rtl_test -t results in failed to open rtlsdr device #0.

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pantos at pantokratoren.de pantos at pantokratoren.de
Wed Apr 5 20:11:22 UTC 2017


Hi Marcus,

thanks for your reply. To install the udev-rules I used

sudo cp ./rtl-sdr/rtl-sdr.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/

The suggested way

sudo make install-udev-rules

doesn't worked for me (Error: make: *** No rule to make target 'install-udev-rules'.  Schluss.).

Or is this the wrong way?

Sorry for this stupid question but I'm a little bit lost...

Best regards

Joachim


Am 05.04.2017 um 14:35 schrieb Marcus Müller:
> Hi Joachim,
>
> "I tried many [...] but it doesn't work": so, what exactly you've tried
> would be kind of relevant :)
>
> I'll go out on a limb here based on statistics and say: you might have
> missed what
> http://osmocom.org/projects/sdr/wiki/rtl-sdr#rtlsdr-library-amp-capture-tool
> says:
>
> sudo make install-udev-rules
>
> Best regards,
> Marcus
>
> On 05.04.2017 07:30, pantos at pantokratoren.de wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> a few days ago I tried to install rtl-sdr on my raspberry pi. I'm
>> using a dvb-t usb stick with Realtek, RTL2838UHIDIR chipset. I build
>> the software following the guide in the wiki. I used two additional
>> switches: cmake ../ -DINSTALL_UDEV_RULES=ON -DDETACH_KERNEL_DRIVER=ON
>>
>> After installing the software I created a blacklist in cd /etc/modprobe.d:
>>
>> blacklist dvb_usb_rtl28xxu
>> blacklist rtl2832
>> blacklist rtl2830
>> blacklist rtl2838
>>
>> After rebooting the device I tried to test rtl-sdr with rtl_test -t
>> and got this result:
>>
>> Found 1 device(s):
>> 0: Realtek, RTL2838UHIDIR, SN: 00000001
>>
>> Using device 0: Generic RTL2832U OEM
>> usb_claim_interface error -6
>> Failed to open rtlsdr device #0.
>>
>> I don't know how to fix this error. I tried many suggestions found via
>> google but it doesn't work.
>>
>> Can someone help me to fix this?
>>
>> Thanks for your help!!
>>
>> Joachim
>>




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