[chirp_users] Use on VX5r

[Steve Kompier]

In a terminal, what does "groups marty" show? (no quotes). If the listed
groups doesn't show dialout, run this command without quotes "sudo usermod
-a -G dialout marty" and then groups marty again.

Steve

On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 4:30 PM, Marty Hartwell <mhartwe at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi
>
> I am a new member to the Chirp user group  and have a question.
>
> I have downloaded Chirp to Xubuntu 12.04 using Synaptic Package
> Manager and set it up to try to work with the VX5R. I get an error
> message after trying to connect. The connection is via a USB to
> serial adapter which has worked before with the rig. The software is
> configured to use ttyUSB0 which is correct, I see that /dev/ttyUSB0
> has permissions of:
> crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 188,  0 Sep 23 17:22 /dev/ttyUSB0
>
> So I put myself in the dialout group as such:
> dialout:x:20:marty
>
> and have rebooted the machine a couple of times since that time.
> First is the entry in group correct, my login id is marty?
>
> Second has anyone else had this problem with VX5R rigs.
>
> The version of Chirp I am using is 0.1.12, I just loaded it yesterday
> sometime.
>
> On another not, I have a system running Win XP and loaded Chirp on it
> too and am getting much the same response. Only on that system I
> was connecting via serial port.
> I was able to connect and download and modify using Vx5 Commander and
> EVE, not very well mind you but it did work.
>
> Any ideas.
>
> Marty kd8bj
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