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New digital mode, and it doesn't work. The dialout group.

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New digital mode, and it doesn't work. The dialout group.

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Ok, you eventually followed the instructions and successfully installed a digital mode package, say WSJT-X.
Everything looks right, but it just stubbornly refuses to communicate at all! (Aw, sob, Pengy let me down.... </rant>

Did you make yourself a member of the dialout group? For some reason this little detail, a holdover from when communication packages needed you to be able to dial out, is still necessary for many modern communications apps. so how to do? 'Seasy:
1. Open a terminal Ctrl-Alt-T. (Relax. It doesn't byte and you are not going to nuke your computer.)

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sudo usermod -a -G groupname username
Yes, you put dialout for the groupname and your login for your username. The sudo allows you to execute a command with admin priviledges, and usermod mods a user. The -G is the group name(s) and the -a means to add the user to this group(s).

Cured? It probably still doesn't work, so log out and back in again. The login process reads your group memberships a…login to view the rest of this post

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