Update INSTALL

Add some additional info on getting the
FTDI drvier to recognize dive computers on
Raspberry Pi OS.

Signed-off-by: Captain Junk <captainjunk@gmail.com>
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Captain Junk 2022-09-12 20:23:58 -07:00 committed by Dirk Hohndel
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@ -237,10 +237,23 @@ sudo apt install \
qtscript5-dev qttools5-dev qttools5-dev-tools libmtp-dev
Note that you'll need to increase the swap space as the default of 100MB
doesn't seem to be enough. If maps aren't working, copy the googlemaps plugin
doesn't seem to be enough. 1024MB worked on a 3B+.
If maps aren't working, copy the googlemaps plugin
from <build_dir>/subsurface/googlemaps/build/libqtgeoservices_googlemaps.so
to /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/qt5/plugins/geoservices.
If Subsurface can't seem to see your dive computer on /dev/ttyUSB0, even after
adjusting your account's group settings (see note below about usermod), it
might be that the FTDI driver doesn't recognize the VendorID/ProductID of your
computer. Follow the instructions here:
https://www.ftdichip.com/Support/Documents/TechnicalNotes/TN_101_Customising_FTDI_VID_PID_In_Linux(FT_000081).pdf
If you're unsure of the VID/PID of your device, plug your dive computer in to
your host and run `dmesg`. That should show the codes that are needed to
follow TN_101.
On PCLinuxOS you appear to need the following packages
su -c "apt-get install -y autoconf automake cmake gcc-c++ git libtool \