[chirp_users] Not always DIALOUT

[Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF]

Navigator Interface under FLDIGI is also in the serial group.


> On 28 October 2016 at 11:20 "Nigel A. Gunn  G8IFF/W8IFF" <nigel at ngunn.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> I think it's Xubuntu 16.04 but it's running as a CHROOT on top of Chrome OS using Chrome's kernel for hardware access.
> Installed using the Crouton scripts. 
> I haven't yet looked at FLDIGI with my Navigator interface to see which groups it's 6 USB ports fall into.
> 
> 
> > On 28 October 2016 at 10:43 Ryan Tourge <ryan.tourge at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > Good point. dialout was the defacto standard for so long that us long term
> > *NX people still go by it. It's like saying I'm going to tape something on
> > my DVR. I guess now that modems and serial interfaces are legacy items on
> > most computers it would make sense for the newer distros to make them
> > separate. I'm actually glad you made this post. I have a script I use to
> > install the FLdigi suite and other apps on new computers and I didn't
> > include adding the user to required group.
> > 
> > Can I ask which distro you are using?
> > 
> > Ryan, N2YQT
> > 
> > On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 10:04 AM, Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF <nigel at ngunn.net
> > > wrote:
> > 
> > >
> > > We keep insisting that Linux (and possibly Mac) users add themselves to
> > > the "dialout" group.
> > >
> > > Didn't work for me. My system allocates /div/ttyUSBx to the "serial" group
> > > so if you cannot access your USB/serial
> > > ports, check permissions for the /dev/ttyUSBx device to see which group
> > > it's a member of.
> > >
> > > de Nigel W8IFF/G8IFF
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