Re: [linux-minidisc] libusb1.USBError

[Michael Karcher <Michael.Karcher@fu-berlin.de>]

Am Donnerstag, den 02.09.2010, 05:37 -0400 schrieb
bredgeo1@netscape.net:
> Hello all,
> 
> I finally got the command in and stuff... BUT... here is what i get
> when try (only) this command "netmd_dump" in the terminal:
> 
> xxxxxxx@xxxxxxx-laptop:~$ netmd_dump
> libusb couldn't open USB device /dev/bus/usb/005/005: Permission
> denied.
> libusb requires write access to USB device nodes.
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/bin/netmd_dump", line 131, in <module>
>     track_range=track_range, title=options.title)
>   File "/usr/bin/netmd_dump", line 10, in main
>     device_address=device_address):
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/libnetmd.py", line 78, in
> iterdevices
>     yield NetMD(device.open())
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/usb1.py", line 502, in open
>     raise libusb1.USBError, result
> libusb1.USBError: LIBUSB_ERROR_ACCESS [-3]
> 
> HELP!

The problem ist that /dev/bus/usb/005/005 (which was the device of the
Minidisc device at the time you tried) offers full access only for root.
To fix that, you either need to change owner or permissions of that
device or you need to run netmd_dump as root.

Regards,
  Michael Karcher