Package Details: openwebrx-plus-git 1.2.74.r1.g2438bc1d-1

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/openwebrx-plus-git.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: openwebrx-plus-git
Description: Open source, multi-user SDR receiver software with a web interface
Upstream URL: https://luarvique.github.io/ppa/
Keywords: sdr
Licenses: AGPL3
Conflicts: openwebrx, openwebrx-plus
Provides: openwebrx, openwebrx-plus
Submitter: SteamedFish
Maintainer: SteamedFish
Last Packager: SteamedFish
Votes: 1
Popularity: 0.75
First Submitted: 2023-12-16 11:50 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2024-12-04 13:07 (UTC)

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Latest Comments

yjun commented on 2025-01-15 16:19 (UTC) (edited on 2025-01-15 16:26 (UTC) by yjun)

Openwebrx cannot access the rtl-sdr device due to insufficient permissions (according to the RTL-SDR#Using_on_a_headless_server. We need to add the openwebrx user to the rtlsdr group in order to obtain the permission to control the rtl-sdr hardware.

diff --git a/openwebrx-plus.sysusers b/openwebrx-plus.sysusers
index 11942ed..edc60f9 100644
--- a/openwebrx-plus.sysusers
+++ b/openwebrx-plus.sysusers
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 g openwebrx -
 u openwebrx - "OpenWebRX+ user" /var/lib/openwebrx
 m openwebrx openwebrx
+m openwebrx rtlsdr

and thank you for your packaging. It works very well on my computer. :)