On Wednesday 26 January 2005 07:10pm, Roger Merchberger wrote: > Stop me if you've heard this one already... ;-) > > I've searched the archives & googled for way too long, and there's one > thing I can't figure out. > > I have a Belkin F5U109 'PDA Adapter' which smells, acts, looks & feels like > a standard USB -> Serial port. After installing SuSE Pro 9.2 on my laptop & > saw that it was recognized, I was happy... until I saw the bootup time for > SuSE Pro 9.2. :-/ > > The system: Fujitsu Lifebook, Crusoe 933, 512Meg RAM, running Linux From > Scratch 4.0, kernels available: 2.4.22 and 2.6.8-24. (I have since > downloaded the latest 2.4 and 2.6 kernel sources, so if the answer's as > simple as "Get the latest sources" -- done. ;-) > > I copied the kernel sources from the SuSE partition to my LFS 4.0 > partition, and compiled 'em to the point where most everything works. All > of the USB source necessary is compiled into the kernel [[ "We don't need > those steenking new-fangled module thingies!" ]] > > I have the USB working enough that it _recognizes_ everything plugged into > it, including a Cruzer Mini 256Meg fob and my Belkin F5U109; I mknod'd the > /dev/uda[1-4] devices and the /dev/ttyUSB[0-3] devices; I can mount the > 256Meg fob just fine... > > ... The Belkin is recognized, but not 'routed' to the /dev/ttyUSBx > therefore I cannot access it from pyserial in python. I get 'no such > device' when I try to open the port, but in /proc/bus/usb/devices, it's > there. > > Any hints, tips, brickbats, RTFMs (if such exist, of course ;-) most > welcome! > > Thanks! > Roger "Merch" Merchberger > > -- > Roger "Merch" Merchberger | Anarchy doesn't scale well. -- Me > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > SysAdmin, Iceberg Computers
Roger, Make sure that the 'mct_u232' module is loaded. This module supports the Belkin F5U109 (and the F5U409) "PDA Adapters". I have that same adapter and it works perfectly under Slackware 9.1 (which is rather old now) and anything newer. Bill Marr ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl _______________________________________________ Linux-usb-users@lists.sourceforge.net To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
