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Grogster Admin Group  Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9610 |
Hello.  This one IS micro-controller based, and I have also signed up at the ST forums. Well, I tried to, but the email confirmation never arrived, so I don't know how I am going to complete the process, but there you go.... Anyway, I installed the Cube programmer for Linux just fine, it runs just fine in Mint, but it refuses to talk to a Black Pill module. Interestingly, Mint itself CAN see the module, as confirmed by getting a system information report - see this image:  Note that the Cube programmer is looking for the DFU with a PID of 0xdf11, and a VID of 0x0483, and that Mint sees the Black Pill module in DFU mode, with EXACTLY those settings - but Cube Programmer just says that no DFU was detected. I have highlighted the Black Pill module as seen by Mint in green in the left-side image, so I would have thought that at this point - if Mint can see the module with the correct PID and VID, that the Cube programmer should also be able to see the module at this point. Weirdness.....  Any ideas? I will update this thread if I ever get a reply to my request to join the ST forums, but as yet....nothing. EDIT: Image is too fuzzy and cropped for you to be able to read any of it. I will try to crop the image into two separate ones and upload them here. Edited 2021-12-11 16:21 by Grogster Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9610 |
Cropped images:   Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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TassyJim Guru  Joined: 07/08/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 6283 |
Have you given yourself permission to use serial ports (modems)? Jim VK7JH MMedit |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9610 |
NO. I have given myself permission to use the USB flash-drives etc, to get USB flash-drives and printers working inside the XP VM. If you can give me a console command I can run to give myself those permissions, that would be fantastic. Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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| TassyJim Guru Joined: 07/08/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 6283 |
Using the GUI start Administration Users and Groups select the user Advanced settings User privileges Put a tick in Use modems You might have to log out and back in for it to take effect. (I tried using command line to do this but didn't have much success) Jim VK7JH MMedit |
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| robert.rozee Guru Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 2442 |
hi grogster, to add the current user to the dialout group: sudo adduser $USER dialout and to remove the accursed modemmanager: sudo apt-get purge modemmanager sudo apt autoremove cheers, rob :-) Edited 2021-12-11 17:07 by robert.rozee |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9610 |
Thanks, but no "Advanced Settings"....  Any pointers? Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9610 |
@ Rob: Do I replace "$USER" with "$Graeme"? Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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| TassyJim Guru Joined: 07/08/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 6283 |
No. $USER is the current user who is you. VK7JH MMedit |
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| robert.rozee Guru Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 2442 |
no, "$USER" (hmmm, or is it "USER$") is a parameter that the shell program substitutes for you automatically. cheers, rob :-) addendum: it is $USER Edited 2021-12-11 17:13 by robert.rozee |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9610 |
Excellent, thanks both of you! I'm learning more Linux then ever before now this machine is now my main one.  I'll run the console commands and update this thread. Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9610 |
OK, completed that all fine, but still no detection. Do I need to reboot Mint at this point? Perhaps I will try that anyway.... Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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| robert.rozee Guru Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 2442 |
you do need to at least log out for the adduser to take effect. rebooting is a good thing, given that linux boots so quickly anyway  i take it your computer has an SSD? this cuts the boot time considerably. cheers, rob :-) |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9610 |
Yes, this Mint 20.2 is on a 500GB SSD. I will reboot after I have finished watching the rest of "The Seekers"... Stay tuned, and thanks so much for helping. Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9610 |
OK, have rebooted, STCube still refuses to see the Black Pill module at all. System report still shows it connected with the same settings as above. Anything else I can try? What IS encouraging, is that Mint can see the module, and can see it with the correct chip VID and PID, so it has to be something between Mint and STCube. Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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| JohnS Guru Joined: 18/11/2011 Location: United KingdomPosts: 4044 |
I think you'll need sudo adduser $USER -G dialout (using -G not -g) Try man adduser to read the manual page. John |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9610 |
Hi John. This is the response I get:  Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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| TassyJim Guru Joined: 07/08/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 6283 |
You were missing the -a switch sudo adduser $USER dialout or sudo usermod -a -G dialout $USER The first version is specific to Ubuntu and derivatives The second version should work for all Linux and groups should list the groups you are in. Jim Edited 2021-12-12 14:42 by TassyJim VK7JH MMedit |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9610 |
Thank, I have added that, and that command was successful.  Cube programmer still flatly refuses to talk to the module, or even see it at all. Does anyone else have anything else they would like me to try? This is interesting. I was expecting Linux to assign it to a folder in the tree as it does with something like the E28 module, and then I could point the Cube programmer to that location, but it does not show up as any kind of USB device at all as I was expecting. I'll dig out an E28 and connect that, just to make sure that Mint is actually doing what I would expect in the first place. EDIT: Yep, an E28 module shows up fine on the expected path, and I can talk to that just fine via GFXterm for Linux.  So, it has to be still something else I/we need to find out that is blocking Cube programmer from being able to see the Black Pill module. For a test, I will now connect a CMM2 and see if the Cube programmer can see that. EDIT: Just tried plugging in a Picomite module for a quick test in upload mode, and Mint sees that just fine and treats it like a small USB flash drive as you would expect, so that's good. Mint also assigns it /dev/ttyACM1, and I can talk to the Picomite with GFXterm for Linux also, so I think everything is working OK at the USB side of things. Edited 2021-12-13 09:01 by Grogster Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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| JohnS Guru Joined: 18/11/2011 Location: United KingdomPosts: 4044 |
Do you still have it showing up the way you previously posted (as Cropped images above)? Being seen as DFU etc looked good! John |
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