On Wednesday 21 Mar 2012 08:59:18 Mick wrote:
> On Wednesday 21 Mar 2012 03:00:50 Maxim Wexler wrote:
> > > This brings back nightmares.  It's been a while since I used dial-up
> > > but this sounds like a permissions issue.  Check /etc/group and see if
> > > you are in ALL the following groups:
> > > 
> > > tty
> > > uucp
> > > dialout
> > > utmp
> > 
> > They're all in the file, if that's what you mean.
> 
> No, he means that your user is a member of the above groups.
> 
> In my laptop (no analogue modem available) my user is only a member of
> uucp.
> 
> > > You can also check the permissions of the ttyS<some number here> to see
> > > what it is.  Mine is uucp.  You shouldn't have to create a group so
> > > work with what you got for now.  My devices are set to this:
> > > 
> > > root@fireball / # ls -al /dev/ttyS*
> > > crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 64 Mar 20 19:01 /dev/ttyS0
> > > crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 65 Mar 20 16:12 /dev/ttyS1
> > > crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 66 Mar 20 16:12 /dev/ttyS2
> > > crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 67 Mar 20 16:12 /dev/ttyS3
> > > root@fireball / #
> > 
> > lumby syzygy # ls -al /dev/ttyUSB0
> > crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 188, 0 Mar 20 16:25 /dev/ttyUSB0
> > lumby syzygy #
> 
> You also need to be a member of the usb group.

I forgot - also need to be a member of plugdev I believe.
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Regards,
Mick