This is optional, but makes things more convenient…
Create a file /etc/udev/rules.d/90-smoothie.rules and add the following to it:
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="1d50", ATTRS{idProduct}=="6015", MODE="0666"
SUBSYSTEM=="tty", ATTRS{idVendor}=="1d50", ATTRS{idProduct}=="6015", SYMLINK+="smoothie%n"
After you’ve done that, you need to reload the udev rules to get them working:
udevadm control --reload-rules
# or
sudo service udev restart # ubuntu
Under Fedora, Smoothieboard is handled by the modem manager (as an Openmoko). To avoid this, add the following to the udev rule:
ENV{ID_MM_DEVICE_IGNORE}="1"
Then plug in Smoothie, and it should appear as /dev/smoothie0.
If you have two USB serial devices configured, the second one will be /dev/smoothie1.
[!NOTE] The distribution-specific sections need to be verified for other distributions.
If you want to be able to communicate with /dev/smoothie0 using your regular non-superuser login, then you need to add your user to the dialout group.
To be able to flash via DFU as a regular user, add the user to the plugdev group too.
This can be done with:
sudo adduser <username> dialout
sudo adduser <username> plugdev
or by editing the group file directly:
sudo vigr
and adding the username to the end of the line for dialout and plugdev.
To be able to communicate with the Smoothie on Arch Linux, you need to be in the uucp group.
usermod -a -G uucp <username>
Replace <username> with the name of your user.
To be able to upload firmware using make upload without needing to use sudo, you need the udev rule shown above.
It sets the permissions for all users to rw (0666).
If your PID and VIDs are 0000, take a look at this forum post.
One user has found that one kernel version caused his machine to disconnect, while other kernel versions didn’t.
Here’s what his tests showed:
Linux octoprint 4.19.0-8-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.98-1 (2020-01-26) x86_64 GNU/Linux worksLinux zen 5.3.18-2-pve #1 SMP PVE 5.3.18-2 (Sat, 15 Feb 2020 15:11:52 +0100) x86_64 GNU/LinuxIf you have weird Linux issues where it disconnects, maybe try a different kernel version and see if that helps.