Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: Peter Davoust <worldgnat@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] USB-Serial Converter?
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 00:12:17
Message-Id: 7c08b4dd0608131710y6b190c91s9604189a5efd2f79@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-amd64] USB-Serial Converter? by Richard Freeman
1 It's device 008 on bus 003. I tried /dev/bus/003/008, and got nothing. Any
2 more ideas?
3
4 Thanks,
5 -Peter
6
7 On 8/13/06, Richard Freeman <rich@××××××××××××××.net> wrote:
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12 > Peter Davoust wrote:
13 > > Hmmmm.... I see no ttyUSB when I do ls /dev/tty*. Is there anywhere else
14 > > it could be?
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16 >
17 > Check dmesg when you plug it in - is it detected?
18 >
19 > Try checking out lsusb - can you figure out what driver is needed?
20 >
21 > Make sure you have CONFIG_USB_SERIAL set in your kernel. You probably
22 > also need the appropriate driver for your adapter. I have PL2303 set
23 > for mine. Here is my lsusb output for the serial ports:
24 >
25 > Bus 002 Device 003: ID 067b:2303 Prolific Technology, Inc. PL2303 Serial
26 > Port
27 > Bus 002 Device 002: ID 067b:2303 Prolific Technology, Inc. PL2303 Serial
28 > Port
29 >
30 > If the kernel doesn't have USB_SERIAL support enabled you definitely
31 > won't get a ttyUSB device. You also need hotplug properly configured,
32 > but that should pretty-much work out of the box with gentoo. You might
33 > need to tweak it if you have more than one and want to ensure it gets
34 > the same port each time (wouldn't do to have my two mythtv satellite
35 > boxes getting random assignments every time I reboot).
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Re: [gentoo-amd64] USB-Serial Converter? Richard Freeman <rich@××××××××××××××.net>