Should be part of the kernel source. If you are using a stock kernel, it should be compiled for you. Try "modprobe usbserial".
-Ian On Fri, 2005-01-21 at 18:57 -0600, DePriest, Jason R. wrote: > Sounds plausible. > > Could someone tell me where to get the USB serial driver? > > I did some apt-cache searching and couldn't find anything. > > I am not averse to compiling something from source. Just tell me > where to download it. > > Thanks! > > -Jason > > > On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 16:17:41 -0800, Ian Greenhoe <[REMOVED]> wrote: > > This is strictly a guess (since, as much as I'd like one, I don't have > > an USB GPS), but it sounds to me like you might need the USB serial > > driver to run this under 2.4. > > > > -Ian > > > > On Fri, 2005-01-21 at 16:24 -0600, DePriest, Jason R. wrote: > > > I have recently purchased a GPS that I hoped would be portable and easy > > > to use. > > > > > > The Garmin GPS-18 is about the size of a 6' tape measure. > > > > > > It is USB and gets its power from USB. > > > > > > However, I cannot get gpsd to talk to it. Because of that, the other > > > programs that work with the GPS (xgps, gpsman, gpsdrive) can't find it > > > either. > > > > > > Maybe I am not configuring something correclty. > > > > > > Does anyone know how to set this up so it will work? > > > > > > lsusb show: > > > Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 > > > Bus 001 Device 003: ID 091e:0003 Garmin International GPSmap 60C > > > > > > But apparently I don't know how to configure gpsd to look at it. > > > > > > dpkg-reconfigure gpsd tell me to use something like /dev/ttyUSB0. > > > I've tried that and I've tried /dev/ttyUSB1. > > > > > > No joy. > > > > > > I've seen some tools on sourceforge (garmin_gps), but they require a 2.6 > > > kernel. > > > I've got: Linux 2.4.27-1-386 #1 Wed Dec 1 19:43:08 JST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux > > > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > > > -Jason > > > > > > > > > > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
