It is not enough to add the user to dialout. You also have to sudo apt-get remove modemmanager Check this: http://askubuntu.com/questions/133235/how-do-i-allow-non-root-access-to-ttyusb0-on-12-04 and this: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/662881
I'm using ubuntu 13.04 by the way. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/949597 Title: Cannot open /dev/ttyUSB0: Permission denied To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtkterm/+bug/949597/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs