Re: [Dorset] Kubuntu 14.10 not seeing USB device properly
Hi Terry, Feb 6 15:53:14 BEIGE kernel: [22184.524114] usb 5-2: new full-speed USB device number 9 using ohci-pci Feb 6 15:53:14 BEIGE kernel: [22184.702208] usb 5-2: New USB device found, idVendor=0403, idProduct=6001 Feb 6 15:53:14 BEIGE kernel: [22184.702221] usb 5-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 Feb 6 15:53:14 BEIGE kernel: [22184.702228] usb 5-2: Product: FT232R USB UART Feb 6 15:53:14 BEIGE kernel: [22184.702234] usb 5-2: Manufacturer: FTDI Feb 6 15:53:14 BEIGE kernel: [22184.702239] usb 5-2: SerialNumber: A700f3DB Feb 6 15:53:14 BEIGE kernel: [22184.708420] ftdi_sio 5-2:1.0: FTDI USB Serial Device converter detected Feb 6 15:53:14 BEIGE kernel: [22184.708655] usb 5-2: Detected FT232RL Feb 6 15:53:14 BEIGE kernel: [22184.708661] usb 5-2: Number of endpoints 2 Feb 6 15:53:14 BEIGE kernel: [22184.708666] usb 5-2: Endpoint 1 MaxPacketSize 64 Feb 6 15:53:14 BEIGE kernel: [22184.708671] usb 5-2: Endpoint 2 MaxPacketSize 64 Feb 6 15:53:14 BEIGE kernel: [22184.708676] usb 5-2: Setting MaxPacketSize 64 Feb 6 15:53:14 BEIGE kernel: [22184.713003] usb 5-2: FTDI USB Serial Device converter now attached to ttyUSB0 All looks fine. The USB device uses a common Scottish UART-to-USB interface chip. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FTDI Feb 6 15:53:14 BEIGE mtp-probe: checking bus 5, device 9: /sys/devices/pci:00/:00:13.0/usb5/5-2 Feb 6 15:53:14 BEIGE mtp-probe: bus: 5, device: 9 was not an MTP device Feb 6 15:53:18 BEIGE colord-sane: io/hpmud/pp.c 627: unable to read device-id ret=-1 I just take this to mean a couple of things have a poke of the new serial device to see if it's something that understand. Neither do. `lsusb' should list the `Bus 005 Device 009: ID 0403:6001' device. Have you tried Googling for your efergy's device name and `linux' to see what progress others have made? I think the normal route they take, if this kind of interface is undocumented, is run it under Windows and snoop on the USB traffic. I found http://jdesbonnet.blogspot.co.uk/2010/09/smart-electricity-meter-based-on-efergy.html which looks interesting, though probably not directly relevant. Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2015-03-03 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
[Dorset] Am I missing something obvious in gnome-boxes
Hi, At the Meeting, Tim mentioned that he was having great success using gnome- boxes and thought that it should work fine as a replacement for hosting Win XP in VirtualBox (VirtualBox is a pain because every update breaks USB support). So I installed it on my machine here (Caveat: this computer is running Kubuntu 14.10 and no Gnome desktop). It launched OK and I first of all tried importing my VirtualBox image to save a bit of time. That seemed to work OK and Windows started to open, but then flagged up a message saying that there had been a problem, ( I presume because Windows Activation wants to see the old platform, not the new one that the image is now sitting on). I therefore assumed that I'd have to reinstall from scratch and reactivate. I don't have the original Windows ISO at the moment, so I thought I'd try grabbing the Fedora 21 ISO off the latest Linux Format DVD. That seemed to work, but then I just got a grey screen, when I tried to launch it. I was never asked to go though the Installation process, so presumably, Boxes has laid down the CD image without try to boot into it. I then tried to pick up the installation from a CD in my DVD Drive. The Help says: 1. At the wizard's Source Selection screen, choose a source to determine the type of box you want to create. screenshot here 1. Create a local virtual machine using one of the following: * select from the list of isos found by /Boxes/. * insert installation media in your CD/DVD drive or USB port. * provide a filename or location for an iso file. * provide a URL to connect locally as you would for a remote connection[1]. Whatever I do, I can't seem to get the thing to 'see' something on the CD that it can load. It just keeps opening the folders on the CD. What is going on? -- Terry Coles [1] xref:connect -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2015-03-03 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Am I missing something obvious in gnome-boxes
On Friday 06 Feb 2015 14:58:43 Tim Waugh wrote: On Fri, 2015-02-06 at 11:01 +, Terry Coles wrote: I don't have the original Windows ISO at the moment, so I thought I'd try grabbing the Fedora 21 ISO off the latest Linux Format DVD. That seemed to work, but then I just got a grey screen, when I tried to launch it. I was never asked to go though the Installation process, so presumably, Boxes has laid down the CD image without try to boot into it. Did you choose the 'Install to Hard Drive' option when the ISO booted? After clicking 'Create' on the Create a Box page, you should see the 'Starting Fedora Live in ..' boot screen followed shortly afterwards by a graphical 'Welcome to Fedora' screen showing a choice: 'Try Fedora' | 'Install to Hard Drive'. I never got an option to 'Install to Hard Drive', just 'Start Fedora 21'. The first time, the usual sort of screen messages appeared at first, then the grey screen mentioned. I just tried it again and got a kernel panic, (the actual message scrolled off the screen, but eventuality everything stopped. I just tried again using some of the other images off the Linux Format DVD and only got as far as a running live disc with Manjaro. When I tried to install it nothing much seemed to happen, but I may have got bored. After all, I only want to prove that I can install WXP and at the moment it's looking a bit dodgy. Anyone know why Boxes can't seem to be able to boot from the plain ol' CD? -- Terry Coles -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2015-03-03 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Am I missing something obvious in gnome-boxes
On Fri, 2015-02-06 at 11:01 +, Terry Coles wrote: I don't have the original Windows ISO at the moment, so I thought I'd try grabbing the Fedora 21 ISO off the latest Linux Format DVD. That seemed to work, but then I just got a grey screen, when I tried to launch it. I was never asked to go though the Installation process, so presumably, Boxes has laid down the CD image without try to boot into it. Did you choose the 'Install to Hard Drive' option when the ISO booted? After clicking 'Create' on the Create a Box page, you should see the 'Starting Fedora Live in ..' boot screen followed shortly afterwards by a graphical 'Welcome to Fedora' screen showing a choice: 'Try Fedora' | 'Install to Hard Drive'. Tim. */ signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2015-03-03 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Kubuntu 14.10 not seeing USB device properly
On Friday 06 Feb 2015 16:58:26 Peter Merchant wrote: On 06/02/15 16:02, Terry Coles wrote: Hi, Apropos my attempts to get gnome-boxes working, I'm beginning to believe that even if I did manage to get WXP installed and running, the USB devices may still not work. A few minutes ago, I had a brainwave and ran tail -f /var/log/syslog just before I plugged the device in (it's an efergy power monitor). This was the result: Feb 6 15:53:14 BEIGE kernel: [22184.524114] usb 5-2: new full-speed USB device number 9 using ohci-pci Feb 6 15:53:14 BEIGE kernel: [22184.702208] usb 5-2: New USB device found, idVendor=0403, idProduct=6001 Feb 6 15:53:14 BEIGE kernel: [22184.702221] usb 5-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 Feb 6 15:53:14 BEIGE kernel: [22184.702228] usb 5-2: Product: FT232R USB UART Feb 6 15:53:14 BEIGE kernel: [22184.702234] usb 5-2: Manufacturer: FTDI Feb 6 15:53:14 BEIGE kernel: [22184.702239] usb 5-2: SerialNumber: A700f3DB Feb 6 15:53:14 BEIGE kernel: [22184.708420] ftdi_sio 5-2:1.0: FTDI USB Serial Device converter detected Feb 6 15:53:14 BEIGE kernel: [22184.708655] usb 5-2: Detected FT232RL Feb 6 15:53:14 BEIGE kernel: [22184.708661] usb 5-2: Number of endpoints 2 Feb 6 15:53:14 BEIGE kernel: [22184.708666] usb 5-2: Endpoint 1 MaxPacketSize 64 Feb 6 15:53:14 BEIGE kernel: [22184.708671] usb 5-2: Endpoint 2 MaxPacketSize 64 Feb 6 15:53:14 BEIGE kernel: [22184.708676] usb 5-2: Setting MaxPacketSize 64 Feb 6 15:53:14 BEIGE kernel: [22184.713003] usb 5-2: FTDI USB Serial Device converter now attached to ttyUSB0 Feb 6 15:53:14 BEIGE mtp-probe: checking bus 5, device 9: /sys/devices/pci:00/:00:13.0/usb5/5-2 Feb 6 15:53:14 BEIGE mtp-probe: bus: 5, device: 9 was not an MTP device Feb 6 15:53:18 BEIGE colord-sane: io/hpmud/pp.c 627: unable to read device-id ret=-1 As you can see, the last two lines appear to indicate something not quite right and the device doesn't show up in the KDE Device Manager. When I try to set the device up in VirtualBox, it also says that no devices are found. Any thoughts? idVendor=0403 seems to indicate that it is a FTDI USB Serial Device converter. I have seen on my HUDL the notation about it being a mtp type connection when connected to Kubuntu, which I assume is something different. Peter MTP is Media Transfer Protocol. I first saw in relation to connecting my MP3 Player. It certainly used to work in Kubuntu, but it may not actually be relevant. -- Terry Coles -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2015-03-03 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Kubuntu 14.10 not seeing USB device properly
On 06/02/15 16:02, Terry Coles wrote: Hi, Apropos my attempts to get gnome-boxes working, I'm beginning to believe that even if I did manage to get WXP installed and running, the USB devices may still not work. A few minutes ago, I had a brainwave and ran tail -f /var/log/syslog just before I plugged the device in (it's an efergy power monitor). This was the result: Feb 6 15:53:14 BEIGE kernel: [22184.524114] usb 5-2: new full-speed USB device number 9 using ohci-pci Feb 6 15:53:14 BEIGE kernel: [22184.702208] usb 5-2: New USB device found, idVendor=0403, idProduct=6001 Feb 6 15:53:14 BEIGE kernel: [22184.702221] usb 5-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 Feb 6 15:53:14 BEIGE kernel: [22184.702228] usb 5-2: Product: FT232R USB UART Feb 6 15:53:14 BEIGE kernel: [22184.702234] usb 5-2: Manufacturer: FTDI Feb 6 15:53:14 BEIGE kernel: [22184.702239] usb 5-2: SerialNumber: A700f3DB Feb 6 15:53:14 BEIGE kernel: [22184.708420] ftdi_sio 5-2:1.0: FTDI USB Serial Device converter detected Feb 6 15:53:14 BEIGE kernel: [22184.708655] usb 5-2: Detected FT232RL Feb 6 15:53:14 BEIGE kernel: [22184.708661] usb 5-2: Number of endpoints 2 Feb 6 15:53:14 BEIGE kernel: [22184.708666] usb 5-2: Endpoint 1 MaxPacketSize 64 Feb 6 15:53:14 BEIGE kernel: [22184.708671] usb 5-2: Endpoint 2 MaxPacketSize 64 Feb 6 15:53:14 BEIGE kernel: [22184.708676] usb 5-2: Setting MaxPacketSize 64 Feb 6 15:53:14 BEIGE kernel: [22184.713003] usb 5-2: FTDI USB Serial Device converter now attached to ttyUSB0 Feb 6 15:53:14 BEIGE mtp-probe: checking bus 5, device 9: /sys/devices/pci:00/:00:13.0/usb5/5-2 Feb 6 15:53:14 BEIGE mtp-probe: bus: 5, device: 9 was not an MTP device Feb 6 15:53:18 BEIGE colord-sane: io/hpmud/pp.c 627: unable to read device-id ret=-1 As you can see, the last two lines appear to indicate something not quite right and the device doesn't show up in the KDE Device Manager. When I try to set the device up in VirtualBox, it also says that no devices are found. Any thoughts? idVendor=0403 seems to indicate that it is a FTDI USB Serial Device converter. I have seen on my HUDL the notation about it being a mtp type connection when connected to Kubuntu, which I assume is something different. Peter -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2015-03-03 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
