From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 19 16:54:45 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 B5A2B16A420 for ; Fri, 19 May 2006 16:54:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jason+lists.freebsd-questions@lixfeld.ca) Received: from eshara.ebit.ca (eshara.ebit.ca [69.90.17.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 612B543D46 for ; Fri, 19 May 2006 16:54:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jason+lists.freebsd-questions@lixfeld.ca) Received: from [216.7.194.254] (helo=[192.168.100.191]) by eshara.ebit.ca with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.54 (FreeBSD)) id 1Fh8FQ-000EIm-Rg; Fri, 19 May 2006 12:54:44 -0400 In-Reply-To: <5CDEB561-6A3D-4356-B52A-F3A33CF3439D@lixfeld.ca> References: <226ae0c60605190558h628d4e27he8581de686035109@mail.gmail.com> <5CDEB561-6A3D-4356-B52A-F3A33CF3439D@lixfeld.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v750) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <80ED3CC2-B904-4852-BB67-5F099CA1B95D@lixfeld.ca> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Jason Lixfeld Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 12:52:31 -0400 To: David Robillard X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.750) Cc: FreeBSD Questions Mailing List Subject: Re: Keyspan USB2Serial X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 16:54:45 -0000 Oh, and incase it matters.. It's a USA-19QW. On 19-May-06, at 12:49 PM, Jason Lixfeld wrote: > > On 19-May-06, at 8:58 AM, David Robillard wrote: > >>> On Thu, 18 May 2006 22:09:50 -0400 >>> Jason Lixfeld wrote: >>> Do you have ucom device in your kernel? >>> >>> Yup: >>> >>> # egrep "ugen|ucom" /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf/RICKY >>> device ugen # Generic >>> device ucom >>> # >>> >>> after you plug it in, have you got any /dev/cua* ? >>> >>> Only: >>> >>> # ls -al /dev/cuad0 >>> crw-rw---- 1 uucp dialer 0, 40 May 18 22:04 /dev/cuad0 >>> # >>> >>> But it is there regardless as to whether or not the adapter is >>> plugged in. >> >> Hi Jason, >> >> Be careful, because the first adapter I received was actually faulty. >> The light would go on and the device would show up in my USB device >> tree. But it would not work. After a few talks with Keyspan's >> support, >> they had to send me a new one for it to work. The whole process was >> free of charge. >> >> I would suggest you try the adapter on a MacOS X or Windows machine >> along with the software that shipped with it just to make sure it >> behaves as intended. Assuming you do have a Mac or a Win machine >> handy >> of course. > > I've had this adapter for years and it works fine in Mac OS X. I > just tested it in another identical machine running Gentoo with a > 2.6 kernel and it works fine there too. > > I can freely move it between Mac OS X and Linux without issue, but > as soon as I move it back to FreeBSD, it goes dead again. > > It's not the USB ports because I can connect a USB keyboard and/or > mouse into any of the other USB ports on that machine and they work > fine. > >> FYI: I use this adapter on MacOS X laptop to access the console of >> FreeBSD, RedHat and Sun Microsystems machine. It works like a charm. >> >> Good luck, >> >> David >> >> -- >> David Robillard >> UNIX systems administrator >> CISSP >> Sun Certified Security Admin >> Montreal: +1 514 966 0122 >> >