It's not just with Ubuntu.. There is a bug in the PL2303 driver that is currently shipped with all kernels..
I'm running Centos5.5 and have an issue with the PL2303 driver. (I have multiple usb-serial adapters and all but my keyspan are PL2303 and all fail. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/661321 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/606000 https://lists.linux-foundation.org/pipermail/bugme-new/2010-September/025648.html http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=2954 Mark (K6EF) On Apr 10, 2011, at 11:16 PM, Dale Seaburg wrote: > It was a "pain", but I reloaded Ubuntu 10.04 LTS on my laptop. Then, xastir. > Still have a few more tweaks to do in xastir, BUT, the USB-to-serial adapter > NOW works! Go figure! > > There must be a "feature" (bug?) in version 10.10, perhaps, dealing with the > Prolific PL2303 driver, which I understand is built into the kernel? > > I wish I didn't have to downgrade the OpSys, but I didn't know what else to > do. > > 73 - Dale. KG5LT > > > _______________________________________________ > Xastir mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir Mark Cohen [email protected] Science is a way of skeptically interrogating the universe with a fine understanding of human fallibility. -Carl Sagan, 1996 _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
