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    I have a Baofeng DR1801<br>
    Using Chirp on Windows I can read/write to the radio<br>
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    Using Kubuntu  22.10, running:  <span style="font-family:monospace"><span
        style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;">python3
        -mchirp.wxui  I get an error message:</span><br>
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    </span><span style="font-family:monospace"><span
        style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;">WARNING: Unable
        to select ''
      </span><br>
      ERROR: uv5r._ident_radio: Radio did not respond
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      ERROR: uv5r._ident_radio: Radio did not respond
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      ERROR: Failed to clone: Radio did not respond
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      Traceback (most recent call last):
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       File
      "/home/john/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/chirp/wxui/clone.py",
      line 66, in run
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         self._fn()
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       File
      "/home/john/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/chirp/drivers/uv5r.py",
      line 845, in sync_in
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         self._mmap = _do_download(self)
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       File
      "/home/john/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/chirp/drivers/uv5r.py",
      line 554, in _do_download
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         data = _ident_radio(radio)
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       File
      "/home/john/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/chirp/drivers/uv5r.py",
      line 549, in _ident_radio
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         raise error
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       File
      "/home/john/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/chirp/drivers/uv5r.py",
      line 526, in _ident_radio
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         data = _do_ident(radio, magic)
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       File
      "/home/john/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/chirp/drivers/uv5r.py",
      line 421, in _do_ident
      <br>
         raise errors.RadioError("Radio did not respond")<br>
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      dmesg confirms the cable is connected to ttyUSB0.<br>
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      Is this a permissions problem?<br>
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      I have tried:    </span><span style="font-family:monospace"><span
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          style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;">$ sudo usermod
          -a -G $(stat -c %G /dev/ttyUSB0) $USER</span><br>
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      What else can I do?</span><br>
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        Kia ora<br>
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          <b>JohnG</b></big></font><br>
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