Configure your computer

Before your computer can talk to the NXT brick you need to set your udev rules.

Start by adding the lego group:

• sudo groupadd lego

Then add yourself to that group:

• sudo usermod -a -G lego <username>

Now create a udev rules file for the lego group that you just created.

• echo "BUS==\"usb\", ATTRS{idVendor}==\"0694\", GROUP=\"lego\", MODE=\"0660\"" > /tmp/70-lego.rules && sudo mv /tmp/70-lego.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/70-lego.rules

On ubuntu 12.04 use

• echo "SUBSYSTEM==\"usb\", ATTRS{idVendor}==\"0694\", GROUP=\"lego\", MODE=\"0660\"" > /tmp/70-lego.rules && sudo mv /tmp/70-lego.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/70-lego.rules

Now restart udev:

• sudo restart udev

Now log out and log back in to finish.

• Info: these instructions are derived from the NXT-Python page