Jim, Dave and others who responded. I did what you said, but when I go to add dialout it asks for a Group name to be inserted.  What exactly is a "Group name"?  It's asking for some combination of lower case letters and numbers. Not sure what to put in there for a Group name.

I also tried using terminal without success.  I typed in sudo usermod -a -G dialout USERNAME.  Are there spaces between usermod and -a-G username?  I tried with and without spaces, then ran id USERNAME but still could not find dia on the list. Something basic here I'm still not in tune with. More advice please??? Richard AG5M

-------------------------------------------- On Thu, 10/1/15, Jim rigor906@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, 5:26 PM

In the case of Zorin OS, install gnome-system-tools and in the manage groups section add your user name to the " dial out " permissions.   As for Linux Mint , open the System Settings scroll to the bottom under Administration then tap on Users and Groups. The click on Your user name.  Look to the right bottom side of the pane and double click the groups list and add dial out.

Sent from Jim Holt's iPad On Oct 1, 2015, at 1:21 PM, 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 _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com