The fun just gets better and better. I do not have a "/etc/udev/rules.d/50-udev-default.rules" but I have a 40-permissions file with much the same info.
Jim Morgan KE5MKT Midland, TX 79703-6318 USA 432.425.5606 --- On Sun, 8/17/08, Lee Bengston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Lee Bengston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Xastir] Fluxbuntu-D700-Xastir-GTKTerm > To: "Xastir - APRS client software discussion" <xastir@xastir.org> > Date: Sunday, August 17, 2008, 10:15 PM > On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 9:47 PM, Jim Morgan > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Ok- I prowled around in the /etc/udev/rule.d file and > I figure I am WAAYY over my head on that one. What do I need > to look at in the directory and is there a decnt webpage or > something that might help me figure that out? > > > > Jim KE5MKT > > > > Fyi, this is what I found after some googling. The context > of the > forum discussion was that a person was having a similar > problem > connecting his weather station to his serial port in > openSUSE. It > sounds right in sync with what Curt said about udev enabled > linux > versions. > > ================================================== > > * NOTE: If you are running OpenSUSE, or any other Linux > distro which > utilizes "udev" (udev is included in almost every > 2.6 kernel based > Linux distribution), then in order to permanently change > permissions > of your ttyS0 port (or any ttyS* port), you must edit the > "/etc/udev/rules.d/50-udev-default.rules" file. > Here are the changes > you must make in order for the permissions to stick after > rebooting > your computer (you must be root to make the changes): > > * Open the > "/etc/udev/rules.d/50-udev-default.rules" file in > your > favorite text editor (as root). Find the line in the file > that begins > with KERNEL=="tty[A-Z]". That's the line you > will need to edit. Notice > the default settings will look something like this: > > * KERNEL=="tty[A-Z]*", NAME="%k", > GROUP="uucp" > > * Add [, MODE="777"] to the end of the above > line in your > 50-udev-default.rules file (without the brackets but > don't forget to > add the preceding coma). It should look something like > this: > > * KERNEL=="tty[A-Z]*", NAME="%k", > GROUP="uucp", MODE="777" > > * After changing this file and saving, reboot your > computer. The > ttyS* ports will grant rwx permission to any user. > > * Important: If you have a udev enabled Linux > distribution and you > do not make the above noted changes to your > 50-udev-default.rules > file, then every time you reboot your computer, the > permissions on the > ttyS* ports will revert back to root only access. This is > because udev > dynamically updates the /dev directory upon booting. All > permissions > granted during your previous session will be lost and > Weather Display > will not function properly. This solution is known to work > properly > with OpenSUSE 10.2. > > ================================================== > > Fyi, I had the same problem with permissions on my serial > port on a > laptop running openSUSE 10.3. I wasn't using Xastir on > that unit, > though, so I got around the problem by just running GTKterm > and > minicom as root whenever I needed to talk to the serial > port. I > wouldn't want to run Xastir as root, though, so > hopefully the above > tweak will do the trick. > > Regards, > Lee - K5DAT > _______________________________________________ > Xastir mailing list > Xastir@xastir.org > http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
