HOw to determine correct serial port [SOLVED]

[Mark Haney]

Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> David Fletcher wrote:
>> At 13:53 29/03/2007, you wrote:
>>
>>> I've got a USB to Serial port adapter and for the life of me I can't
>>> find the right port for it.  I want to be able to use the adapter in
>>> linux to communicate with some Cisco devices we have so that I don't
>>> have to boot to Windows.
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>> From memory, it's something like /dev/ttyUSB0
>>
>> Remember to add yourself to the uucp group.
>>
>> D
>>
> You may also want to run "tail /var/log/messages" after plugging in
> the device. It will show you the port assigned, or show that Linux
> does not know how to handle that specific device.
> 
> Here is an example of a properly detected device:
> usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 6
> usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial support registered for
> ark3116
> ark3116 converter detected
> usb 2-1: ark3116 converter now attached to ttyUSB0
> usbcore: registered new interface driver ark3116
> 
> Here is an unknown device: (ETI2 eBook)
> usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 7
> usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> 
> I trimmed the messages to fit - they all start with something like:
> Mar 29 09:17:08 mikkel kernel:
> 
> Mikkel

These things work better when you have the right driver for them.  :) 
Since I compile my own kernel I needed to use the right driver, which I 
wasn't.  Thanks for all the help.


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Mark Haney
Sr. Systems Administrator
ERC Broadband
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