[argyllcms] ColorMunki Display and Ubuntu: 'Instrument Access Failed'

  • From: William Norfleet <williamnorfleet2000@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: argyllcms@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 21:07:17 -0400

Greetings!  dispcal fails to recognize a new ColorMunki Display:
dispcal: Error - new_disprd() failed with 'Instrument Access Failed'
Running dispcal as root has no effect.

Agyll 1.1.0-5, Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, 32-bit, Linux 2.6.32-34-generic

dispread does not see any USB devices:
$ dispread --
Read a Display, Version 1.1.0
Author: Graeme W. Gill, licensed under the GPL Version 3
Diagnostic: Usage requested
usage: dispread [options] outfile
 -v              Verbose mode
 -display displayname Choose X11 display name
-d n[,m] Choose the display n from the following list (default 1) Optionally choose different display m for VideoLUT access
XRandR 1.2 is faulty - falling back to older extensions
    1 = 'Unknown at 0, 0, width 1600, height 900'
-c listno Set communication port from the following list (default 1)
    1 = '/dev/ttyS0'
    2 = '/dev/ttyS1'
    3 = '/dev/ttyS2'
    4 = '/dev/ttyS3'
 -p                   Use projector mode (if available)
 -y c|l               Display type, c = CRT, l = LCD
... etc.

The device appears to be detected by the system:
$ lsusb
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 03f0:bc02 Hewlett-Packard PhotoSmart 8700 series
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0765:5020 X-Rite, Inc.
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 9710:7830 MosChip Semiconductor MCS7830 Ethernet
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 04b3:301b IBM Corp. SK-8815 Keyboard
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 04b3:301a IBM Corp.
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Plugging in the ColorMunki creates a device:
Before:
$ ll -tr /dev/usb
total 0
crw-rw---- 1 root lp 180, 0 2011-09-29 20:27 lp0
After:
$ ll -tr /dev/usb
total 0
crw-rw---- 1 root lp   180,  0 2011-09-29 20:27 lp0
crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 96 2011-09-29 20:57 hiddev0

Fiddling with 55-Argyll.rules per Argyll's documentation has no effect.

I've seen a number of posts about problems with the Spyders, but not much about the ColorMunki either here, at Ubuntu Forums, or elsewhere via Google. Sorry if I've missed the obvious. Ideas?

Thanks for considering my problem.


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