Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
David Fletcher wrote:
At 13:53 29/03/2007, you wrote:
I've got a USB to Serial port adapter and for the life of me I can't
find the right port for it. I want to be able to use the adapter in
linux to communicate with some Cisco devices we have so that I don't
have to boot to Windows.
Any ideas?
From memory, it's something like /dev/ttyUSB0
Remember to add yourself to the uucp group.
D
You may also want to run "tail /var/log/messages" after plugging in
the device. It will show you the port assigned, or show that Linux
does not know how to handle that specific device.
Here is an example of a properly detected device:
usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 6
usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial support registered for
ark3116
ark3116 converter detected
usb 2-1: ark3116 converter now attached to ttyUSB0
usbcore: registered new interface driver ark3116
Here is an unknown device: (ETI2 eBook)
usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 7
usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
I trimmed the messages to fit - they all start with something like:
Mar 29 09:17:08 mikkel kernel:
Mikkel
These things work better when you have the right driver for them. :)
Since I compile my own kernel I needed to use the right driver, which I
wasn't. Thanks for all the help.
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Ita erat quando hic adveni.
Mark Haney
Sr. Systems Administrator
ERC Broadband
(828) 350-2415
