[gentoo-user] Wine + USB to serial adapter

[gentoo-user] Wine + USB to serial adapter

[Adam Carter]

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Is /dev/ttyUSB0 as functional as a regular /etc/ttyS0? I have a USB to serial adapter that uses the pl2303 driver, and have

adam@absydos<mailto:adam@absydos> ~/.wine/dosdevices $ ls -l
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 adam users 12 May  9 04:08 com1 -> /dev/ttyUSB0

But it doesnt appear to work. Similarly mapping ttyUSB0 to com1 in vmware fails, but if i connect the usb adapter to a vmware windows guest and add the windows driver it works. So;
- should it work?
- will other USB to serial adapter with better linux drivers work?
- or will i have to try a PCCard serial adapter?

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[gentoo-user] Re: Wine + USB to serial adapter

[James]

Adam Carter <Adam.Carter <at> optus.com.au> writes:


> Is /dev/ttyUSB0 as 
> functional as a regular /etc/ttyS0? I have a USB to serial adapter 
> that uses the pl2303 driver, and have 

It's listed in the kernel sources so it should work..

make menuconfig
-->device drivers
-->usb
-->USB Serial Converter Support
--> Prolific 2303 Single Port Serial Driver


> - will other USB to 
> serial adapter with better linux drivers work?
> - or will i have to 
> try a PCCard serial adapter?


FTDI work very well under windows or linux. Once you add the
appropriate driver (via the linux kernel) you can boot
either winblows or linux and use the 9pin-serial-to-usb
as you like with either OS.


These sorts of products are build upon various chipsets from
different vendors, but, there are standards so as long as 
a linux driver exists for the chipset that is used in your
product, it should work reliably and consistently, under
linux or winblows.....


hth,


James

RE: [gentoo-user] Re: Wine + USB to serial adapter

[Adam Carter]

> FTDI work very well under windows or linux. Once you add the
> appropriate driver (via the linux kernel) you can boot
> either winblows or linux and use the 9pin-serial-to-usb
> as you like with either OS.

The device is setup and works (hence the existance of the /dev/ttyUSB0 device). If the driver wasn't setup that device wouldn't be created. It works fine with minicom. Its just not responding in wine or vwmare (when mapped to a windows com port).

[gentoo-user] Re: Wine + USB to serial adapter

[James]

Adam Carter <Adam.Carter <at> optus.com.au> writes:


>  It works fine with minicom. Its just not responding in wine or vwmare
> (when mapped to a windows com port).


OK, good.


Sorry, I never tried to use with wine or vmware....



James

RE: [gentoo-user] Re: Wine + USB to serial adapter

[Adam Carter]

Also;

absydos adam # setserial /dev/ttyUSB0
Cannot get serial info: Invalid argument

And

absydos adam # stty -F /dev/ttyUSB0
speed 9600 baud; line = 0;
-brkint -imaxbel
absydos adam #

Re: [gentoo-user] Wine + USB to serial adapter

[Joseph]

On 10/13/08 10:40, Adam Carter wrote:
>- will other USB to serial adapter with better linux drivers work?
>- or will i have to try a PCCard serial adapter?

I just pickup this unit:
http://www.pfranc.com/cgi-bin/P/USB_G4/garmin-GPS-cables
The drier is in the kernel and it is working under Linux with my external modem and APC UPS

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