool that can do this exhaustively.

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YEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSS @Rex i spent weeks on doing this image and gave up tbh anything ubuntu was a wall for me, glad it has been added to the collection. now i can dust off my hackrf to get my radio freak on ;p

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It took me longer then I’d like to admit to get this one going.
Ubuntu does some weird stuff with u-boot I don’t like, along with a list of other things.

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im just glad one of us figured it out, theres a whole folder on my uconsole dedicated to your images

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Holy Cowpoop, dude you are amazing! I got my uconsole and devterm way back in the day and there was not many things you could run on it. The forums were fairly quiet. Then you came and changed all of that! Thank you for all the hard work and effort, I, and I daresay everyone are most grateful for the work that you do!!! It’s almost a little game I play with myself everytime I look at the forum or discord, “Lets see if AK-Rex have ported another OS to the uconsole/devterm”!!!

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there are sdr machines with web interface and remote access

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at your place? Cause those would be useless to scan your local airwaves.

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I am genuinely curious about this. Do you have a link?

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some map: Map of SDR Receivers | World of Receivers and Transmitters
some list: http://websdr.org/
software: https://www.openwebrx.de/

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Trying this out. I have no audio. At all. On REX’s bookworm OS I compiled sdr angel and it didn’t have audio but sdr++ did. Now on dragon nothing has audio not even YouTube. I’ve messed with audio settings and still nothing. I’m completely new to sdr. Am I missing something? Anyone else have this issue?

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This reminds me that I need to do some work on a website, sorry for the delay.

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I just tested and you’re right no audio, guess I didn’t test audio out. I’m going to look into it tonight.
Thanks for posting the problem!

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I was able to get sound out of the headphone jack.

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Yeah, I found the problem. Ubuntu doesn’t come with pinctrl to control the GPIO so I’m adding it and packaging the newest kernel for the image too. A new Image will be up tomorrow morning.

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Audio is fixed in the newest image 6.12.27!

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Search for Openwebrx+
There is people around the world sharing their SDR

But with GoBox, a portable SDR kit is awesome!