When I connect the cable, dmesg says "usb 2-2: pl2303 converter now attached to ttyUSB0"
The find command lists: /dev/ttyUSB0 /dev/.udev/names/ttyUSB0 I'll try PuTTY and see if I have any better luck. Thanks. And yes, I'm running minicom as root (via sudo). If you even try to run without rights, you get a "cannot access device" error immediately. On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 9:11 AM, Keith M. Richard <[email protected]> wrote: > Joe, > > What device does "dmesg" show (output) when you plug in the USB > cable? Also, are you root or sudo when you configure minicom because I > don't think it will write the config otherwise. > Once you know the dev name (i.e. ttyUSB0 or ttyUSB1) try this > from the console window to find the exact path to the device. > > `find /dev -name "ttyUSB0" -print` > > (NOTE: Do this command with the name given by dmesg in the quotes.) > Also, just an FYI, you can get puTTY for Linux. > > Keith M Richard > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Joe Fruchey > Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 2:45 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [brlug-general] USB serial console woes > > Hey guys. > > I installed Jaunty Netbook Remix on my netbook this morning, and it's > great. > > I want to configure Cisco switches with it. I "made" a USB console > cable that I've been using under Windows, and it works great. Windows > sees it as COM3, I point PuTTY at COM3 and I'm golden. > > Under Ubuntu, it's not working. I can see that the cable is recognized > as ttyUSB0. I'm running minicom at 9600, 8N1, and pointing it at > /dev/ttyUSB0. But all the screen does is flash. I press Enter and get > nothing. well, on this site > [http://www.cromwell-intl.com/tcpip/switch-programming.html] I see > that it says to use /dev/usb/ttyUSB0. So I set it to that, and it > still flashes constantly, but when I press Enter, I can see the > hostname of the switch for half a second before it flashes and is > gone. > > Interestingly, when I open minicom with the config file that points to > /dev/usb/ttyUSB0, it says there's no such device. > > What am I doing wrong? > > Thanks. > > Joe > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
