Connectiviy problem

[Willem Ferguson]

On 23/04/2014 21:09, Mario Pilz wrote:
> Hi Robert, Miika and Rick,
>
> thanks a lot for your support! It still doesn't work and I'll try to
> describe what I tried so far as good as I can. First of all: I use a
> Suunto D4i and a Thinkpad X220 with Ubuntu 12.04.4
>
> 1. First I run following command: sudo groupadd dialout
> Output: group already exists
> @ Robert: you wrote I have to be a member. How can I add myself as such?
>
> 2. Then I run: sudo tail -f /var/log/syslog
> Output: usb 2-1.1: FTDI USB Serial Device converter now attached to ttyUSB0
>
> and
>
> Apr 24 00:31:45 mario-ThinkPad-X220 mtp-probe: bus: 2, device: 5 was not
> an MTP device
>
> Looks ok? I have already selected the ttyUSB0 in the download menu of
> subsurface, without success.
>
> 3.  at last i run: ls -1 /dev/ttyusb0
> Output: ls: access to /dev/ttyusb0 not possible: file or directory not found
>
> Thanks, I really appreciate your help!
>
> Mario
>
> _____________________________
>> Mario,
>>
>>> Am 22.04.2014 um 05:20 schrieb Mario Pilz <mariopilz at gmx.net>:
>>>
>>> I followed what you mentioned below, but the dialout group was already established and it still doesn't work out.
>> What exactly do you mean by "established"?  Existence is not enough, the user running subsurface has to be a member of that group. What are the permissions of the device you are connecting with, ie what is
>>
>> ls -l /dev/ttyusb0
>>
>> Or whatever the device you are using?
>>
>> Best
>> Robert
>
Hi Mario,

Check section 10.2 of the user manual. It contains instructions for 
working with USB ports and for checking the dialout group. The dialout 
group exists by default. You need to join the dialout group and check 
that you have been added. Also try the dmesg instruction to investigate 
the USB port your dive computer is connected to. And I can vouch it 
works on my Ubuntu 12.2. There is just a possibility this may help 
towards solving your problem.
Kind regards,
willmf