I got to know that the driver is no longer supported when I first connected the cable. The driver still seems to work though.
[image: PL2303HXA-driver-properties.png] Also, I added filters in the VM's settings and that is how picocom was able to connect to /dev/ttyUSB0. On Monday, July 20, 2020 at 2:51:55 AM UTC+2, Dennis Bieber wrote: > On Sun, 19 Jul 2020 12:15:09 -0700 (PDT), in > gmane.comp.hardware.beagleboard.user Rishabh > <rishabh.gupta777-re5jqeeqqe8avxtiumw...@public.gmane.org <javascript:>> > wrote: > > >I am running Ubuntu 18.04 inside a VM using VirtualBox hosted on Windows > >10. I am trying to use a PL2303HXA serial to USB cable to get the serial > >output to my terminal in Ubuntu. I am doing this to view U-Boot. > > > > Wonder if Win10 may be getting in the way... The driver for the > HXA is > no longer supported in Win10. > http://www.prolific.com.tw/US/ShowProduct.aspx?p_id=225&pcid=41 > """ > NOTE: > > Windows 8/8.1/10 are NOT supported in PL-2303HXA and PL-2303X EOL chip > versions. > """ > > I don't know how VirtualBox handles USB devices -- if they pass > through > to the guest OS as raw devices, or if VBox is intercepting the guest I/O > and mapping through the host OS... > > https://www.google.com/search?q=PL2303HXA+&oq=PL2303HXA > > > -- > Dennis L Bieber > > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/590f7b0d-7cfb-4e0f-99e6-0efe7deb3c4fo%40googlegroups.com.
