* On 2014 06 Nov 11:28 -0600, Lyn Haddock wrote: > I’m trying to connect my KX3/PX3 rig to a Linux computer to use the > Utility programs. I’m have tried to connect to two different computers > running both Mint 17 and Ubuntu 14.04 with no luck so far. > > From what I can tell, these Linux distros should both natively support > FTDI chips for VCP connections. The FTDI site confirms this and only > provides instructions for replacing the VCP driver with a D2XX driver. > > I can see the FTDI device using “lsusb” when plug the KXUSB > in. However, the KXUSB apparently can’t connect to /dev/ttyusb0 to let > me use the KX3 or PX3 Utilities.
Hi Lyn. Most likely the name of the port is /dev/ttyUSB0 as that has been standard convention for some time. Case matters in file names. If you are typing the name correctly, then all I can think of is that your username may not be a member of the 'dialout' group. You can easily check this in a terminal by typing the 'groups' command. There are various ways to do add your username to the 'dialout' group, as I recall, both Mint and Ubunutu offer a graphical program to manage your user's group membership. > When i unplug the KXUSB from the USB port on either Linux box and plug > it into my Mac, all is well. It even works when I reboot the same PC > to WIN7 instead of Ubuntu. What am I missing? I don't know about OS/X, but I recall that Windows will automatically make the device available to a non-privileged user. The Linux distributions are a bit more careful about security in this regard which sometimes seems like a bit of undue paranoia. 73, Nate -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://www.n0nb.us ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
