Hi Cinaed, Thank you very much! Will test! George On Thu, Aug 4, 2022, 12:27 AM Cinaed Simson <cinaed.sim...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi George - the hackrf runs under ubuntu. > > The latest version is > > release 2021.03.1 > https://github.com/greatscottgadgets/hackrf/release > > https://github.com/greatscottgadgets/hackrf/releases/download/v2021.03.1/hackrf-2021.03.1.tar.xz > > The current firmware version on your hackrf is 2014. > > You could try > > apt update > apt install hackrf libhackrf-dev > > which may give you the 2018 version for the hackrf utils and > libhackrf-dev. > > But I don't know how the firmware gets updated using apt - I've never used > apt to install the hackrf software. > > The 2014 firmware may play enough well with the 2018 software - I don't > know. It may play well enough to indicate the hackrf works on ubuntu but > Ideally you'd like the version of firmware to match the software. > > -- Cinaed > > > On 8/3/22 18:28, George Edwards wrote: > > Hello Gentlemen, > > I installed VirtualBox extension pack and made the USB connection in > VirtualBox to the HackerRF board. However, in the Ubuntu Terminal when I > execute the command hackrf_info the info that comes up is: > hackrf_info version: unknown > libhackrf version: unknown (0.5) > Found HackRF > Index: 0 > Board ID Number: 2 (HackRF One) > Firmware Version: 2014.08.1 (API:1.00) > Part ID Number: 0xa000cb3c 0x006e4756 > > The above shows Ubuntu is having trouble reading the top two version > information and as a result when I try to run the Gnuradio flowgraph, it > gives a message that it fails to open HackRF. > > George > > > > > On Wed, Aug 3, 2022 at 10:32 AM James Anderson <j...@jrsa.co> wrote: > >> You might want to try running hackrf_info with superuser privileges using >> sudo, i.e. "sudo hackrf_info". Many/most peripherals require this in Linux >> by default. >> >> Additionally, use of a VM may limit the sample rate you can achieve since >> there is some overhead passing through the USB connection. Consider >> installing Linux directly on your machine. >> >> On Aug 3, 2022, at 6:12 AM, George Edwards <gedwards....@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> Hello GNURadio Community, >> >> I built a grc flowgraph in Gnuradio 3.9.5 on Ubuntu 20.04 inside >> Microsoft VirtualBox. I have a HackRF One radio hardware. I installed the >> hackrf drivers in Ubuntu with command: sudo apt-get install -y hackrf >> and confirmed the installation. I connected the HackRF One board to my >> computer and in the Terminal prompt entered the command hackrf_info and >> received the response that it does not see the Hackrf board. >> >> And true to form when I ran the flowgraph, I get the following error >> message: >> RuntimeError: no hackrf device matches >> >> Why is Ubuntu 20.04 running inside MS VirtualBox not seeing the HackRf >> board with the HackRf drivers installed. And, how do I resolve this issue? >> >> Will appreciate any help to resolve this issue. >> >> George >> >> >
