Add your user to the dialout group. Jim KC9HI On Mon, Feb 17, 2020, 12:58 AM Kheong Sann CHAN <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm trying to connect to a UV-5R using a USB cable that was bought some > time (maybe 5-10 years) ago, using chirpw on ubuntu 16.04. > > The tty port is found when I plug it in: > $ dmesg | grep tty > [ 7527.188154] usb 1-2: pl2303 converter now attached to ttyUSB0 > [ 7548.490452] pl2303 ttyUSB0: pl2303 converter now disconnected from > ttyUSB0 > > $ la /dev/ttyU* > crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 188, 0 Feb 17 13:49 /dev/ttyUSB0 > > When I start chirpw and try to download from radio, the error is not > consistent, it depends on whether I've tried it before or not. Sometimes I > get the error: > [Errno 16] could not open port /dev/ttyUSB0: > [Errno 16] Device or resource busy: '/dev/ttyUSB0' > > and /dev/ttyUSB0 disappears. > > Another time after I unplugged and replugged the USB cable and restarted > chirpw, /dev/ttyUSB0 reappears and when I try to download from radio I get: > [Errno 5] could not open port /dev/ttyUSB0: > [Errno 5] Input/output error: '/dev/ttyUSB0' > > Any advice on how to troubleshoot this? > > Kheong. > > _______________________________________________ > chirp_users mailing list > [email protected] > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > This message was sent to Jim at [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to > [email protected]
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