Re: Ubuntu 20.04 cannot find the Hackrf board?

[Cinaed Simson]

Hi George - the hackrf runs under ubuntu.

The latest version is

  release 2021.03.1
  https://github.com/greatscottgadgets/hackrf/release
  https://github.com/greatscottgadgets/hackrf/releases/download/v2021.03.1/hackrf-2021.03.1.tar.xz

The current firmware version on your hackrf is 2014.
  
You could try
 
   apt update
   apt install hackrf libhackrf-dev

which may give you the 2018 version for the hackrf utils and libhackrf-dev.

But I don't know how the firmware gets updated using apt - I've never used apt to install the hackrf software.

The 2014 firmware may play enough well with the 2018 software - I don't know. It may play well enough to indicate the hackrf works on ubuntu but Ideally you'd like the version of firmware to match the software.

-- Cinaed

On 8/3/22 18:28, George Edwards wrote:

Hello Gentlemen,

I installed VirtualBox extension pack and made the USB connection in VirtualBox to the HackerRF board. However, in the Ubuntu Terminal when I execute the command hackrf_info the info that comes up is:

hackrf_info version: unknown
libhackrf version: unknown (0.5)
Found HackRF
Index: 0
Board ID Number: 2 (HackRF One)
Firmware Version: 2014.08.1 (API:1.00)
Part ID Number: 0xa000cb3c 0x006e4756

The above shows Ubuntu is having trouble reading the top two version information and as a result when I try to run the Gnuradio flowgraph, it gives a message that it fails to open HackRF.

George

  

On Wed, Aug 3, 2022 at 10:32 AM James Anderson <jrsa@jrsa.co> wrote:

You might want to try running hackrf_info with superuser privileges using sudo, i.e. "sudo hackrf_info". Many/most peripherals require this in Linux by default.

Additionally, use of a VM may limit the sample rate you can achieve since there is some overhead passing through the USB connection. Consider installing Linux directly on your machine.

On Aug 3, 2022, at 6:12 AM, George Edwards <gedwards.eng@gmail.com> wrote:



Hello GNURadio Community, 

I built a grc flowgraph in Gnuradio 3.9.5 on Ubuntu 20.04 inside Microsoft VirtualBox. I have a HackRF One radio hardware. I installed the hackrf drivers in Ubuntu with command: sudo apt-get install -y hackrf

and confirmed the installation. I connected the HackRF One board to my computer and in the Terminal prompt entered the command hackrf_info and received the response that it does not see the Hackrf board.

And true to form when I ran the flowgraph, I get the following error message:

RuntimeError: no hackrf device matches

Why is Ubuntu 20.04 running inside MS VirtualBox not seeing the HackRf board with the HackRf drivers installed. And, how do I resolve this issue?

Will appreciate any help to resolve this issue.

George