Hi, I think you've forgotten to blacklist the dvbt driver. In Ubuntu, you have to add the following line to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf: blacklist dvb_usb_rtl28xxu. best Federico
2017-09-28 17:11 GMT-03:00 Ed Troy <et...@aeroconsult.com>: > I am trying to run a simple fm receiver example using a RTL-SDR dongle. It > is connected. But, when I run, I get the following errors: > > gr-osmosdr v0.1.4-98-gc653754d (0.1.5git) gnuradio 3.7.12git-269-g8aa965c6 > built-in source types: file osmosdr fcd rtl rtl_tcp uhd hackrf bladerf > rfspace airspy soapy redpitaya > [INFO] [UHDlinux; GNU C++ version 6.3.0 20170406; Boost_106200; > UHD_3.11.0.git-191-g1cd96dde] > Using device #0 Generic RTL2832U OEM > usb_open error -3 > Please fix the device permissions, e.g. by installing the udev rules file > rtl-sdr.rules > > FATAL: Failed to open rtlsdr device. > > Trying to fill up 1 missing channel(s) with null source(s). > This is being done to prevent the application from crashing > due to gnuradio bug #528. > > > So, I did a lsusb command and got the following: > > edtroy@ubuntu:/etc/udev/rules.d$ lsusb > Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bda:2838 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL2838 DVB-T > Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:4014 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. > Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub > Bus 002 Device 004: ID 0e0f:0008 VMware, Inc. > Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0e0f:0002 VMware, Inc. Virtual USB Hub > Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0e0f:0003 VMware, Inc. Virtual Mouse > Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub > > I'm not sure which is the device that I should use, but I think it is > Device 004. So, I wrote a file named rtlsdr.rules that I put in the > directory /etc/udev/rules.d/ . That file consists of the following: > > SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0bda", ATTRS{idProduct}=="2838", > GROUP="adm", MODE="0666", SYMLINK+="rtl_sdr" > > But, when I try to run the example, I still get the above error. Any ideas > what I am doing wrong and need to do to get RTLSDR dongle to work? > > > Ed > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss-gnuradio mailing list > Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio >
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