Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] RuntimeError: Failed to open rtlsdr device - some success

2012-06-17 Thread Phil
On 17/06/12 19:20, Alex DEKKER wrote: On 17/06/12 02:38, Phil wrote: By "reload udev" do you mean restart udevd? To be precise, reloading a service [usually] results in it re-reading its config without restarting it. Restarting it, stops it and starts it. Restarting udev will achieve the sam

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] RuntimeError: Failed to open rtlsdr device - some success

2012-06-17 Thread Alex DEKKER
On 17/06/12 02:38, Phil wrote: By "reload udev" do you mean restart udevd? To be precise, reloading a service [usually] results in it re-reading its config without restarting it. Restarting it, stops it and starts it. Restarting udev will achieve the same end result in this case as reloadi

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] RuntimeError: Failed to open rtlsdr device - some success

2012-06-16 Thread Phil
On 17/06/12 01:23, Marcus D. Leech wrote: On 16/06/12 07:14 AM, Alex DEKKER wrote: On 16/06/12 11:56, Phil wrote: OK I now have simple_FM_rcv running as root! So all I need now is to set the permission of the dongle. How might I do that? I have an FCD and an RTL dongle. I got the FCD first,

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] RuntimeError: Failed to open rtlsdr device - some success

2012-06-16 Thread Phil
On 16/06/12 21:14, Alex DEKKER wrote: On 16/06/12 11:56, Phil wrote: OK I now have simple_FM_rcv running as root! So all I need now is to set the permission of the dongle. How might I do that? I have an FCD and an RTL dongle. I got the FCD first, for which I created a udev rule. I duplicated

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] RuntimeError: Failed to open rtlsdr device - some success

2012-06-16 Thread Marcus D. Leech
On 16/06/12 07:14 AM, Alex DEKKER wrote: > On 16/06/12 11:56, Phil wrote: >> >> OK I now have simple_FM_rcv running as root! >> >> So all I need now is to set the permission of the dongle. How might I >> do that? >> > I have an FCD and an RTL dongle. I got the FCD first, for which I > created a ude

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] RuntimeError: Failed to open rtlsdr device - some success

2012-06-16 Thread Alex DEKKER
On 16/06/12 11:56, Phil wrote: OK I now have simple_FM_rcv running as root! So all I need now is to set the permission of the dongle. How might I do that? I have an FCD and an RTL dongle. I got the FCD first, for which I created a udev rule. I duplicated these for the RTL dongle: $ cat /e

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] RuntimeError: Failed to open rtlsdr device - some success

2012-06-16 Thread Phil
On 16/06/12 20:31, Phil wrote: OK I now have simple_FM_rcv running as root! So all I need now is to set the permission of the dongle. How might I do that? -- Regards, Phil ___ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org https://lists.gnu

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] RuntimeError: Failed to open rtlsdr device

2012-06-16 Thread Phil
On 16/06/12 20:11, Alex DEKKER wrote: Try running the test program that comes with one of the libraries [can't remember which one OTTOMH] as yourself and as root. That should answer the permissions question. Thanks Alex, As me, I receive an open usb error and as root I receive a can't find l

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] RuntimeError: Failed to open rtlsdr device

2012-06-16 Thread Alex DEKKER
Try running the test program that comes with one of the libraries [can't remember which one OTTOMH] as yourself and as root. That should answer the permissions question. alexd ___ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org https://lists.g

[Discuss-gnuradio] RuntimeError: Failed to open rtlsdr device

2012-06-16 Thread Phil
I'm almost there at last! Is this a permission issue? I notice that there aren't any USB devices listed under /dev. Should there be? Using device #0: ezcap USB 2.0 DVB-T/DAB/FM dongle usb_open error -3 Traceback (most recent call last): File "./simple_fm_rcv.py", line 949, in tb = simpl