[Fwd: [PLUG] USB serial support]

Greg KH greg at kroah.com
Tue Dec 9 18:08:01 UTC 2003


On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 05:45:05PM -0800, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Dec 2003, Greg KH wrote:
> 
> > Instead, use the driver that is for your device.  What does
> > /proc/bus/usb/devices show with your device plugged in?
> 
> Greg,
> 
>   There is no 'devices' in /proc/bus/usb.

http://www.linux-usb.org/FAQ.html#gs3
and
http://www.linux-usb.org/FAQ.html#ts5

> > And on all "modern" distros, the hotplug scripts would just
> > automatically load the proper driver for your device when it is plugged
> > in.  Why isn't this happening for you?  Are you using a custom kernel?
> 
>   Yes. One Emperor Linux tweaks for the built-in hardware and quirks of the
> Sony Vaio PCG-V505B.
> 
> > An old distro?
> 
>   Er, ... no. Slackware-9.1
> 
>   All the modules are there and loaded.

What modules?

Also, does slackware have the linux-hotplug package?

>   Perhaps the problem is that photopc is looking for /dev/photopc and
> doesn't like the link to either /dev/ttyUSB0 or /dev/ttyUSB1. I don't know
> to what else to point the camera.

You need a driver for your usb serial device.  You have a ways to go
before worrying about photopc.

greg k-h




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