can't open rtl-sdr device

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rtl-sdr spectrum analyzer

BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License

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can't open rtl-sdr device #53

Open auskimus opened 11 months ago

auskimus commented 11 months ago

it doesn't run i get can't open rtl-sdr device while rtl-sdr is connected properly

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kulik commented 5 months ago

I have the same issue

jonathan-sturges commented 4 months ago

When this happens in Linux, there's 2 manual steps shown in README you have to perform: 1 to block a competing driver, and another to set the device permissions. Do those, reboot to be sure, and it should work.