On Fri, Dec 22, 2017 at 10:44 AM Peter Vollan <[email protected]> wrote:
> So far, "dmesg" has always said that I am using the generic driver, > "only for testing and one off purposes". And I have already gone into > Synaptic and downloaded everything that looked promising. > Kernel drivers don’t come from synaptic. They come with the kernel. Unless you have a custom kernel I can’t imagine why it wouldn’t have been compiled with prolific and Ftdi drivers which are the common converters. But if they were missing (on my Mint system prolific was there from install at least) you would need to build or reinstall a kernel. — John.
