On Mon, 2008-05-12 at 14:31 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > Greetings; > > I'm trying to make an antique computer talk to this linux box via a usb<->serial adaptor and a long USB extension cord > that has a hub kit in the far end of it. > > When I plug in the cable to a 7 port extension hub here, dmesg reports: > > May 12 14:00:58 coyote kernel: [314986.418050] usb 1-1.3: new full speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 33 > May 12 14:00:58 coyote kernel: [314986.503819] usb 1-1.3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice > May 12 14:00:58 coyote kernel: [314986.504986] hub 1-1.3:1.0: USB hub found > May 12 14:00:58 coyote kernel: [314986.509657] hub 1-1.3:1.0: 4 ports detected > May 12 14:00:58 coyote kernel: [314986.818989] usb 1-1.3.4: new full speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 34 > May 12 14:00:58 coyote kernel: [314986.910261] usb 1-1.3.4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice > May 12 14:00:58 coyote kernel: [314986.910630] ftdi_sio 1-1.3.4:1.0: FTDI USB Serial Device converter detected > May 12 14:00:58 coyote kernel: [314986.910684] ftdi_sio: Detected FT232RL > May 12 14:00:58 coyote kernel: [314986.910721] usb 1-1.3.4: FTDI USB Serial Device converter now attached to ttyUSB1 > > And I have sent several very long directory listings up the cable, but > nothing, not a single character is being output to the minicom screen. > I do not know if the minicom utility can reach out into that FT232RL to > tell it what the baud rate is or not, no clue. If minicom can't do that, > then what linux utility can perform this initialization? > > Thanks all. I doubt that this is a minicom problem - but never the less, I'd suggest you give cu (part of the uucp package) a try. P.S. did you check the ttyUSB? permissions? - Gilboa -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
