Geoffrey,

Lots of things tend to work better when they're plugged in. :-)

There are two main rig control programs for Linux that I'm aware of. One, grig, is in the Ubuntu repositories under "Amateur Radio". The other, flrig, is available through the developer's web site at http://w1hkj.com. I've used both and IMO flrig is nicer and better maintained, but YMMV. (Plus Dave, the developer of flrig, is approachable and responsive, and there's an active Yahoo group for Dave's software.) Try both and see.

73, Creede WA7KPK
From: Geoffrey K. Phillips
Sent: 7/28/2012 1:30 PM
To: chirp_users-request@intrepid.danplanet.com; chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com
Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Using Chirp with Ubuntu

Hello all,

I really appreciate al the help and suggestions given. All informative and useful.

Turns out that old age has gotten the better of me and stupidity has set in with a vengeance.

I had not plugged in the cable (duh !!), so there was nothing to be detected. Now all is well, and CHIRP works fine. In fact it feels more stable than on Windows XP.

So again thanks for a job well done.

{ Now who knows about a good HF rig control program for UBUNTU?}

Geoffrey




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> Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:04:48 -0600
> From: Tom Hayward <esarfl@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Using CHIRP with UBUNTU
> To: gphillips13@centurylink.net,       Discussion of CHIRP
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> On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 12:15 PM, Geoffrey K. Phillips
> <gphillips13@centurylink.net> wrote:
> > Hi there,
> >
> > Well, I got CHIRP to work fine with my handy little Baofeng UV-5R on Windows
> > XP. [well done fellows !!]
> >
> > I now have it running on UBUNTU, except it looks for a tty(x) driver, and I
> > use a USB cable.
> >
> > What do I have to do so that I can use this cable? Do I need a Linux driver?
> > And if so, where do I get one?
>
> All of the drivers are included with Ubuntu and loaded automatically
> (easy, eh?).
>
> You will probably find your cable at /dev/ttyUSB0.
>
> Tom KD7LXL
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2012 16:16:34 -0400
> From: "D.J.J. Ring, Jr." <n1ea@arrl.net>
> Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Using CHIRP with UBUNTU
> To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com>
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> Also get a listing of /dev/USB01 with the -l for long listing.
>
> Then check the group and see if you have privledges to "hear" and "send"
> through that device.
>
> http://bugs.goldencheetah.org/projects/goldencheetah/wiki/Allowing_your_Linux_userid_permission_to_use_your_USB_device
>
> I'm not at the rig, so I don't have a USB01 device - but my user groups are:
> dr adm lp dialout fax cdrom floppy tape sudo dip plugdev lpadmin sambashare
>
> Where dr is my username group.
>
> You have to add yourself to dialout if I remember correctly, that article
> will help or just do:
>
> sudo nano /etc/group
>
> or if you want to use gedit in X windows.
> sudo gedit /etc/group
>
> Find dialout it will look something like this - the number may differ.
> dialout:x:20:
>
> At the end of that line add your user name like I will add mine:
> dialout:x:20:dr
>
> Save the file, and exit.  Control O and control X if using nano.
>
> Best to you,
>
> David
>
>
> David J. Ring, Jr., N1EA <http://www.qsl.net/n1ea/>  Radio-Officers
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> *Gopher Hole:*  gopher://sdf.org/1/users/djringjr/ (native or with
> Firefox's Overbite extension) or via http to gopher
> gateway<http://gopher.floodgap.com/gopher/gw?gopher://sdf.org/1/users/djringjr/>
> *C**hat* Skype: djringjr MSN: djringjr@msn.com AIM: N1EA icq: 27380609
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> =30=
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 3:04 PM, Tom Hayward <esarfl@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 12:15 PM, Geoffrey K. Phillips
> > <gphillips13@centurylink.net> wrote:
> > > Hi there,
> > >
> > > Well, I got CHIRP to work fine with my handy little Baofeng UV-5R on
> > Windows
> > > XP. [well done fellows !!]
> > >
> > > I now have it running on UBUNTU, except it looks for a tty(x) driver,
> > and I
> > > use a USB cable.
> > >
> > > What do I have to do so that I can use this cable? Do I need a Linux
> > driver?
> > > And if so, where do I get one?
> >
> > All of the drivers are included with Ubuntu and loaded automatically
> > (easy, eh?).
> >
> > You will probably find your cable at /dev/ttyUSB0.
> >
> > Tom KD7LXL
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> Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:31:41 -0700 (PDT)
> From: daemons_ca@yahoo.com
> Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Using CHIRP with UBUNTU
> To: "chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com"
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> Geoffrey,
>
> No driver needed. USB serial devices are detected by the kernel.
>
> It's very easy. Just edit the /dev/ttyS0 to /dev/ttyUSB0 or 1 whichever was detected.?
>
> Do a?
> ls -alt /dev/ttyU*?
> in a terminal window to find which device it used after you've plugged in the cable.
>
>
> You'll get something like this:
> crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 188, 0 Jul 27 16:18 /dev/ttyUSB0
>
> Make sure your user is part of the dialout group to avoid having to run Chirp as root.
>
>
> Enjoy,
>
>
> Marc-Andre, Ve2evn
>
>
>
>
> >________________________________
> > From: "chirp_users-request@intrepid.danplanet.com" <chirp_users-request@intrepid.danplanet.com>
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> >Subject: chirp_users Digest, Vol 43, Issue 21
> >
> >Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2012 14:15:51 -0400
> >From: "Geoffrey K. Phillips" <gphillips13@centurylink.net>
> >Subject: [chirp_users] Using CHIRP with UBUNTU
> >To: chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com
> >Message-ID: <5012DAD7.22500.D82DA20@gphillips13.centurylink.net>
> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
> >
> >Hi there,
> >
> >Well, I got CHIRP to work fine with my handy little Baofeng UV-5R on
> >Windows XP. [well done fellows !!]
> >
> >I now have it running on UBUNTU, except it looks for a tty(x) driver, and I
> >use a USB cable.
> >
> >What do I have to do so that I can use this cable? Do I need a Linux driver?
> >And if so, where do I get one?
> >
> >Thank you a lot,
> >
> >Geoffrey
> >
> >
> >
> >Geofrey K. Phillips
> >gphillips13@centurylink.net
> >WD4LYO
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> Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2012 19:11:28 -0500
> From: chirp.fratermus@spamgourmet.net
> Subject: [chirp_users] Using CHIRP with UBUNTU
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> On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 2:00 PM,
> <+chirp+fratermus+d96050956e.chirp_users-request#intrepid.danplanet.com@spamgourmet.com>
> wrote:
> > From: "Geoffrey K. Phillips" <gphillips13@centurylink.net>
> > Subject: [chirp_users] Using CHIRP with UBUNTU
>
> > I now have it running on UBUNTU, except it looks for a tty(x) driver, and I
> > use a USB cable.
>
> Linux handles it gracefully (probably even the fake chips), and generally
> assigns it to something like:
> /dev/ttyUSB0
> (number zero, not the capital letter O)
>
> You can type in the /dev/ttyUSB0 in the chirp dialog and it will remember it.
>
> For more indication  what your system is doing, run one or more of the
> following.  There are probably more elegant ways to see but I haven't
> had my coffee yet...
> dmesg | grep tty
> ls /dev/tty*
>
>
>
> --
> Jason Carr
> http://www.mousetrap.net/mouse/
>
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Geofrey K. Phillips
gphillips13@centurylink.net
WD4LYO