Ah nice. We have mostly Baofengs, a Yaesu FT-60, and I recently installed a FT-2900 in my truck.
On Fri, Apr 28, 2017, 16:09 Scott Vargovich <[email protected]> wrote: > I got my tech in Dec 2015. Upgraded to General this past October. > Upgraded to Extra at our local hamfest last month. I'm having a ball with > it. Unfortunately our living situation and budget will not allow me to > have a shack. I have a Kenwood Commercial Radio and 6 HTs. > > On Apr 28, 2017 18:00, "Jeremiah Bess" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Moved conversation off LUG so the rest of you aren't bored with Ham talk, >> lol. >> >> On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 2:51 PM Scott Vargovich <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Jeremiah, >>> >>> You're a Ham??? I didn't know that. What's your call? I'm KE8CQC and >>> WQXJ287 on GMRS. I'm an Extra class. What class are you? >>> >>> Scott >>> >>> On Apr 26, 2017 21:24, "Jeremiah Bess" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> It sounds like you need to allow your user account to access the USB >>>> serial device. Add your user account to the dialout group. You may need to >>>> log out/log back in to gain the new access. I had a similar issue with the >>>> programming cable for my ham radios. If you are unfamiliar on how to add >>>> yourself to a group, let us know. >>>> >>>> On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 7:22 PM Chuck Lyon <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I am working on a 64-bit machine on which I installed the Ubuntu stock >>>>> image. I am also using the Mate desktop and have installed gpsd and >>>>> gpsd-clients. >>>>> >>>>> I know this is supposed to be easy. I see posts all over the internet >>>>> stating that this device is "known to work" However, FoxtrotGPS is not >>>>> able to read any gps data. Furthermore, gpsmon /dev/ttyUSB0 >>>>> returns the following: >>>>> >>>>>> gpsmon:ERROR: device open of /dev/ttyUSB0 failed: Permission denied - >>>>>> retrying read-only >>>>>> gpsmon:ERROR: read-only device open of /dev/ttyUSB0 failed: >>>>>> Permission denied >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> while sudo gpsmon /dev/ttyUSB0 returns a full set of GPS data. >>>>> >>>>> I found some GPSD installation instructionsl >>>>> <http://www.catb.org/gpsd/installation.html> that state: >>>>> >>>>>> Ensure that device permissions will enable gpsd to read from and >>>>>> write to GPS devices even after it drops root privileges. If you are >>>>>> running Fedora Core, Ubuntu, or stock Debian you can skip this step, as >>>>>> the >>>>>> stock configuration has the right properties. >>>>> >>>>> and: >>>>> >>>>>> Before dropping privileges, gpsd will ensure that it has access to >>>>>> devices given to it on the command line by forcing their group read and >>>>>> write permissions on. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> So, in spite of the fact that it shouldn't happen in Ubuntu, does the >>>>> gpsmon behavior indicate that the permissions are wrong and "sudo" is >>>>> forcing them to read/write? If so, exactly do I have to do to check and >>>>> fix >>>>> them? >>>>> >>>>> Also, I found a suggestion to run gpspipe -w to test gpsd. Here is the >>>>>> result of that: >>>>>> >>>>>> {"class":"VERSION","release":"3.15","rev":"3.15-2build1","proto_major":3,"proto_minor":11} >>>>>> {"class":"DEVICES","devices":[]} >>>>>> >>>>>> {"class":"WATCH","enable":true,"json":true,"nmea":false,"raw":0,"scaled":false,"timing":false,"split24":false,"pps":false} >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Is this normal output? or is the fact that >>>>> {"class":"DEVICES","devices":[]} is an empty array a problem? or something >>>>> else? >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux >>>>> Users Group. >>>>> To post a message, send email to [email protected] >>>>> To unsubscribe, send email to >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> For more options, visit our group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup >>>>> References can be found at: http://goo.gl/anqri >>>>> Please remember to abide by our list rules ( >>>>> http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rules) >>>>> --- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "Linux Users Group" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> Jeremiah Bess >>>> >>>> -- >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users >>>> Group. >>>> To post a message, send email to [email protected] >>>> To unsubscribe, send email to >>>> [email protected] >>>> For more options, visit our group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup >>>> References can be found at: http://goo.gl/anqri >>>> Please remember to abide by our list rules ( >>>> http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rules) >>>> --- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Linux Users Group" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users >>> Group. >>> To post a message, send email to [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe, send email to >>> [email protected] >>> For more options, visit our group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup >>> References can be found at: http://goo.gl/anqri >>> Please remember to abide by our list rules (http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rules >>> ) >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Linux Users Group" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- >> >> Jeremiah Bess >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users >> Group. >> To post a message, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit our group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup >> References can be found at: http://goo.gl/anqri >> Please remember to abide by our list rules (http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rules) >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Linux Users Group" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > Group. > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit our group at > http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > References can be found at: http://goo.gl/anqri > Please remember to abide by our list rules (http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rules) > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Linux Users Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Jeremiah Bess -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. 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