Hello Ian, I was thinking of this...
http://netbsd.gw.com/cgi-bin/man-cgi?upl+4+NetBSD-current ...which makes me wonder what chipset(s) are in the non-Prolific cables. Whether or not similar support is included in Ubuntu I can't say because I have neither the cable nor an Ubuntu box on which to try it. Hopefully I can fix the lack of an Ubuntu box at least. - Andy Ball. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/