[Swlug] G-Mouse

[Rhys Sage]

I did as suggested. Thanks for clearing up my minsunderstanding, Matt.

After the sudo commands I ran my downloaded python source code and it produced this.

SerialException: [Errno 13] could not open port /dev/ttyACM0: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/dev/ttyACM0'

Going back to the command prompt this is what went on.
rhys at Apollo:~$ sudo putty -serial /dev/ttyACM0
[sudo] password for rhys:         
rhys at Apollo:~$ sudo usermod -a -G dialout $(whoami)
rhys at Apollo:~$ id
uid=1000(rhys) gid=1000(rhys) groups=1000(rhys),4(adm),24(cdrom),27(sudo),30(dip),46(plugdev),114(lpadmin),134(sambashare)rhys at Apollo:~$ 
There's no mention of a dialout. This is strange. I'm a little curious about the dialout. I remember the old days of using a modem and dialling out to a phone number to use the internet. I'm unsure of how that process applies to a GPS module. This is intriguing and I want to know more.



Rhys Sage 

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Today's Topics:

  1. Re: G-Mouse (Rhys Sage)
  2. Re: G-Mouse (Matt Moore)
At the risk of sounding somewhat pathetic... How do I access the root account? I tried logging out and rebooting but I only get the option under Mint, Cinnamon 20.1 for my Rhys account. 
I tried clicking the little triangle by my name and the little round blob to the right and didn't get any further. 
Rhys Sage  

 
 On 13/02/2022 20:41, Rhys Sage via Swlug wrote:
  
   At the risk of sounding somewhat pathetic... How do I access the root account? I tried logging out and rebooting but I only get the option under Mint, Cinnamon 20.1 for my Rhys account.  
  I tried clicking the little triangle by my name and the little round blob to the right and didn't get any further.  
  Rhys Sage   
 
 
Rhys,
 
If you just run the commands in Alice's email, that'll run the command as root.  If that works, then run the next command to add yourself to the dialout group.  The command 'sudo' stands for super user do.  In this case the super user is root.  On Ubuntu systems there isn't a root account you can login to.  If you want to do something as root, you can just use the 'sudo' command.
 
 
Cheers,
 
Matt
 
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