Paul Penrod wrote:
Folks,
I'm a bit stumped here and hope someone has seen this before.
I just bought a USB->serial cable from PCClub. It's advertised as a USB 2.0 Certified Interface (usbview diagrees with that), and SuSE does recognize it, but I can not get minicom to talk to it. When I set it to /dev/ttyUSB0 or any USB tagged port, it comes back and complains that the port is not found.
I have it plugged into the top USB slot of the laptop.
What I need it for is to configure telecom equipment that uses serial ports for the interface (VT100 9600/N/8/1). I've been playing with this for about a day and need to move on or get it to work.
Any suggestions would be appreciated. I'll even buy a different cable if there is one proven to work.
Thanks,
...Paul
Here are the particulars:
OS SuSE 9.2 (updated 1/31/05 from the Chicago Site). Kernel: Stock SuSE 2.6.8-24.11 Computer: IBM Thinkpad T42p 1GB memory, 60GB disk
USBview output: USB SERIAL CANSERTOR Manufacturer: FIDI Serial Number: FTBT8RZI Speed: 12 MB/sec (full) USB Version: 1.10 Device Class: 00 (>ifc) Device Subclass: 00 Device Protocol: 00 Maximum Default Endpoint Size: 8 Number of Configurations: 1 Vendor ID: 0403 Product ID: 6001 Revision Number: 4.00 Configuration Number: 1 Number of Interfaces: 1 Attributes: a0 Max Power Needed: 44 mA Interface Number: 0 Name: (none) Alternate Number: 0 Class: ff (vend) Subclass: 0 Protocol: 0 Number of Endpoints: 2 End Point Address: 81 Direction: in Attribute: 2 Type: Bulk Max Packet Size: 64 Interval: 0 ms End Point Address: 02 Direction: out Attribute: 2 Type: Bulk Max Packet Size: 64 Interval: 0 ms
Have a look at this article, this may be a way to do it, I may try it later. http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/6573 Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce .... Hamradio G3VBV and Keen Flyer =====ALMOST ALL LINUX USED HERE, Solaris 10 SPARC is just for play=====