Re: [libusb] linux: permission denied opening USB device

[Xiaofan C. <xia...@gm...>]

On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 8:42 PM, Bob Self <bo...@gm...> wrote:
>
> I'm getting the following error whe I try to open a USB ANT stick, vendor =
> 0fcf, product = 1008.
>
> libusb: error [_get_usbfs_fd] libusb couldn't open USB device
> /dev/bus/usb/003/026: Permission denied
> libusb: error [_get_usbfs_fd] libusb requires write access to USB device
> nodes.
>
> I think that this worked a few weeks ago. I was working on the Windows
> version of my application, then came back
> to the linux version to test it and now I get this. What is the best way to
> fix this? This is on Ubuntu 14.04.
>

Have you set up the correct udev rules for your device? Do you know if
any kernel driver is attaching to the USB ANT stick?


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