Success, silly me, I forgot to log out and log back in. Dialout is now on the list and I have downloaded the UV-5R. Thank you very much guys.
Linux is fun, so much better than I ever thought it would be. Giving new life to the old laptops in the shack. Now will try it on Zorin too.
I see a number of Ham related applications available for Linux. What are the main ones recommended to play with? I have GPredict satellite tracking running.
73, Richard AG5M
-------------------------------------------- On Thu, 10/1/15, Dave H davekh@gmail.com wrote:
Subject: Re: [chirp_users] CHIRP with Linux Mint / Linux Zorin To: "Richard AG5M" ag5m@yahoo.com, "Discussion of CHIRP" chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com Date: Thursday, October 1, 2015, 2:06 PM
Welcome to the world of Linux...
I think you just need to add your login username to the group called 'dialout'. Then it will work.
There is a graphic interface for this - but it's really easy to type a couple of lines in a terminal screen to make it happen.
open a terminal and run the following. (replace USERNAME with your username) sudo usermod -a -G dialout USERNAME (you will be asked for the password of the account who setup the Linux install - probably you - so put yours in) (if alls well now type this) id USERNAME (press enter and it will list groups you are a member of, this should now include dialout Importantly - now log out and back in again and it should work. Hope this helps - It's the first job to do to a ham radio install. If you want to check up on this first - you would be adding an already existing username to an already existing group. ps finding a local Linux User Group might be a good idea, there's nothing like face to face support!
73 Dave H G0CER Shropshire linux Users Group https://shropshirelug.wordpress.com/
On 1 October 2015 at 21:21, Richard AG5M via chirp_users chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com wrote: I am new to Linux (Linux Mint 17.2 and Zorin 9.0). I have installed CHIRP on both computers. But I am unable to download from my Baofeng UV-3R or Baofeng UV-5R. In each case it appears it does not find, or allow me access to, the Com Port ttyS0, or any port for that matter. Probably something simple I do not know about being new to Linux. Can anyone please give me some advice? Thanks
Richard AG5M
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