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authorbnewbold <bnewbold@robocracy.org>2015-05-28 21:33:51 -0700
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quickstart-board: screen permissions instructions
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# Should be a blank screen until the Novena boots.
# Type "Ctrl-A" then "k" to quit when you are done.
-Or you could use minicom or GtkTerm or whatever your favorite is..
+Or you could use minicom or GtkTerm or whatever your favorite is. If you get
+access errors, you might need to add yourself to ``dialout`` or ``plugdev`` or
+a group like that, then completely log out and log back in::
+
+ $ ls -l /dev/ttyUSB0
+ crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 188, 0 May 28 21:10 /dev/ttyUSB0
+ $ groups
+ SOMEBODY cdrom floppy audio dip video plugdev netdev
+ $ sudo usermod SOMEBODY -a -G dialout
+ $ groups
+ SOMEBODY cdrom floppy audio dip video plugdev netdev
+ $ # Still need to logout and back in, then:
+ $ groups
+ SOMEBODY dialout cdrom floppy audio dip video plugdev netdev
Finally, connect power to the Novena board's DC barrel jack. You should see
u-boot and then kernel boot messages stream out the console.