Hi Stephen, I didn't realise it was so old. I'm more interested in getting the USB working first though!!
Any ideas please? I have now got this far, but still don't know how to talk to my device on the end of the serial cable: Jul 5 16:26:58 domino kernel: usbserial.c: USB Serial deregistering driver Generic Jul 5 16:26:58 domino kernel: usb.c: deregistering driver serial Jul 5 16:27:27 domino kernel: hub.c: USB new device connect on bus1/1, assigned device number 2 Jul 5 16:27:27 domino kernel: hub.c: USB hub found Jul 5 16:27:27 domino kernel: hub.c: 2 ports detected Jul 5 16:27:27 domino kernel: hub.c: USB new device connect on bus1/1/1, assigned device number 3 Jul 5 16:27:27 domino kernel: usb.c: USB device 3 (vend/prod 0x67b/0x2305) is not claimed by any active driver. Jul 5 16:27:27 domino kernel: hub.c: USB new device connect on bus1/1/2, assigned device number 4 Jul 5 16:27:27 domino kernel: usb.c: USB device 4 (vend/prod 0x67b/0x2303) is not claimed by any active driver. Jul 5 16:27:27 domino kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usblp Jul 5 16:27:27 domino kernel: printer.c: usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 3 if 0 alt 1 Jul 5 16:27:27 domino kernel: printer.c: v0.8:USB Printer Device Class driver Jul 5 16:27:27 domino kernel: usbserial.c: USB Serial support registered for Generic Jul 5 16:27:27 domino kernel: usb.c: registered new driver serial Jul 5 16:27:27 domino kernel: usbserial.c: USB Serial Driver core v1.3 Jul 5 16:27:27 domino kernel: usbserial.c: USB Serial support registered for PL-2303 Jul 5 16:27:27 domino kernel: usbserial.c: PL-2303 converter detected Jul 5 16:27:27 domino kernel: usbserial.c: PL-2303 converter now attached to ttyUSB0 (or usb/tts/0 for devfs) Jul 5 16:27:27 domino kernel: pl2303.c: Prolific PL2303 USB to serial adaptor driver v0.7 which looks promising. Many thanks Gordon -----Original Message----- From: Stephen J. Gowdy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 05 July 2004 16:42 To: Brown, GD (Gordon) Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Re: [Linux-usb-users] IBM USB Serial Adapter not working under RedHat Hi Gordon, That kernel is ancient, it'll be 3 next month. Can you try something newer, like 2.4.26? regards, Stephen. On Mon, 5 Jul 2004, Brown, GD (Gordon) wrote: > Hi All, > > I've tried for three days to get this working and I still can't. I'm > quite new to all this so please excuse me if I'm being stupid. > > I have a IBM USB to Serial Adapter plugged into the back of my IBM > Xseries x440. I'm running the following RedHat linux: > > 2.4.9-e.38summit #1 SMP Tue Feb 10 23:45:57 EST 2004 i686 > unknown > > Connected to the Serial Adapter is an UPS (made by APC). I'm trying to > run some software of theirs (an agent) which will see the UPS that's > connected to the USB Serial Converter. > > Anyway, I can't get the USB port configured properly. I've done the > following sort of things (all which I've learnt this week!): > > insmod usbserial > mknod /dev/ttyUSB0 c 188 0 > > I've even tried: > > insmod usbserial vendor=0x67b product=0x2305 > > all to no avail. The software keeps reporting this: > > Could not find port: /dev/ttyUSB0 > > I did at one stage unplug and plug in the USB cable in three times (I > planned to do it once but got carried away making sure it was plugged > in > properly) and had the following in /var/log/messages: > > Jul 1 16:20:10 domino kernel: hub.c: Cannot enable port 1 of hub 1, > disabling port. Jul 1 16:20:10 domino kernel: hub.c: Maybe the USB > cable is bad? Jul 1 16:20:12 domino kernel: hub.c: USB new device > connect on bus1/1, assigned device number 2 > Jul 1 16:20:12 domino kernel: hub.c: USB hub found > Jul 1 16:20:12 domino kernel: hub.c: 2 ports detected > Jul 1 16:20:12 domino kernel: hub.c: USB new device connect on bus1/1/1, > assigned device number 3 > Jul 1 16:20:12 domino kernel: usb.c: USB device 3 (vend/prod 0x67b/0x2305) > is not claimed by any active driver. > Jul 1 16:20:12 domino kernel: hub.c: USB new device connect on bus1/1/2, > assigned device number 4 > Jul 1 16:20:12 domino kernel: usb.c: USB device 4 (vend/prod 0x67b/0x2303) > is not claimed by any active driver. > Jul 1 16:20:12 domino kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usblp > Jul 1 16:20:12 domino kernel: printer.c: usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer > dev 3 if 0 alt 1 > Jul 1 16:20:12 domino kernel: printer.c: v0.8:USB Printer Device Class > driver > Jul 1 16:20:12 domino kernel: usbserial.c: USB Serial support registered > for PL-2303 > Jul 1 16:20:12 domino kernel: usbserial.c: PL-2303 converter detected > Jul 1 16:20:12 domino kernel: usbserial.c: PL-2303 converter now attached > to ttyUSB0 (or usb/tts/0 for devfs) > Jul 1 16:20:12 domino kernel: pl2303.c: Prolific PL2303 USB to serial > adaptor driver v0.7 > Jul 1 16:20:16 domino kernel: usb.c: USB disconnect on device 2 > Jul 1 16:20:16 domino kernel: usb.c: USB disconnect on device 3 > Jul 1 16:20:16 domino kernel: printer.c: usblp0: removed > Jul 1 16:20:16 domino kernel: usb.c: USB disconnect on device 4 > Jul 1 16:20:16 domino kernel: usbserial.c: PL-2303 converter now > disconnected from ttyUSB0 > Jul 1 16:20:24 domino kernel: hub.c: Cannot enable port 1 of hub 1, > disabling port. > Jul 1 16:20:24 domino kernel: hub.c: Maybe the USB cable is bad? > Jul 1 16:20:25 domino kernel: hub.c: USB new device connect on bus1/1, > assigned device number 5 > Jul 1 16:20:25 domino kernel: hub.c: USB hub found > Jul 1 16:20:25 domino kernel: hub.c: 2 ports detected > Jul 1 16:20:25 domino kernel: hub.c: USB new device connect on bus1/1/1, > assigned device number 6 > Jul 1 16:20:25 domino kernel: printer.c: usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer > dev 6 if 0 alt 1 > Jul 1 16:20:25 domino kernel: hub.c: USB new device connect on bus1/1/2, > assigned device number 7 > Jul 1 16:20:25 domino kernel: usbserial.c: PL-2303 converter detected > Jul 1 16:20:25 domino kernel: usbserial.c: PL-2303 converter now attached > to ttyUSB0 (or usb/tts/0 for devfs) > > > I've since rebooted and everything's dead again. When I run usbview I > just get two lines saying "USB UHCI Root Hub" which doesn't mean > anything to me. I did (after the unplugging/plugging episode) get some > interesting stuff in usbview but that's gone again since I rebooted. > > So, please could anyone help me? I'd be so grateful. I just want linux > to be able to "see" the USB Serial Converter I have plugged into the > back of it. I get so confused between /dev/ttyUSB0 and > /dev/usb/ttyUSB0 and things like that. I still can't seem to find a > way of seeing if anything actually *is* connected to a port. Can I > *see* that my insmod and mknod commands are actually doing anything? > > Finally, the UPS software agent keeps moaning like this every few > seconds: > > - Fri Jul 02 17:32:31 BST 2004:Critical Exception class > com.apcc.m11.components.PowerSource.DeviceOpenException:<no message> > On Thread Thread[Thread-14,5,main] Caught at > DeviceDetector.threadEntry()[DeviceDetector.java:136] > Thrown at > DeviceTranslator.openDevice()[DeviceTranslator.java:182] > DeviceTranslator.openDevice()[DeviceTranslator.java:181]- Could not find > port: /dev/ttyUSB0 > DeviceDetector.threadEntry()[DeviceDetector.java:136]- <no message> > > while /var/log/messages is equally unhappy and is spouting out stuff > like > this: > > Jul 2 17:24:43 domino modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module > char-major-172 Jul 2 17:24:43 domino kernel: rc2: RISCom/8 Board at > 0x250 not found. Jul 2 17:24:43 domino modprobe: modprobe: Can't > locate module char-major-172 > Jul 2 17:24:43 domino kernel: rc3: RISCom/8 Board at 0x260 not found. > Jul 2 17:24:43 domino modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module > char-major-172 > Jul 2 17:24:43 domino kernel: rc: No RISCom/8 boards detected. > Jul 2 17:24:43 domino modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module > char-major-172 > Jul 2 17:24:43 domino last message repeated 13 times > Jul 2 17:24:43 domino modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-46 > Jul 2 17:24:43 domino last message repeated 15 times > Jul 2 17:24:43 domino modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module > char-major-174 > Jul 2 17:24:44 domino last message repeated 15 times > Jul 2 17:24:44 domino modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module > char-major-154 > Jul 2 17:24:44 domino last message repeated 31 times > Jul 2 17:24:44 domino modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module > char-major-148 > Jul 2 17:24:44 domino last message repeated 15 times > Jul 2 17:24:44 domino modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module > char-major-105 > Jul 2 17:24:44 domino last message repeated 15 times > Jul 2 17:24:44 domino modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-75 > Jul 2 17:24:44 domino last message repeated 15 times > Jul 2 17:24:44 domino modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-32 > > > Not sure if that helps or not. > > Thanks in advance for any help/advice. > > Gordon > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email sponsored by Black Hat Briefings & Training. 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