TN.Frank Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Ok, so I got the kit, plugged in the dongle to my USB port and the antenna to the dongle, now what? I opened Quisk but nothing different is happening. So do I need to install a Driver for the dongle or do something to configure it or what? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no42 Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 I suggest following this guide if your windows: http://rtlsdr.org/softwarewindows Or this guide if your linux: http://rtlsdr.org/softwarelinux Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathdealerxx Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Ok, so I got the kit, plugged in the dongle to my USB port and the antenna to the dongle, now what? I opened Quisk but nothing different is happening. So do I need to install a Driver for the dongle or do something to configure it or what? Thanks. Well which os are you running? Also there is a pre-compiled Ubuntu ISO that has all the necessary drivers and software to run your SDR. Here is the link to that ISO.. http://www.rtl-sdr.com/rtl-sdrhackrf-live-dvd/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TN.Frank Posted February 1, 2014 Author Share Posted February 1, 2014 (edited) I'm running Point Linux 2.2 which is pure Debian 7 Stable with a MATE DE. Also, if it's 32bit since I have a Core Duo laptop with a 1.83GHz processor. I have both CuteSDR and Quisk installed. Just wonder if I need to install any Drivers or anything for the dongle? Edited February 1, 2014 by TN.Frank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathdealerxx Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 (edited) Try the Linux guide that's posted above it might help you with your drivers but will also install SDR Sharp which is what I first started using. Personally I have had some issues finding the right Linux Distro to use with my SDR. Most of the guides are for Debian or Ubuntu and watch out some are only for 64-bit machines. You could also make a bootable usb with Kali linux on it and it works great. I installed Ubuntu 12.04 on my old Toshiba dual core thinking it would work find and experienced a lot of skipping and stuttering. Edited February 1, 2014 by deathdealerxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TN.Frank Posted February 1, 2014 Author Share Posted February 1, 2014 (edited) I'm installing sudo apt-get install mono-complete monodevelop(sudo apt-get install libportaudio2 was already installed) to see if that'll give me what I need to get Quisk up and running. If not I'll have to see if I can find a 32bit version of SDR# for Debian to install. Thanks. Keep the info coming, more is always better. Edited February 1, 2014 by TN.Frank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no42 Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 (edited) Also try: git clone git://git.osmocom.org/rtl-sdr.git cd rtl-sdr/ mkdir build cd build cmake ../ -DINSTALL_UDEV_RULES=ON make sudo make install sudo ldconfig sudo make install-udev-rules and: git clone git://git.osmocom.org/gr-osmosdr cd gr-osmosdr/ mkdir build cd build/ cmake ../ make sudo make install sudo ldconfig Edited February 2, 2014 by midnitesnake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathdealerxx Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 I'm installing sudo apt-get install mono-complete monodevelop(sudo apt-get install libportaudio2 was already installed) to see if that'll give me what I need to get Quisk up and running. If not I'll have to see if I can find a 32bit version of SDR# for Debian to install. Thanks. Keep the info coming, more is always better. I know that even with sdrsharp that at one time I had to download the RTLUSB.dll file from the sdrsharp website in order for the software to even detect the USB SDR device. So maybe that's why cutesdr doesn't see your SDR. If you still have problems check these two sites out may give you some insight. http://www.rtl-sdr.com/rtl-sdr-quick-start-guide/ http://www.thepowerbase.com/2012/06/getting-started-with-rtl-sdr/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TN.Frank Posted February 1, 2014 Author Share Posted February 1, 2014 Tried that before with the gqrx tarball and got stuck at the same place, cmake ../ Returns "bash: cmake: command not found" so I gave up and just installed CuteSDR and Quisk from Synaptic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no42 Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 (edited) Tried that before with the gqrx tarball and got stuck at the same place, cmake ../ Returns "bash: cmake: command not found" so I gave up and just installed CuteSDR and Quisk from Synaptic. try: apt-get install build-essential cmake Edited February 1, 2014 by midnitesnake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TN.Frank Posted February 1, 2014 Author Share Posted February 1, 2014 E: Unable to locate package build-essentianls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no42 Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 my bad loose the 's' (edited above post); also was that a copy n paste, check your spelling - I put it down to excitement!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathdealerxx Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 (edited) sudo apt-get install build-essential Edited February 1, 2014 by deathdealerxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TN.Frank Posted February 1, 2014 Author Share Posted February 1, 2014 Ok, that got build-essential cmake installing. I'll go back after it installs and try the cmake ../ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TN.Frank Posted February 1, 2014 Author Share Posted February 1, 2014 Now I get this: -- The C compiler identification is GNU 4.7.2 -- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/gcc -- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/gcc -- works -- Detecting C compiler ABI info -- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done -- Build type not specified: defaulting to release. -- Extracting version information from git describe... -- Found PkgConfig: /usr/bin/pkg-config (found version "0.26") -- checking for module 'libusb-1.0' -- package 'libusb-1.0' not found -- Looking for libusb_handle_events_timeout_completed -- Looking for libusb_handle_events_timeout_completed - not found -- Looking for libusb_error_name -- Looking for libusb_error_name - not found -- libusb-1.0 not found. -- Looking for include file pthread.h -- Looking for include file pthread.h - found -- Looking for pthread_create in pthreads -- Looking for pthread_create in pthreads - not found -- Looking for pthread_create in pthread -- Looking for pthread_create in pthread - found -- Found Threads: TRUE CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:69 (message): LibUSB 1.0 required to compile rtl-sdr Looks like I need to install LibUSB 1.0 or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no42 Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 (edited) apt-cache search libusb think you need apt-get install libusb-dev or apt-get install libusb-1.0-dev the dev bit is important - it includes the stuff to compile from source, libusb-1.0 - is just the pre-compiled libraries Edited February 1, 2014 by midnitesnake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TN.Frank Posted February 1, 2014 Author Share Posted February 1, 2014 apt-get install libusb-dev installed but apt-get install libusb-1.0-dev gets me this: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package libusb-1.0-dev E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'libusb-1.0-dev' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no42 Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 (edited) can't remember all the debian packages off the top of my head try the following to list a series of packages: apt-cache search libusb but this might work, again not entirely sure as I'm not on a debian OS right now: apt-get install libusb-1.0-0-dev Edited February 1, 2014 by midnitesnake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TN.Frank Posted February 1, 2014 Author Share Posted February 1, 2014 So many to pick from, LOL. libusbhid-common - Common files for the USB HID devices FreeBSD library libhpmud-dev - HP Multi-Point Transport Driver (hpmud) development libraries libhpmud0 - HP Multi-Point Transport Driver (hpmud) run-time libraries libdevice-usb-perl - Perl module to access USB devices using libusb libdjconsole-data - Hercules DJ Console access library - data files libdjconsole-dev - Hercules DJ Console access library - development headers libdjconsole0 - Hercules DJ Console access library libfprint-dev - async fingerprint library of fprint project, development headers libfprint0 - async fingerprint library of fprint project, shared libraries libftdi1 - Library to control and program the FTDI USB controller libftdipp1 - Library to control and program the FTDI USB controller python-ftdi - Python module to control and program the FTDI USB controller libgusb-dev - GLib wrapper around libusb1 - development files libgusb-doc - GLib wrapper around libusb1 - documentation libgusb2 - GLib wrapper around libusb1 libusb++-0.1-4c2 - userspace C++ USB programming library libusb++-dev - userspace C++ USB programming library development files libusb-0.1-4 - userspace USB programming library libusb-dev - userspace USB programming library development files libusbtc08-1 - Hardware interface library for PicoTech USB TC08 Thermocouple sensor libusbtc08-dev - Development files for PicoTech USB TC08 libusb-1.0-0 - userspace USB programming library libusb-1.0-0-dev - userspace USB programming library development files libusbip-dev - USB device sharing system over IP network (development files) libusb-ocaml - OCaml bindings to libusb-1.0 (runtime) libusb-ocaml-dev - OCaml bindings to libusb-1.0 libusb-ruby - Transitional package for ruby-usb libusb-ruby1.8 - Transitional package for ruby-usb libusb-ruby1.9.1 - Transitional package for ruby-usb ruby-usb - Ruby library providing bindings for libusb-0.1 spectools - Utilities for using the Wi-Spy USB spectrum analyzer hardware libusbmuxd-dev - USB multiplexor daemon for iPhone and iPod Touch devices - devel libusbmuxd1 - USB multiplexor daemon for iPhone and iPod Touch devices - library libusbmuxd1-dbg - USB multiplexor daemon for iPhone and iPod Touch devices - debug libusbprog-dev - Development files for libusbprog libusbprog0 - Library for programming the USBprog hardware libusbredirhost-dev - implementing the usb-host (*) side of a usbredir connection (development) libusbredirhost1 - Implementing the usb-host (*) side of a usbredir connection (runtime) libusbredirparser-dev - Parser for the usbredir protocol (development) libusbredirparser0 - Parser for the usbredir protocol (runtime) python-usbtc08 - Python wrapper for libusbtc08 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no42 Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 this one: apt-get install libusb-1.0-0-dev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TN.Frank Posted February 1, 2014 Author Share Posted February 1, 2014 Maybe this one libusb-1.0-0 - userspace USB programming library Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TN.Frank Posted February 1, 2014 Author Share Posted February 1, 2014 Ok, apt-get install libusb-1.0-0-dev installed so that's good. I'll try cd'ing back to where I was getting stuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TN.Frank Posted February 1, 2014 Author Share Posted February 1, 2014 Ok, got all the way down to sudo make install-udev-rules and got make: *** No rule to make target `install-udev-rules'. Stop. but we're getting closer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no42 Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 (edited) ok, you might need to change the cmake command to cmake ../ -DINSTALL_UDEV_RULES=ON but you might be there anyway try: rtl_test -t Edited February 1, 2014 by midnitesnake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TN.Frank Posted February 1, 2014 Author Share Posted February 1, 2014 (edited) Hey, it did find something. Found 1 device(s): 0w0JYvqxvqr, SN: xbw,dxq@rq Using device 0: Generic RTL2832U OEM usb_open error -3 Please fix the device permissions, e.g. by installing the udev rules file rtl-sdr.rules Failed to open rtlsdr device #0. So, how do I get Quisk or CuteSDR to find it? P.S. Looks like it still needs the udev rules file to work. Edited February 1, 2014 by TN.Frank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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