Hi Leann; I downloaded the Alpha-5 live CD and tried this out. It's still not working, but the failure mode is definitely different that that of 8.04.
On the 8.04 release of Ubuntu, the problem seems to be that the device isn't being recognized as a device that can be handled by this driver at all. The reason was the two lines that were changed from the stock kernel which I flagged in my initial bug report. In Alpha-5 of 8.10 the problem is different. In this release the device is triggering the correct driver, but the driver is failing with a 'firmware file not found' error. I took a quick look at the differences between the stock kernel from kernel.org and the one in the git database for Ubuntu 8.10 and noticed that the two header files which contain the device firmware used by this driver have been removed from the Ubuntu version. Normally the driver has this firmware compiled directly into it, but for some reason the Ubuntu flavor of the kernel has had these files removed. This seems to be the cause of the latest failure of this device. Is the firmware used by this family of devices included somewhere in a separate file? If it is, then the driver doesn't seem to be able to locate it. If not, perhaps it should be. Better yet, why deviate from the stock kernel method of compiling the firmware right into the driver. It's certainly more foolproof. Note that the firmware in question is not something that's specific to this emulator that I'm testing with. I believe that it's used by most, if not all, devices that utilize this driver. I have to assume that removing it will make a whole class of serial port adapters that use this driver difficult to use under Ubuntu 8.10. Best regards, Steve Leann Ogasawara wrote: > Hi Guys, > > dlotton - you'll need to enable the Intrepid repository in order to get > the 2.6.27 kernel. > > However, Alpha5 was released last week so you could test with a LiveCD > as well - http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/intrepid/alpha5 . Please let us > know your results if you are able to test. Thanks. > > ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) > Status: New => Incomplete > > -- ti_usb_3410_5052 driver doesn't load some devices https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/231276 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
