Dear All:
Still having problems with the port in CHIRP. I did as Thomas suggested and added myself to the dialoout group, but now I get a port configuration error. Following are the error message and some selections from what I get from Google:
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ERROR MESSAGE:
"An error has occurred
Could not configure port: (5, 'Input/output error')"
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Apr 16, 2012 — This exception is thrown if the port is not available. On Linux, you can simply specify the exact name of the port to use, like ser = serial.
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Updated by Jim Unroe over 4 years ago
Status changed from New to Feedback
Michael,
I assume that you are using a USB based programming cable. Which port are you selecting? On my computer running Linux Mint 17.3 (based on Ubuntu), I had to scroll all the way to the bottom of the the port list to find "/dev/ttyUSB0" (the correct selection for a USB based programming cable).
Also which version of CHIRP are you using? Don't install CHIRP from the repository in Ubuntu. That will get you v0.4.1 which is nearly 4 years old. If you did that, then you must uninstall it and then follow the instructions on the CHIRP download page to add the CHIRP snapshot repository and install the latest CHIRP daily build (which is currently CHIRP daily-20160924).
Jim KC9HI
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There were lots more, but they seemed to be duplicative.
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I am using the latest version of CHIRP recommended in a post for Umbutu which you all helped me to install. The X61 has 3 serial ports. I have tried "/dev/ttyS0" [through S4] and I get the same error on all of them. I have also tried all three USB ports and get the same error message.
I installed netstat and tried to use it to get a port list and I get several terminal pages of data, but I can't figure out how to go back and copy it all.
I'll be at BLUG later this morning. Thanks for your patience.
-- Chris Peeples --
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Re: Error Selecting Port on CHIRP
Dec 29, 2020 at 12:22 AM
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tom r lopes <tomrlopes@gmail.com>
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Yes the askubuntu link is the one I got the command from. (Sshhh, don't tell anyone I had to Google it :-)
I remembered having to add my user to a group in order to have Arduino Ide work. There you are usually
uploading the code via USB to serial so the serial in that case is something like /dev/ttyusb0.
But I couldn't recall which group and which command and so I found that link. I thought the adduser command looked the
cleanest. I looked at the manpage and at first it didn't look like it is right but lower on the page it says:
"Add an existing user to an existing group
If called with two non-option arguments, adduser will add an existing user to an existing group."
I'm not really good with bash but now I think I could have just told Chris to do this:
sudo adduser $USER dialout
right?
Also the dialout group isn't what I remembered. The last time I installed Arduino Ide it was on Arch Linux
and there you use the uucp group. On my Ubuntu machine I have dialout. So I guess Ubuntu and Debian it
is dialout.
Thomas
On Mon, Dec 28, 2020 at 9:21 AM goossbears <acohen36@gmail.com> wrote:
On Mon, Dec 28, 2020 at 1:41 AM 'Christian Peeples' via BerkeleyLUG <berke...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
Dear All:
I am trying to use CHIRP on my Lenovo ThinkPadX61 running Uuntu 20.4 LTS to program my Wouxun KG-UV3D. When I try the first step in the process -- downloading the frequencies from the radio -- I get the error message:
"An error has occurred: [Errno 13] could not open port /dev/ttyS0: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/dev/ttyS0'"
The choices I get for "Port" are /dev/ttyS1 [through S59]. Any idea how to figure out the current one without trying 59 ports? Is there some permission I need or dependency I need to download?
-- Chris Peeples KE6MQW --
(c) +1-510-851-0968
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Besides what Thomas previously wrote, the searchhit-result SerialException: Could not open port /dev/ttyS0 [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/dev/ttyS0' #17 at https://github.com/codebugtools/codebug_tether/issues/17 using the exact text "[Errno 13] could not open port /dev/ttyS0: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/dev/ttyS0" provides a somewhat-alternative solution. Sure, there're also the multiple solutions provided at the Ubuntu-specific link https://askubuntu.com/questions/210177/serial-port-terminal-cannot-open-dev-ttys0-permission-denied
Specifically following-up on the suggestions by user tompreston at the GitHub link, you (Chris) could also perform more complete steps such as:
Completely closeout all your Ubuntu desktop apps and windows, and then logout (but don't yet reboot or shutdown the ThinkPad!!)
Perform the Ctrl-Alt-F2 keyboard-combination entry to get a terminal session on /dev/tty2 and login there using your regular username and password.
Double-check for being in the "dialout" group by entering 'ls -l /dev/ttyS0' ........ the output should be reasonably similar to "crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 64 Jun 6 10:56 /dev/ttyS0" except for of course that exact timestamp.
Also check for the same by entering 'groups', which should display "dialout" among the other user-membered groups listed.
Enter the command 'sudo su -' to briefly become the superuser.
Run the standard administrative command sequence # 'apt update && apt upgrade' (note that user tompreston performs <user>$ 'sudo apt-get update' and <user>$ 'sudo apt-get upgrade' .)
As briefly(!!) as possible, perform any other absolutely necessary administrative tasks while logged-in as the superuser (e.g., re-checking system groups settings by running # 'vigr' and # 'vigr -s'), and then immediately reboot the ThinkPad by entering the straighforward # 'reboot' to ensure that all changes go into effect ASAP.
-Aaron C
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