Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2005 17:32:10 +0000 From: Peter Risdon <peter@circlesquared.com> To: Ludwig Mey <weird0.kid@gmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: question Message-ID: <1105032730.708.81.camel@lorna.circlesquared.com> In-Reply-To: <a313b18c050106091154e5dddd@mail.gmail.com> References: <a313b18c05010606133de8ed45@mail.gmail.com> <1105021643.708.51.camel@lorna.circlesquared.com> <a313b18c050106091154e5dddd@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 19:11 +0200, Ludwig Mey wrote: [top post moved down so the mail reads coherently. CC'd to list in case anyone else has this problem in the future and tries googling for it] > On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 14:27:23 +0000, Peter Risdon > <peter@circlesquared.com> wrote: > > On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 16:13 +0200, Ludwig Mey wrote: > > > hi > > > > > > my problem is as follows. > > > > > > i am trying to connect a Prolific Technology USB to serial connecter. > > > but i am unable to get anything right after that. i have tried using > > > minicom and pointing it to where the system is telling the device is. > > > but no luck. any help will be appreciated. > > > > > > i am running FreeBSD 5.3 > > > > > > and the following information is given to me by the system when the > > > device is plugged in. > > > > > > Jan 6 16:07:26 gogga kernel: ugen0: Prolific Technology Inc. > > > USB-Serial Controller, rev 1.10/3.00, addr 2 > > > > I think you might need to compile a custom kernel with the added line: > > > > device ucom > > > > Then you should see something like: > > > > Jan 6 14:26:17 lorna kernel: ucom0: Prolific Technology Inc. USB-Serial > > Controller, rev 1.10/3.00, addr 2 > > > > when you plug it in. > > thx so far, but it didn't work. i added "device ucom" to my > kernel,and recompiled but i still get the same response when attaching > the device > > > Jan 6 19:07:36 gogga kernel: ugen0: Prolific Technology Inc. > USB-Serial Controller, rev 1.10/3.00, addr 2 > > anything else that i could possibly try? Well, I've got the exact same cable and it's detected properly on my machine with this device in the kernel, as you can see from my earlier post. Here's the full usb section from my kernel configuration file: # USB support device uhci # UHCI PCI->USB interface device ohci # OHCI PCI->USB interface device usb # USB Bus (required) #device udbp # USB Double Bulk Pipe devices device ugen # Generic device uhid # "Human Interface Devices" device ukbd # Keyboard device ulpt # Printer device umass # Disks/Mass storage - Requires scbus and da device ums # Mouse device urio # Diamond Rio 500 MP3 player device uscanner # Scanners device ucom device uplcom I don't think you ought to require uplcom, but maybe it's worth a try. I have no idea how experienced a user you are, so apologise if this is trying to teach you to suck eggs: are you sure you compiled your custom kernel properly? I'm surprised the device isn't picked up correctly if the ucom device is present in your kernel. Peter.
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