Re: [gentoo-amd64] USB to Serial adapter setup

[Joshua Hoblitt <jhoblitt@ifa.hawaii.edu>]

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I've been using pl2303 based serial dongles (typically the cheapest
ones) for years without any problems.  The only minor 'gotcha' is that
this driver seems to randomly drop out of the default genkernel config.

-J

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On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 08:10:42AM -0400, Mark Haney wrote:
> P.V.Anthony wrote:
> >Mark Haney wrote:
> >>I've got a USB to Serial adapter I want to use in Gentoo to talk to my 
> >>Cisco devices via console, however, none of the docs I"ve found are 
> >>very current (most for the 2.4 kernel), can someone point me to a good 
> >>set of instructions on how to get this thing working?  I've got the 
> >>module compiled and installed but can't get any farther.
> >
> >Which usb to serial adapter did you buy? I want to buy one to hook up a 
> >fax modem. I heard that there are problems with linux for these 
> >adaptors. I hope it is false.
> >
> >Good fax modems are still the ones with serial ports.
> >
> >P.V.Anthony
> 
> Actually, the one I have is a DYNEX.  But after some diddling I found my 
> problem, I wasn't aware until borrowing my boss Ubuntu system that the 
> DYNEX USB2Serial cable uses the pl2303 driver.  I was trying to use the 
> generic driver.  Once I compiled the pl2303 driver it works perfectly.
> 
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