On 09/08/2019 21:33, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote:
> On 2019-08-08 07:06, David Taylor wrote:
>>
>> Are there any things I should set in Buster to allow an Airspy device
>> to work?  Any issues with e.g. the RTL-SDR sticks (this is a different
>> device).  Any issues with Buster on a model 2B?
>
> Since it is not mentioned in this thread yet: have you checked for
> correct permissions?
> The user running the program needs to have correct permissions to access
> the device. This is a very common problem with usb devices other than
> the most common devices like keyboards, mice and so on.
>
> A quick test to check if this is the problem is to try to run the
> program as the root user (example: sudo program ...) if it works, then
> you most likely have a permissions problem.
>
> And then you get to fix that via udevadm and friends...

Thanks, Torfinn!

That fixed it.  I'm annoyed I didn't think to try that before!  For the
moment, I'll pass that into the developer, and I've added a sudo in the
script I use to run the software.

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Cheers,
David
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