[fpc-pascal] How to use serial or usb-ports in linux

[Mark Morgan Lloyd]

Henry Vermaak wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 06, 2015 at 12:16:31PM +0200, P. vanderWal wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I wrote a program to control a hobby milling machine.(Profiler, see
>> Elektor-forum). The programm is written in fpc-pascal and using
>> synaser in the windows version for control of the serial port(s).  Now
>> I want to use the program in Debian 8... and or Ubuntu 15... Compiling
>> and running the present version gives "no permission" for the
>> serial/usb ports.  Please advise how to get the program running with
>> these ports. (lazarus 1.2.4 fpc 2.6.4).
> 
> For Debian you usually have to be part of the "dialout" group to have
> access to the serial ports.

Same for Slackware and possibly others. Always catches me out, despite 
doing quite a lot of this sort of stuff.

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Mark Morgan Lloyd
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