From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 7 00:37:13 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD2F016A4CE for ; Fri, 7 Jan 2005 00:37:13 +0000 (GMT) Received: from lorna.circlesquared.com (host217-45-219-85.in-addr.btopenworld.com [217.45.219.85]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A3C543D45 for ; Fri, 7 Jan 2005 00:37:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from peter@circlesquared.com) Received: from localhost.circlesquared.com (localhost.circlesquared.com [127.0.0.1])j070bHWJ080185 for ; Fri, 7 Jan 2005 00:37:17 GMT (envelope-from peter@circlesquared.com) From: Peter Risdon To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="=-ZCK9fY7b27okGxykh9r3" Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2005 00:37:17 +0000 Message-Id: <1105058237.708.91.camel@lorna.circlesquared.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.3 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Subject: [Fwd: Re: question] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2005 00:37:13 -0000 --=-ZCK9fY7b27okGxykh9r3 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit For google. --=-ZCK9fY7b27okGxykh9r3 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Description: Forwarded message - Re: question Content-Type: message/rfc822 Return-Path: Delivered-To: peter@circlesquared.com Received: (qmail 46292 invoked from network); 6 Jan 2005 20:29:31 -0000 Received: from rproxy.gmail.com (64.233.170.193) by host217-45-219-81.in-addr.btopenworld.com with SMTP; 6 Jan 2005 20:29:31 -0000 Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id a36so75531rnf for ; Thu, 06 Jan 2005 12:29:29 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=oxiMdYDM4WmZ1mhLKCI8CjjQwMCbbEPJtof9pDo4bDKsDsGYTXdqt91TaWeS9YPI6ZkOTEdYkZKwxb2v445uGL9OBpuvZd5ftURb91CzfeIrGdkpjdDX3OJBfddaXVsvnM2FmQOd00gV/BjVZ+3AU8zAGJPyXqW5jgXp39TmrhU= Received: by 10.38.164.76 with SMTP id m76mr48265rne; Thu, 06 Jan 2005 12:29:29 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.38.150.59 with HTTP; Thu, 6 Jan 2005 12:29:29 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 22:29:29 +0200 From: Ludwig Mey Reply-To: Ludwig Mey To: Peter Risdon Subject: Re: question In-Reply-To: <1105032730.708.81.camel@lorna.circlesquared.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII References: <1105021643.708.51.camel@lorna.circlesquared.com> <1105032730.708.81.camel@lorna.circlesquared.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit hey thanks what i did wrong was... i was still compiling the kernel the old way. once i did it the new way, it worked like a bomb. thanks alot! Ludwig On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 17:32:10 +0000, Peter Risdon wrote: > 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 > > 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. > > --=-ZCK9fY7b27okGxykh9r3--