Neither Blink1Control2 nor blink1-tool pick up the Blink(1) on Pop!_OS

[Joshfindit]

Using Blink1Control2-2.2.3-linux-x86_64.AppImage

josh@pop-os:~/Downloads$ ./blink1-tool --list
no blink(1) devices found

josh@pop-os:~/Downloads$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:8000 Intel Corp. 
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:8008 Intel Corp. 
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 003: ID 0451:8140 Texas Instruments, Inc. TUSB8041 4-Port Hub
Bus 004 Device 004: ID 2109:0812 VIA Labs, Inc. VL812 Hub
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 2109:0812 VIA Labs, Inc. VL812 Hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 012: ID 1a86:7523 QinHeng Electronics HL-340 USB-Serial adapter
Bus 003 Device 010: ID 2109:2812 VIA Labs, Inc. VL812 Hub
Bus 003 Device 005: ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode)
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 2109:2812 VIA Labs, Inc. VL812 Hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0764:0501 Cyber Power System, Inc. CP1500 AVR UPS
Bus 003 Device 008: ID 0d8c:013c C-Media Electronics, Inc. CM108 Audio Controller
Bus 003 Device 011: ID 18f8:1485 [Maxxter] CP1500PFCLCD
Bus 003 Device 009: ID 413c:2010 Dell Computer Corp. Keyboard
Bus 003 Device 006: ID 413c:1003 Dell Computer Corp. Keyboard Hub
Bus 003 Device 014: ID 27b8:01ed ThingM blink(1)
Bus 003 Device 004: ID 0451:8142 Texas Instruments, Inc. TUSB8041 4-Port Hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Note: it works just fine on the same machine booted in to OSX

[todbot]

Hi! If you're on Linux, you need to set up udev rules as described in the Linux section of https://github.com/todbot/Blink1Control2

[Joshfindit]

Excellent, thank you. Confirmed it is working. Note: on Pop!_OS, bsdtar and libgnome-keyring-dev could not be installed, and npm was not required