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I've been using pl2303 based serial dongles (typically the cheapest |
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ones) for years without any problems. The only minor 'gotcha' is that |
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this driver seems to randomly drop out of the default genkernel config. |
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-J |
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On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 08:10:42AM -0400, Mark Haney wrote: |
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> P.V.Anthony wrote: |
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> >Mark Haney wrote: |
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> >>I've got a USB to Serial adapter I want to use in Gentoo to talk to my |
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> >>Cisco devices via console, however, none of the docs I"ve found are |
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> >>very current (most for the 2.4 kernel), can someone point me to a good |
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> >>set of instructions on how to get this thing working? I've got the |
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> >>module compiled and installed but can't get any farther. |
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> >Which usb to serial adapter did you buy? I want to buy one to hook up a |
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> >fax modem. I heard that there are problems with linux for these |
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> >adaptors. I hope it is false. |
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> >Good fax modems are still the ones with serial ports. |
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> >P.V.Anthony |
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> Actually, the one I have is a DYNEX. But after some diddling I found my |
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> problem, I wasn't aware until borrowing my boss Ubuntu system that the |
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> DYNEX USB2Serial cable uses the pl2303 driver. I was trying to use the |
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> generic driver. Once I compiled the pl2303 driver it works perfectly. |
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> Ita erat quando hic adveni. |
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> Mark Haney |
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