On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 9:27 AM, John Meloche <john1melo...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I did find a simlar entry to this problem on the forum from last month but
> there was no usable solution for me unless I missed something.  Also I have
> not found a way to allow me to change the USB permissions. Any advise will
> be a great help.
>
> Thanks
> John
>
> I have this issue on TWO DIFFERENT MACHINES.  Here is what I did on each
> of them:
>
> Completely fresh install of Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS
> apt-get update
> apt-get upgrade
> apt-get libasound2-dev (because I need to use an 8 channel USB sound card
> with my GRC app)
> install and configure pybombs (used all default settings)
> ./pybombs install gnuradio
>
> each time I want to run gnuradio-companion I must first set the enviroment
> (a minor annoyance)
>
> ./pybombs env
>

You only need to run this once to create the environment setup file.


> source /home/xxxx/target/setup_env.sh
>

You can put this in your ~/.bashrc (or equivalent) file to set up your
environment when you log in.


> sudo /home/xxxx/target/lib/uhd/utils/uhd_images_downloader.py
>

Again, this only needs to be done once, unless the UHD images change.



>
> and then
>
> gnuradio_companion (GRC 3.7.5 GUI works fine)
>
> However, I have no connection to the USRP B200
>
> uhd_find_devices or uhd_usrp_probe returns the following:
>
> UHD Error:
>          USB open failed: insufficient permisssions.
>          See the application notes for your device.
> No UHD Devices Found
>
> running lsusb returns the following:
>
> Bus 002 Device 006: ID 2500:0200
>
> according the information in ~/target/lib/uhd/utils/uhd_usrp.rules, ID
> 2500:0200 is the B200 USRP
>

Copy the uhd_usrp.rules file into /etc/udev/rules.d/ and then reload the
udev rules:

$ sudo udevadm control --reload-rules


Tom
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