Re: Ubuntu 20.04 cannot find the Hackrf board?

On 2022-08-03 11:32, James Anderson wrote:

You might want to try running hackrf_info with superuser privileges using sudo, i.e. "sudo hackrf_info". Many/most peripherals require this in Linux by default.

If the udev rules were installed correctly for this device, then you don't need to be superuser to use it.

Additionally, use of a VM may limit the sample rate you can achieve since there is some overhead passing through the USB connection. Consider installing Linux directly on your machine.

On Aug 3, 2022, at 6:12 AM, George Edwards <gedwards.eng@gmail.com> wrote:



Hello GNURadio Community, 

I built a grc flowgraph in Gnuradio 3.9.5 on Ubuntu 20.04 inside Microsoft VirtualBox. I have a HackRF One radio hardware. I installed the hackrf drivers in Ubuntu with command: sudo apt-get install -y hackrf

and confirmed the installation. I connected the HackRF One board to my computer and in the Terminal prompt entered the command hackrf_info and received the response that it does not see the Hackrf board.

And true to form when I ran the flowgraph, I get the following error message:

RuntimeError: no hackrf device matches

Why is Ubuntu 20.04 running inside MS VirtualBox not seeing the HackRf board with the HackRf drivers installed. And, how do I resolve this issue?

Will appreciate any help to resolve this issue.

George