Unable to open USB port for FunCube Dongle.

Last Updated on Saturday, 19 March 2011 13:01 Written by Mark Saturday, 19 March 2011 12:58

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In order to use the Funcube Dongle as regular user, you need to create a udev rule.
Create a udev file /etc/udev/rules.d/20-fcd.rules containing:

SUBSYTEMS=="usb" ATTRS{idVendor}=="04d8" ATTRS{idProduct}=="fb56" MODE:="0666" SYMLINK+="FCD"

(hint: open a terminal and type: sudo gedit /etc/udev/rules.d/20-fcd.rules)

Reload the rules using "sudo udevadm control --reload-rules"
Starbase should now detect your FCD when you plug it in.