I get all my emails in the digest format so I dont know how to respond
to any one but here is the reply to New to USRP and GNU radio software
post.
Its pretty easy , try to go through this manual for step by step and
simple to complicated issues related to the hardware.
http://www.gnuradio.org/trac/attachment/wiki/UsrpFAQ/USRP_Documentation.pdf?format=raw
Wajid Hassan
Wichita State University
Kansas