Post B0RFfua8Bf5pKyTCTo by theodric@social.linux.pizza
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(DIR) Post #B0RF1etJ6bLv5eFGq0 by selea@social.linux.pizza
2025-11-20T13:38:31Z
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Anyone knows why WebSerial does not work under #opensuse #tumbleweed? :opensuse:#linux #meshtastic
(DIR) Post #B0RFNRaZFA6SCkrsh6 by anthropy@mastodon.derg.nz
2025-11-20T13:42:28Z
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@selea do you get a specific error? what browser are you trying it with? it could be related to apparmor perhaps but without more details I can't tell for sure
(DIR) Post #B0RFfua8Bf5pKyTCTo by theodric@social.linux.pizza
2025-11-20T13:45:51Z
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@selea it worked for me two weeks ago on TW Slowroll, but only under Chromium, not using the Firefox plugin. So it is at least possible for it to work! Check permissions? Not sure what all you'd need, but dialout group at a minimum.
(DIR) Post #B0RG2KuOz7DnMMe13Y by selea@social.linux.pizza
2025-11-20T13:49:52Z
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@anthropy The browser can see the device, but "can't open" it.Apparmor is not active either
(DIR) Post #B0RGDr6pbXPUPfx1Ye by portaloffreedom@social.linux.pizza
2025-11-20T13:51:57Z
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@selea stupid question: have you tried to disable the firewall to check if it's interfering in any way?
(DIR) Post #B0RGFCnwQYD9zPl7mC by selea@social.linux.pizza
2025-11-20T13:52:12Z
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@portaloffreedom I have, yes
(DIR) Post #B0RGGl3WZDiYVXmvOS by anthropy@mastodon.derg.nz
2025-11-20T13:52:29Z
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@selea hmm, unsure, but you could try adding your user to the dialout (or alike) group to make sure you can open serial devices, that is a common issue.You could also try open the serial device from a terminal to test what's going on, if you get an error without using sudo then likely something like being added to the dialout group might help
(DIR) Post #B0RGQXZ1aIzPYjBdcu by portaloffreedom@social.linux.pizza
2025-11-20T13:54:17Z
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@selea are you using chrome/ium inside flatpak?
(DIR) Post #B0RGUw4IQ5caiTuS8G by selea@social.linux.pizza
2025-11-20T13:55:04Z
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@portaloffreedom No, installed it with zypper :D
(DIR) Post #B0RGXQcJoMLA2b0nXk by selea@social.linux.pizza
2025-11-20T13:55:30Z
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@portaloffreedom Both my machines have the same issue - laptop with GNOME and Battlestation with KDE
(DIR) Post #B0RGlZWdUFtPiw68wa by portaloffreedom@social.linux.pizza
2025-11-20T13:58:05Z
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@selea the only thought left is a file read permission. Something like the user needs to be added to the USB or SERIAL readwrite group. Normally I would suggest "run it with sudo" to do a quick test, but I would not do that for a browser...Does serial work from a terminal with a simpler client?
(DIR) Post #B0RHIl0tnNKkuT4rCK by selea@social.linux.pizza
2025-11-20T14:04:02Z
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@portaloffreedom Serial works from other applications, just not the browser :(I added myself to the "dialout" group (as @anthropy suggested, and now it just times out - atleast another error! :D
(DIR) Post #B0RHOLtS6WYgjrGJGa by anthropy@mastodon.derg.nz
2025-11-20T14:05:05Z
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@selea @portaloffreedom did you log out / log in after adding yourself to the group? the group membership won't be active for your specific user session until you do, that might have to do with it
(DIR) Post #B0RHclbdInVIXTnhbs by selea@social.linux.pizza
2025-11-20T14:07:40Z
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@anthropy yeah I did, even did a reboot :)@portaloffreedom
(DIR) Post #B0RHgibQPVucNmaUng by anthropy@mastodon.derg.nz
2025-11-20T14:08:22Z
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@selea @portaloffreedom ahh, fiddlesticks.hmm, puzzling! have you tried with other devices by any chance? I'm kind of tempted to spin up a opensuse VM just to see if I can reproduce it
(DIR) Post #B0RHsZMyZ44vDoTpp2 by selea@social.linux.pizza
2025-11-20T14:10:31Z
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@anthropy Yeah, my laptop has the same issue and so does my sons laptop and also my brothers machines :)@portaloffreedom
(DIR) Post #B0RHvx2h0QdFVibbMW by anthropy@mastodon.derg.nz
2025-11-20T14:11:05Z
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@selea @portaloffreedom Oh I mean like, different serial device. Perhaps the way it does its handshake confuses the browser. But let me try spin up a VM ..