[Coco] DriveWire 4 under Linux: How to add device?

[Aaron Wolfe]

Yes, this is often a permissions thing.  How those work varies from distro
to distro.  A good test is to try running DW as root or sudo once, if it
suddenly works then you know its a permissions problem somewhere.
On Nov 11, 2014 8:25 AM, "Tormod Volden" <lists.tormod at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 1:38 PM, Jens wrote:
> > I would like use the USB DriveWire under Linux.
>
> But what kind of Linux :)
>
> I am using DriveWire4 on Debian 7 and Ubuntu 12 without any issues. I
> use 32-bit though.
>
> >
> > I see it:
> >
> > ~ $ sudo lsusb | grep UART
> > Bus 001 Device 002: ID 10c4:ea60 Cygnal Integrated Products, Inc. CP210x
> > UART Bridge / myAVR mySmartUSB light
> >
> > $ dmesg | grep -ie cp210*
> > [17479.466698] usb 1-1: Product: CP2102 USB to UART Bridge Controller
> > [17479.548508] usbcore: registered new interface driver cp210x
> > [17479.548520] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for cp210x
> > [17479.548535] cp210x 1-1:1.0: cp210x converter detected
> > [17480.428168] usb 1-1: cp210x converter now attached to ttyUSB0[/code]
> >
> >
> > So it's assigned to "/dev/ttyUSB0"
>
> Check which groups have access to it:
>  ls -l /dev/ttyUSB0
> Usually it belongs to a group called "plugdev".
>
> Then check which groups your user belongs to:
>  id
> Usually a normal desktop user is member of "plugdev".
>
> Tormod
>
> >
> > But the DriveWire 4 java app didn't found a serial port. I have tried to
> use
> > "Add port manually" and use "/dev/ttyUSB0" as the name. But without
> > success...
> >
> > How to setup?
>
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