Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] RuntimeError: Failed to open rtlsdr device - some success

[Phil]

On 16/06/12 21:14, Alex DEKKER wrote:
> On 16/06/12 11:56, Phil wrote:
> > OK I now have simple_FM_rcv running as root!
> >
> > So all I need now is to set the permission of the dongle. How might I
> > do that?
> I have an FCD and an RTL dongle. I got the FCD first, for which I
> created a udev rule. I duplicated these for the RTL dongle:
>
> $ cat /etc/udev/rules.d/20-fcd.rules
> SUBSYSTEM=="usb" ATTRS{idVendor}=="04d8" ATTRS{idProduct}=="fb56"
> MODE:="0666" SYMLINK+="FCD"
> SUBSYSTEM=="usb" ATTRS{idVendor}=="1d19" ATTRS{idProduct}=="1101"
> MODE:="0666" SYMLINK+="DVB"
>
> In case it's not obvious, the hex numbers are the VID/PID of the USB
> device. You can see these for connected USB devices with lsusb. The MODE
> parameter determines the permissions, in this case RW for everybody.
> Once the rules are created, reload udev and reinsert the device.

Thanks again Alex,

By "reload udev" do you mean restart udevd?

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Regards,
Phil