Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] USRP drivers vs UHD drivers in gnuradio-companion

[Josh Blum]

On 01/25/2011 07:30 PM, Achilleas Anastasopoulos wrote:
>>> Also, it used to be that I needed to be in the "usrp" group in order to 
>>> access the USRP.
>>> Now i deleted this group and i still have access to usrp (even when the 
>>> source is not a uhd one but a usrp source)!
>>> My understanding is that if i use the uhd device then i can do that
>>> (ie, don't need to be in the "usrp" group) but it seems to be happening 
>>> even with the usrp source.
>>> What am I missing?
> 

It depends on your udev settings:
http://www.ettus.com/uhd_docs/manual/html/usrp1.html#linux-setup-udev

The udev instructions I put in the UHD manual set the device wide open
to anyone on the system.

-Josh