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<div><font size="2">Have the Yaesu 857 w/ oem serial cable, then a good FTDI Serial/usb adapter. Running Linux Mint 19.3. <br>
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<div><font size="2">Got the dreaded error [Errno 13] could not open port /dev/ttyS0: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/dev/ttyS0'<br>
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<div><font size="2">Searched long and hard, Done everything, Dan and others say to do, carefully, no luck. Here's some commands and results:<br>
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<div><font size="2">Pete, N2EXG<br>
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<div><font size="2">sudo gpasswd --add $holmzie dialout</font></div>
<div><font size="2">gives me gpasswd: user 'dialout' does not exist</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Groups</font></div>
<div><font size="2">holmzie adm cdrom sudo dip plugdev lpadmin sambashare</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">sudo addgroup $holmzie dialout<br>
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<div><font size="2">addgroup: The group `dialout' already exists.<br>
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<div><font size="2">usb-devices</font></div>
<div><font size="2">T: Bus=03 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#= 7 Spd=12 MxCh= 0<br>
D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1<br>
P: Vendor=0403 ProdID=6001 Rev=04.00<br>
S: Manufacturer=FTDI<br>
S: Product=USB HS SERIAL CONVERTER<br>
S: SerialNumber=FTDYUTIA<br>
C: #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=a0 MxPwr=44mA<br>
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=ff Prot=ff Driver=ftdi_sio<br>
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<div><font size="2">lsusb -v <br>
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<div><font size="2">Bus 003 Device 007: ID 0403:6001 Future Technology Devices International, Ltd FT232 USB-Serial (UART) IC<br>
Device Descriptor:<br>
bLength 18<br>
bDescriptorType 1<br>
bcdUSB 1.10<br>
bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level)<br>
bDeviceSubClass 0 <br>
bDeviceProtocol 0 <br>
bMaxPacketSize0 8<br>
idVendor 0x0403 Future Technology Devices International, Ltd<br>
idProduct 0x6001 FT232 USB-Serial (UART) IC<br>
bcdDevice 4.00<br>
iManufacturer 1 FTDI<br>
iProduct 2 USB HS SERIAL CONVERTER<br>
iSerial 3 FTDYUTIA<br>
bNumConfigurations 1<br>
Configuration Descriptor:<br>
bLength 9<br>
bDescriptorType 2<br>
wTotalLength 32<br>
bNumInterfaces 1<br>
bConfigurationValue 1<br>
iConfiguration 0 <br>
bmAttributes 0xa0<br>
(Bus Powered)<br>
Remote Wakeup<br>
MaxPower 44mA<br>
Interface Descriptor:<br>
bLength 9<br>
bDescriptorType 4<br>
bInterfaceNumber 0<br>
bAlternateSetting 0<br>
bNumEndpoints 2<br>
bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class<br>
bInterfaceSubClass 255 Vendor Specific Subclass<br>
bInterfaceProtocol 255 Vendor Specific Protocol<br>
iInterface 2 USB HS SERIAL CONVERTER<br>
Endpoint Descriptor:<br>
bLength 7<br>
bDescriptorType 5<br>
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN<br>
bmAttributes 2<br>
Transfer Type Bulk<br>
Synch Type None<br>
Usage Type Data<br>
wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes<br>
bInterval 0<br>
Endpoint Descriptor:<br>
bLength 7<br>
bDescriptorType 5<br>
bEndpointAddress 0x02 EP 2 OUT<br>
bmAttributes 2<br>
Transfer Type Bulk<br>
Synch Type None<br>
Usage Type Data<br>
wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes<br>
bInterval 0<br>
Device Status: 0x0000<br>
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<div><font size="2">holmzie@holmzie-All-Series ~ $ cat /etc/group<br>
root:x:0:<br>
daemon:x:1:<br>
bin:x:2:<br>
sys:x:3:<br>
adm:x:4:syslog,holmzie<br>
tty:x:5:<br>
disk:x:6:<br>
lp:x:7:<br>
mail:x:8:<br>
news:x:9:<br>
uucp:x:10:<br>
man:x:12:<br>
proxy:x:13:<br>
kmem:x:15:<br>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">dialout:x:20:</span><br>
fax:x:21:<br>
voice:x:22:<br>
cdrom:x:24:holmzie<br>
floppy:x:25:<br>
tape:x:26:<br>
sudo:x:27:holmzie<br>
audio:x:29:pulse<br>
dip:x:30:holmzie<br>
www-data:x:33:<br>
backup:x:34:<br>
operator:x:37:<br>
list:x:38:<br>
irc:x:39:<br>
src:x:40:<br>
gnats:x:41:<br>
shadow:x:42:<br>
utmp:x:43:<br>
video:x:44:<br>
sasl:x:45:<br>
plugdev:x:46:holmzie<br>
staff:x:50:<br>
games:x:60:<br>
users:x:100:<br>
nogroup:x:65534:<br>
systemd-journal:x:101:<br>
systemd-network:x:102:<br>
systemd-resolve:x:103:<br>
input:x:104:<br>
crontab:x:105:<br>
syslog:x:106:<br>
messagebus:x:107:<br>
netdev:x:108:<br>
mlocate:x:109:<br>
ssl-cert:x:110:<br>
uuidd:x:111:<br>
avahi-autoipd:x:112:<br>
ssh:x:113:<br>
bluetooth:x:114:<br>
lpadmin:x:115:holmzie<br>
ntp:x:116:<br>
lightdm:x:117:<br>
nopasswdlogin:x:118:<br>
rtkit:x:119:<br>
scanner:x:120:saned<br>
saned:x:121:<br>
nm-openvpn:x:122:<br>
avahi:x:123:<br>
colord:x:124:<br>
pulse:x:125:<br>
pulse-access:x:126:<br>
geoclue:x:127:<br>
holmzie:x:1000:<br>
sambashare:x:128:holmzie<br>
mysql:x:129:<br>
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