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hey thanks
what i did wrong was...
i was still compiling the kernel the old way. once i did it the new
way, it worked like a bomb. thanks alot!
Ludwig
On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 17:32:10 +0000, Peter Risdon
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 19:11 +0200, Ludwig Mey wrote:
> [top post moved down so the mail reads coherently. CC'd to list in case
> anyone else has this problem in the future and tries googling for it]
> > On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 14:27:23 +0000, Peter Risdon
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 16:13 +0200, Ludwig Mey wrote:
> > > > hi
> > > >
> > > > my problem is as follows.
> > > >
> > > > i am trying to connect a Prolific Technology USB to serial connecter.
> > > > but i am unable to get anything right after that. i have tried using
> > > > minicom and pointing it to where the system is telling the device is.
> > > > but no luck. any help will be appreciated.
> > > >
> > > > i am running FreeBSD 5.3
> > > >
> > > > and the following information is given to me by the system when the
> > > > device is plugged in.
> > > >
> > > > Jan 6 16:07:26 gogga kernel: ugen0: Prolific Technology Inc.
> > > > USB-Serial Controller, rev 1.10/3.00, addr 2
> > >
> > > I think you might need to compile a custom kernel with the added line:
> > >
> > > device ucom
> > >
> > > Then you should see something like:
> > >
> > > Jan 6 14:26:17 lorna kernel: ucom0: Prolific Technology Inc. USB-Serial
> > > Controller, rev 1.10/3.00, addr 2
> > >
> > > when you plug it in.
> >
> > thx so far, but it didn't work. i added "device ucom" to my
> > kernel,and recompiled but i still get the same response when attaching
> > the device
> >
> >
> > Jan 6 19:07:36 gogga kernel: ugen0: Prolific Technology Inc.
> > USB-Serial Controller, rev 1.10/3.00, addr 2
> >
> > anything else that i could possibly try?
>
> Well, I've got the exact same cable and it's detected properly on my
> machine with this device in the kernel, as you can see from my earlier
> post. Here's the full usb section from my kernel configuration file:
>
> # USB support
> device uhci # UHCI PCI->USB interface
> device ohci # OHCI PCI->USB interface
> device usb # USB Bus (required)
> #device udbp # USB Double Bulk Pipe devices
> device ugen # Generic
> device uhid # "Human Interface Devices"
> device ukbd # Keyboard
> device ulpt # Printer
> device umass # Disks/Mass storage - Requires scbus
> and da
> device ums # Mouse
> device urio # Diamond Rio 500 MP3 player
> device uscanner # Scanners
> device ucom
> device uplcom
>
> I don't think you ought to require uplcom, but maybe it's worth a try.
>
> I have no idea how experienced a user you are, so apologise if this is
> trying to teach you to suck eggs: are you sure you compiled your custom
> kernel properly? I'm surprised the device isn't picked up correctly if
> the ucom device is present in your kernel.
>
> Peter.
>
>
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