[Discuss-gnuradio] RuntimeError: Failed to open rtlsdr device

[Phil]

I'm almost there at last! Is this a permission issue?

I notice that there aren't any USB devices listed under /dev. Should 
there be?

Using device #0: ezcap USB 2.0 DVB-T/DAB/FM dongle
usb_open error -3
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./simple_fm_rcv.py", line 949, in <module>
    tb = simple_fm_rcv(devid=options.devid, volume=options.volume, 
rdsfile=options.rdsfile, gain=options.gain, freq=options.freq, 
xmlport=options.xmlport, arate=options.arate, mute=options.mute, 
ftune=options.ftune, ant=options.ant, subdev=options.subdev, 
ahw=options.ahw, deemph=options.deemph, prenames=options.prenames, 
prefreqs=options.prefreqs)
  File "./simple_fm_rcv.py", line 402, in __init__
    self.osmosdr_source_c_0 = osmosdr.source_c( args="nchan=" + str(1) 
+ " " + devid  )
  File 
"/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/osmosdr/osmosdr_swig.py", line 
431, in source_c
    return _osmosdr_swig.source_c(args)
RuntimeError: Failed to open rtlsdr device.

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Regards,
Phil