On Fri 07 Dec 2007 11:36:06 NZDT +1300, Chris wrote: > which is why I quoted the model number.
Which turns into limited value when the supplier changes the guts of some electronic gimmick and keeps the model number. Happens all the time. This is a DSE XH8290 USB/RS232 converter: Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0403:6001 Future Technology Devices International, Ltd 8-bit FIFO Works plug'n'go with openSUSE 10.2, kernel 2.6.18.8-0.7-default #1 SMP. syslog says: kernel: usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3 kernel: usb 2-1: new device found, idVendor=0403, idProduct=6001 kernel: usb 2-1: new device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 kernel: usb 2-1: Product: USB to Serial Cable kernel: usb 2-1: Manufacturer: FTDI kernel: usb 2-1: SerialNumber: FTBUNGBX kernel: usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice kernel: ftdi_sio 2-1:1.0: FTDI USB Serial Device converter detected kernel: drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c: Detected FT232BM kernel: usb 2-1: FTDI USB Serial Device converter now attached to ttyUSB0 Saying that this adapter doesn't work with Linux is bogus. However it might pay to check whether late models of this one have different content which no longer work. Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
