[Hackrf-dev] HackRF not working - help

[Dominic Spill]

On 4 April 2016 at 13:43, Don Gray <dgray00 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> So, after some delay, I'm here!

Welcome!

>
> My symptoms:  The 3V3 LED illuminates normally, all other LEDs are
> illuminated but very dim. If I push RESET, nothing happens. If I push DFU,
> the RF LED goes out and then if I push RESET the RF LED comes back on (still
> dim). It does not enumerate on the USB and lsusb doesn't list it.

When you enter DFU mode, does the HackRF enumerate over USB?  You can
check to output of dmesg and lsusb to find out.  It should appear as
an NXP device in DFU mode.

To enter DFU mode you should hold down the DFU button while pressing
the reset button.

Thanks,
  Dominic