From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1HXNlb-0000Kx-Et for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 30 Mar 2007 20:32:11 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l2UKTlFD029892; Fri, 30 Mar 2007 20:29:47 GMT Received: from moa.ifa.hawaii.edu (moa.IfA.Hawaii.Edu [128.171.168.48]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l2UKTkYw029887 for ; Fri, 30 Mar 2007 20:29:47 GMT Received: by moa.ifa.hawaii.edu (Postfix, from userid 1041) id BA710B3341; Fri, 30 Mar 2007 10:34:21 -1000 (HST) Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 10:34:21 -1000 From: Joshua Hoblitt To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] USB to Serial adapter setup Message-ID: <20070330203421.GA22936@ifa.hawaii.edu> References: <460BBE78.1030106@ercbroadband.org> <460BDDF4.9080108@singnet.com.sg> <460CFE42.9000000@ercbroadband.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="9jxsPFA5p3P2qPhR" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <460CFE42.9000000@ercbroadband.org> X-Archives-Salt: bb0b1580-d5f7-446d-b77d-a80de2afdc34 X-Archives-Hash: 3d5808e521a21d239bb5842be8b3b921 --9jxsPFA5p3P2qPhR Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 -- 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= =20 > >>Cisco devices via console, however, none of the docs I"ve found are=20 > >>very current (most for the 2.4 kernel), can someone point me to a good= =20 > >>set of instructions on how to get this thing working? I've got the=20 > >>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= =20 > >fax modem. I heard that there are problems with linux for these=20 > >adaptors. I hope it is false. > > > >Good fax modems are still the ones with serial ports. > > > >P.V.Anthony >=20 > Actually, the one I have is a DYNEX. But after some diddling I found my= =20 > problem, I wasn't aware until borrowing my boss Ubuntu system that the=20 > DYNEX USB2Serial cable uses the pl2303 driver. I was trying to use the= =20 > generic driver. Once I compiled the pl2303 driver it works perfectly. >=20 >=20 > --=20 > Ita erat quando hic adveni. >=20 > Mark Haney > Sr. Systems Administrator > ERC Broadband > (828) 350-2415 > --=20 > gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list >=20 --9jxsPFA5p3P2qPhR Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGDXRNWa2BU+b7tU0RAkFwAJ0YAgbSEk39teObWpDjAelni97VSQCdEYX1 H59fY5VN75BvsAv+or9U6V0= =o5nv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --9jxsPFA5p3P2qPhR-- -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list