Re: [Libusb-devel] USB error reading USB config strings on Linux

[Douglas S. B. <db...@br...>]

Brad Hards wrote:

> What does usb_strerror() return after this? If it tells you about a permission 
> error, are you running the application as root?

Yes, thank you, that was the problem. Running the application as root 
returns the strings.

/dev/usb/ttyUSB0 has read/write permissions for all; what do I need to 
do to allow users to run this?

> I think libusb can help. It is almost impossible to tell what the protocol is 
> without usbsnoopy under Windows, or the vendor's information on the protocol.

Ok, looks like I'll have to boot something under windows :(

> Brad

-Doug

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