On 2012-09-18, Joseph <syscon780@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 09/18/12 07:07, J. Roeleveld wrote:
>>Joseph <syscon780@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>I'm trying to configure virutalbox serial port, but I'm getting an
>>>error:
>>>
>>>NamedPipe#0 failed to connect to local socket /dev/ttyS0
>>>(VERR_ACCESS_DENIED).
[...]
>>>What am I missing?

>>Do you have permissions set correctly to access the serial port
>>normally (without virtualbox)?

> How do I check if some other application are not using serial port?

To check to see if another app has the port open, use lsof. But,
that's not what's causing your error. Linux allows serial ports to be
open by multiple processes.

Do you have permissions set correctly to access the serial port
normally (without virtualbox)?

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On 09/18/12 11:01, Michael Mol wrote:


How do I check if some other application are not using serial port?


lsof -n |grep /dev/tty

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Nothing is using ttyS0 so I'm puzzled why virtualbox is giving me permission error

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On 09/18/12 15:06, Grant Edwards wrote:

I'm trying to configure virutalbox serial port, but I'm getting an
error:

NamedPipe#0 failed to connect to local socket /dev/ttyS0
(VERR_ACCESS_DENIED).

[...]

What am I missing?



Do you have permissions set correctly to access the serial port
normally (without virtualbox)?



How do I check if some other application are not using serial port?


To check to see if another app has the port open, use lsof. But,
that's not what's causing your error. Linux allows serial ports to be
open by multiple processes.

Do you have permissions set correctly to access the serial port
normally (without virtualbox)?

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When I run: lsof -n |grep /dev/ttyS
nothing is showing up so I'm sure no other application is using it. I run hylafax but I disabled it and commented out in inittab:
#c7:2345:respawn:/usr/sbin/faxgetty ttyS0

I set ttyS0 to "666"
ll /dev/ttyS*
crw-rw-rw- 1 uucp tty 4, 64 Sep 18 09:21 /dev/ttyS0
crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 65 Sep 2 06:09 /dev/ttyS1
crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 66 Sep 2 06:09 /dev/ttyS2
crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 67 Sep 2 06:09 /dev/ttyS3

I'm in group "tty", so I can not figure it out why virtualbox is complaining.


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On 2012-09-18, Joseph <syscon780@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 09/18/12 15:06, Grant Edwards wrote:
>>>>>I'm trying to configure virutalbox serial port, but I'm getting an
>>>>>error:
>>>>>
>>>>>NamedPipe#0 failed to connect to local socket /dev/ttyS0
>>>>>(VERR_ACCESS_DENIED).
>>[...]
>>>>>What am I missing?
>>
>>>>Do you have permissions set correctly to access the serial port
>>>>normally (without virtualbox)?
>>
>>> How do I check if some other application are not using serial port?
>>
>>To check to see if another app has the port open, use lsof. But,
>>that's not what's causing your error. Linux allows serial ports to be
>>open by multiple processes.
>>
>>Do you have permissions set correctly to access the serial port
>>normally (without virtualbox)?

> When I run: lsof -n |grep /dev/ttyS

> nothing is showing up so I'm sure no other application is using it. I
> run hylafax but I disabled it and commented out in inittab:
> #c7:2345:respawn:/usr/sbin/faxgetty ttyS0


> I set ttyS0 to "666"
> ll /dev/ttyS*
> crw-rw-rw- 1 uucp tty 4, 64 Sep 18 09:21 /dev/ttyS0
> crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 65 Sep 2 06:09 /dev/ttyS1
> crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 66 Sep 2 06:09 /dev/ttyS2
> crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 67 Sep 2 06:09 /dev/ttyS3
>
> I'm in group "tty", so I can not figure it out why virtualbox is
> complaining.

What happens when you do "cat /dev/ttyS0"?

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On 2012-09-18, Joseph <syscon780@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 09/18/12 11:01, Michael Mol wrote:
>>>
>>> How do I check if some other application are not using serial port?
>>
>>lsof -n |grep /dev/tty
>>
>>--
>>:wq
>

> Nothing is using ttyS0

That has nothing to do with a permission error. If you had proper
permissions, you won't get a permission error even if something else
is using ttyS0.

> so I'm puzzled why virtualbox is giving me permission error

What happens when you do "cat /dev/ttyS0"?

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On 09/18/12 15:59, Grant Edwards wrote:

[snip]


I'm in group "tty", so I can not figure it out why virtualbox is
complaining.


What happens when you do "cat /dev/ttyS0"?

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It is working know. It was my error :-/
I had it selected "host pipe" and it should be "host device'
One of those days :-)

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On Tuesday 18 Sep 2012 18:49:33 Joseph wrote:
> On 09/18/12 15:59, Grant Edwards wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
> >> I'm in group "tty", so I can not figure it out why virtualbox is
> >> complaining.
> >
> >What happens when you do "cat /dev/ttyS0"?
>
> It is working know. It was my error :-/
> I had it selected "host pipe" and it should be "host device'
> One of those days :-)

Mine looks like this:

$ ls -l /dev/ttyS0
crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 64 Sep 21 06:16 /dev/ttyS0

and the user (me) is a member of the uucp group. Not sure if this is a more
correct way to configure it ...
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On 2012-09-21, Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday 18 Sep 2012 18:49:33 Joseph wrote:
>> On 09/18/12 15:59, Grant Edwards wrote:
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>> >> I'm in group "tty", so I can not figure it out why virtualbox is
>> >> complaining.
>> >
>> >What happens when you do "cat /dev/ttyS0"?
>>
>> It is working know. It was my error :-/
>> I had it selected "host pipe" and it should be "host device'
>> One of those days :-)
>
> Mine looks like this:
>
> $ ls -l /dev/ttyS0
> crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 64 Sep 21 06:16 /dev/ttyS0
>
> and the user (me) is a member of the uucp group. Not sure if this is
> a more correct way to configure it ...

Adding the user to the group that owns the device is the usual way to
do give users access to hardware.

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