Here is a selection of udev rules for setting up an SDR dongle on Linux. Create the file rtl-sdr.rules under the folder /etc/udev/rules.d/ and then put the appropriate rule in it.
# original RTL2832U vid/pid (hama nano, for example) SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0bda", ATTRS{idProduct}=="2832", MODE:="0666" # RTL2832U OEM vid/pid, e.g. ezcap EzTV668 (E4000), Newsky TV28T (E4000/R820T) etc. SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0bda", ATTRS{idProduct}=="2838", MODE:="0666" # DigitalNow Quad DVB-T PCI-E card (4x FC0012?) SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0413", ATTRS{idProduct}=="6680", MODE:="0666" # Leadtek WinFast DTV Dongle mini D (FC0012) SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0413", ATTRS{idProduct}=="6f0f", MODE:="0666" # Genius TVGo DVB-T03 USB dongle (Ver. B) SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0458", ATTRS{idProduct}=="707f", MODE:="0666" # Terratec Cinergy T Stick Black (rev 1) (FC0012) SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0ccd", ATTRS{idProduct}=="00a9", MODE:="0666" # Terratec NOXON rev 1 (FC0013) SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0ccd", ATTRS{idProduct}=="00b3", MODE:="0666" # Terratec Deutschlandradio DAB Stick (FC0013) SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0ccd", ATTRS{idProduct}=="00b4", MODE:="0666" # Terratec NOXON DAB Stick - Radio Energy (FC0013) SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0ccd", ATTRS{idProduct}=="00b5", MODE:="0666" # Terratec Media Broadcast DAB Stick (FC0013) SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0ccd", ATTRS{idProduct}=="00b7", MODE:="0666" # Terratec BR DAB Stick (FC0013) SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0ccd", ATTRS{idProduct}=="00b8", MODE:="0666" # Terratec WDR DAB Stick (FC0013) SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0ccd", ATTRS{idProduct}=="00b9", MODE:="0666" # Terratec MuellerVerlag DAB Stick (FC0013) SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0ccd", ATTRS{idProduct}=="00c0", MODE:="0666" # Terratec Fraunhofer DAB Stick (FC0013) SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0ccd", ATTRS{idProduct}=="00c6", MODE:="0666" # Terratec Cinergy T Stick RC (Rev.3) (E4000) SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0ccd", ATTRS{idProduct}=="00d3", MODE:="0666" # Terratec T Stick PLUS (E4000) SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0ccd", ATTRS{idProduct}=="00d7", MODE:="0666" # Terratec NOXON rev 2 (E4000) SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0ccd", ATTRS{idProduct}=="00e0", MODE:="0666" # PixelView PV-DT235U(RN) (FC0012) SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="1554", ATTRS{idProduct}=="5020", MODE:="0666" # Astrometa DVB-T/DVB-T2 (R828D) SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="15f4", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0131", MODE:="0666" # Compro Videomate U620F (E4000) SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="185b", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0620", MODE:="0666" # Compro Videomate U650F (E4000) SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="185b", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0650", MODE:="0666" # Compro Videomate U680F (E4000) SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="185b", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0680", MODE:="0666" # GIGABYTE GT-U7300 (FC0012) SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="1b80", ATTRS{idProduct}=="d393", MODE:="0666" # DIKOM USB-DVBT HD SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="1b80", ATTRS{idProduct}=="d394", MODE:="0666" # Peak 102569AGPK (FC0012) SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="1b80", ATTRS{idProduct}=="d395", MODE:="0666" # KWorld KW-UB450-T USB DVB-T Pico TV (TUA9001) SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="1b80", ATTRS{idProduct}=="d397", MODE:="0666" # Zaapa ZT-MINDVBZP (FC0012) SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="1b80", ATTRS{idProduct}=="d398", MODE:="0666" # SVEON STV20 DVB-T USB & FM (FC0012) SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="1b80", ATTRS{idProduct}=="d39d", MODE:="0666" # Twintech UT-40 (FC0013) SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="1b80", ATTRS{idProduct}=="d3a4", MODE:="0666" # ASUS U3100MINI_PLUS_V2 (FC0013) SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="1b80", ATTRS{idProduct}=="d3a8", MODE:="0666" # SVEON STV27 DVB-T USB & FM (FC0013) SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="1b80", ATTRS{idProduct}=="d3af", MODE:="0666" # SVEON STV21 DVB-T USB & FM SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="1b80", ATTRS{idProduct}=="d3b0", MODE:="0666" # Dexatek DK DVB-T Dongle (Logilink VG0002A) (FC2580) SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="1d19", ATTRS{idProduct}=="1101", MODE:="0666" # Dexatek DK DVB-T Dongle (MSI DigiVox mini II V3.0) SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="1d19", ATTRS{idProduct}=="1102", MODE:="0666" # Dexatek DK 5217 DVB-T Dongle (FC2580) SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="1d19", ATTRS{idProduct}=="1103", MODE:="0666" # MSI DigiVox Micro HD (FC2580) SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="1d19", ATTRS{idProduct}=="1104", MODE:="0666" # Sweex DVB-T USB (FC0012) SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="1f4d", ATTRS{idProduct}=="a803", MODE:="0666" # GTek T803 (FC0012) SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="1f4d", ATTRS{idProduct}=="b803", MODE:="0666" # Lifeview LV5TDeluxe (FC0012) SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="1f4d", ATTRS{idProduct}=="c803", MODE:="0666" # MyGica TD312 (FC0012) SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="1f4d", ATTRS{idProduct}=="d286", MODE:="0666" # PROlectrix DV107669 (FC0012) SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="1f4d", ATTRS{idProduct}=="d803", MODE:="0666" |
Then unplug and replug the SDR device and it should be working on Linux.
┏jcartwright@jcartwright-System-Version╼╸╸╸╸╸╸╾ ┗━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━◉:~$ rtl_test Found 1 device(s): 0: Realtek, Rtl2832UDVB, SN: Using device 0: ASUS U3100MINI_PLUS_V2 Detached kernel driver Found Fitipower FC0013 tuner Supported gain values (23): -9.9 -7.3 -6.5 -6.3 -6.0 -5.8 -5.4 5.8 6.1 6.3 6.5 6.7 6.8 7.0 7.1 17.9 18.1 18.2 18.4 18.6 18.8 19.1 19.7 Sampling at 2048000 S/s. Info: This tool will continuously read from the device, and report if samples get lost. If you observe no further output, everything is fine. Reading samples in async mode... Allocating 15 zero-copy buffers lost at least 4 bytes ^CSignal caught, exiting! User cancel, exiting... Samples per million lost (minimum): 0 Reattached kernel driver