[chirp_users] Chirp not showing USB ports in Linux

[Jim Unroe]

On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 6:34 PM, Gerald Spurbeck <n1xio.mobile at gmail.com>wrote:

> I need some help here please. I have LinuxMint 14 installed on my
> laptop. Mint sees my USB cable as ttyUSB0. However, all Chirp sees is
> tty0 and above, no USB anything, thus I can't begin to connect to
> anything until I can get Chirp to recognize my USB ports.
>
> Sent from my iPhone;
> Gerald Spurbeck
> TransAm Truck 53110
> 🇺🇸🚚📱🐧
>

Would that be because CHIRP uses serial ports and not USB ports? The
programming cable's job is to create a psudo serial port for CHIRP to use.
Have you added your user to the 'dialout' group?

Jim KC9HI
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