Re: [newbie] access to USB ports

2005-01-17 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Martell, Larry wrote: I don't know if this is a newbie question or not, but I figured I'd start here. Just to establish standing, let me say that I am a newbie to Linux and Intel, but I have over 25 years experience with Unix on many non-Intel platforms. Anyway, here's my question: If I want to

RE: [newbie] access to USB ports

2005-01-17 Thread Martell, Larry
Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Martell, Larry wrote: Anyway, here's my question: If I want to send data out a serial port, I can just do cat file /dev/ttya. How can I do the same thing with a USB port? I don't see any entries in /dev that look like the USB ports. It depends on how you have

Re: [newbie] access to USB ports

2005-01-17 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Martell, Larry wrote: Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Martell, Larry wrote: Anyway, here's my question: If I want to send data out a serial port, I can just do cat file /dev/ttya. How can I do the same thing with a USB port? I don't see any entries in /dev that look like the USB ports. It depends on