Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Problem with new install

[Mattias Kjellsson]

William Pretty Security Inc wrote:
> Hi All;
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> Well I picked up my new system at Best Buy. (details later) I 
> installed Ubuntu 9.10 and Gnuradio from the git.
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> I must have made a typo somewhere because I get the following error 
> when I probe the USRP1:
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> address@hidden:/usr/local/bin$ usrp_probe
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> usrp_open_interface:usb_claim_interface: failed interface 0
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> could not claim interface 0:
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> Operation not permitted
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> open_nth_cmd_interface: open_cmd_interface failed
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> usrp: failed to load firmware /usr/local/share/usrp/rev4/std.ihx.
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> Could it be a typo when I was adding the “usrp” group ??
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> Bill
Hi,
It looks like a problem with privileges, try starting the program as 
root, and take appropriate measures (instructions in wiki) if it works.

Mattias