Thanks to some helpful hints from several in the group, I found the solution to getting Linux (Mint 17 Qiana, Mate Edition) to work with the KXUSB adapter. Here is what was required…
- Click the MENU button and select the CONTROL CENTER - Locate USERS AND GROUPS in the SYSTEM grouping - Select your USER on the Users Settings screen if you have more than one user set up - Select ADVANCED SETTINGS and Authenticate - Select the USER PRIViLEGES tab - Enable USE MODEMS by clicking the box - OK and Close all the open screens and REBOOT or log out and back in Your Elecraft Utility of choice should now find the proper port (/dev/ttyusb0 in my case) and be able to to connect via the KXUSB. I took a quick look at Ubuntu 14.04 and didn’t find GUI options like Mint has to work with user groups. I suspect I would need to edit a file, perhaps having to do with “dialout” privileges. This is beyond my attention span since Mint is now working fine. By the way, the Linux Elecraft Utilities (at least the ones I tried) are 32 bit applications. I installed 64 bit Mint 17 and could not get the Utilities to open at all until I installed the 32 bit libraries for Mint. I used the commands suggested by David - W4DES, shown at the bottom of this link… http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/linux-K3-utility-td7589395.html <http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/linux-K3-utility-td7589395.html> This installation went fine and then the Utilities would open. There is a 32 bit version of Mint 17 available for download, and I suspect it would work as installed. Thanks again for the helpful replies. 73 and Have Fun! Lyn - KC8I PS - After finding this USER PROCESSES screen, I probably can figure out why some other things don't work for me on Linux. There are numerous other boxes you can check to enable “stuff” that might be necessary. > 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. > > 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? > > Thanks, > Lyn - KC8I ______________________________________________________________ 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]
