# LimeSDR Mini on Manjaro

**URL:** <https://discourse.myriadrf.org/t/limesdr-mini-on-manjaro/2671>\
**Category:** LimeSDR\
**Created:** [19 April 2018 03:44 UTC](https://discourse.myriadrf.org/t/limesdr-mini-on-manjaro/2671 "2018-04-19T03:44:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![chris917](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@chris917](https://discourse.myriadrf.org/u/chris917)\
**Post date:** [19 April 2018 03:44 UTC](https://discourse.myriadrf.org/t/limesdr-mini-on-manjaro/2671/1 "2018-04-19T03:44:56Z")

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I’m having an issue detecting the LimeSDR Mini in gqrx. I’ve built LimeSuite and SoapySDR from the github sources, and am able to detect the Mini with both LimeUtil and SoapySDRUtil:

```
$ LimeUtil --find
* [LimeSDR Mini, media=USB 3.0, module=FT601, addr=24607:1027, serial=1D3AC902xxxxxx]

$ SoapySDRUtil --find
######################################################
## Soapy SDR -- the SDR abstraction library ##
######################################################

Found device 0
  addr = 24607:1027
  driver = lime
  label = LimeSDR Mini [USB 3.0] 1D3AC902xxxxxx
  media = USB 3.0
  module = FT601
  name = LimeSDR Mini
  serial = 1D3AC902xxxxxx

```

However, when trying to run gqrx with “soapy=0,driver=lime” I get the following error:

```
$ ./gqrx 
qt5ct: using qt5ct plugin
qt5ct: D-Bus global menu: no
gr-osmosdr 898d1279 (0.1.5git) gnuradio 3.7.11
built-in source types: file fcd rtl rtl_tcp plutosdr sdrplay hackrf rfspace airspy airspyhf soapy redpitaya 
Resampling audio 96000 -> 48000
BookmarksFile is /home/chris/.config/gqrx/bookmarks.csv
gr-osmosdr 898d1279 (0.1.5git) gnuradio 3.7.11
built-in source types: file fcd rtl rtl_tcp plutosdr sdrplay hackrf rfspace airspy airspyhf soapy redpitaya 

FATAL: SoapySDR::Device::make() no match

Trying to fill up 1 missing channel(s) with null source(s).
This is being done to prevent the application from crashing
due to gnuradio bug #528.

Failed to set RX input rate to 1e+07
Your device may not be working properly.

```

Any thoughts guys? Any help would be much appreciated. Just received the Mini a couple days ago and am looking forward to a tinkering away with it.

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**Author:** ![acorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@acorn](https://discourse.myriadrf.org/u/acorn)\
**Post date:** [19 April 2018 20:25 UTC](https://discourse.myriadrf.org/t/limesdr-mini-on-manjaro/2671/2 "2018-04-19T20:25:03Z")

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I’ve been having similar troubles on Arch. In GQRX I keep getting

> Failed to set RX input rate to 5e+06  
> Your device may not be working properly.

In CubicSDR the device appears to work but it can’t receive a single thing.

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**Author:** ![chris917](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@chris917](https://discourse.myriadrf.org/u/chris917)\
**Post date:** [19 April 2018 23:04 UTC](https://discourse.myriadrf.org/t/limesdr-mini-on-manjaro/2671/3 "2018-04-19T23:04:49Z")

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Got it working - turns out the gqrx build I was using was linking to an older version of the libSoapySDR.so shared library.

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**Author:** ![en1gma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@en1gma](https://discourse.myriadrf.org/u/en1gma)\
**Post date:** [20 April 2018 00:57 UTC](https://discourse.myriadrf.org/t/limesdr-mini-on-manjaro/2671/4 "2018-04-20T00:57:33Z")

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> [@chris917](#):
>
> SoapySDRUtil --find

please show how you fixed it.  
im not a noob but still could use help.

note: in your output for “module” it says “FT601” where mine says this:

en1gma@en1gma-Latitude-3540:~$ LimeUtil --find

- [LimeSDR Mini, media=USB 3.0, module=uLimeSDR, addr=24607:1027, serial=1D3BD0C4F0CDFF]

en1gma@en1gma-Latitude-3540:~$ SoapySDRUtil --find  
######################################################

## Soapy SDR – the SDR abstraction library

######################################################

linux; GNU C++ version 7.3.0; Boost\_106501; UHD\_003.010.003.000-0-unknown

Cannot connect to server socket err = No such file or directory  
Cannot connect to server request channel  
jack server is not running or cannot be started  
JackShmReadWritePtr::~JackShmReadWritePtr - Init not done for -1, skipping unlock  
JackShmReadWritePtr::~JackShmReadWritePtr - Init not done for -1, skipping unlock  
Found device 0  
default\_input = True  
default\_output = True  
device\_id = 0  
driver = audio  
label = hw:HDA Intel PCH,0

Found device 1  
default\_input = False  
default\_output = False  
device\_id = 1  
driver = audio  
label = default

Found device 2  
addr = 24607:1027  
driver = lime  
label = LimeSDR Mini [USB 3.0] 1D3BD0C4F0CDFF  
media = USB 3.0  
module = uLimeSDR  
name = LimeSDR Mini  
serial = 1D3BD0C4F0CDFF

en1gma@en1gma-Latitude-3540:~$

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**Author:** ![chris917](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@chris917](https://discourse.myriadrf.org/u/chris917)\
**Post date:** [20 April 2018 01:56 UTC](https://discourse.myriadrf.org/t/limesdr-mini-on-manjaro/2671/5 "2018-04-20T01:56:56Z")

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I had built LimeSuite and SoapySDR from source but had issues doing the same for gqrx. The version available from the community didn’t have soapy support built in, so I grabbed the generic Linux binary form of gqrx from the website. It then pulled most of the libraries from it’s own lib folder, but I had to redirect the symlinks for libSoapySDR.so and libSoapySDR.so.0.6 to the versions I had built and installed locally (in my case to /usr/local/lib) for gqrx to detect the LimeSDR Mini properly.