From 3bf8c3e654c041b8a1448c1abd38e390b091ace4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Jiang Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 16:53:33 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Updated README.md with info about udev rules --- README.md | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 218d9bc..aab18dc 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -7,7 +7,11 @@ is very simple and should work on any system with libusb-1.0 and gcc. Installation ------------ -You will need the development headers for **libusb-1.0**. Once you have that, you simply need to run `make` in the source directory. +You will need the development headers for **libusb-1.0**. Once you have that, +you simply need to run `make` in the source directory. If you get a "permission +denied" error when running usbscale, you may need to configure **udev** on your +system to give permission to use the scale. The file **50-usb-scale.rules** +contains a sample udev rule file that should be placed in `/etc/udev/rules.d/`. Usage -----