The PL2303 serial-USB adapter and Linux
September 21st, 2003 | Published in hardware, linux | 4 Comments
A short note to fill in for something I couldn’t find via google on getting a PL2303-based serial-USB adapter to work with linux…
Recently I was trying to connect a Garmin Geko 201 GPS unit to my laptop on a 2.4 series linux kernel using a no-brand generic USB serial port cable bought from Maplin.
I encountered the problem described in this post to linux-kernel: the device would work once after boot, then oops the kernel when it was closed. To use it again, I’d have to reboot.
The solution, in my case, was to recompile my kernel (or change my choice of loaded kernel modules) to use the usb-uhci.o module as my UHCI controller, instead of the “alternative (JE)” driver that I had been using.
September 22nd, 2003 at 12:03 pm (#)
Yeah, this turns up quite commonly on the bluez-users list. Some devices just don’t like the one or other of the UHCI drivers. Luckily my new box seems all-OHCI….
November 11th, 2003 at 3:38 am (#)
Linux. Unix. it’s all the same.
My process:
Installed 1.0.3 drive
Installed Palm Desktop 4.1
Installed iSync conduit
Restart
Repair Permissions
Launch iSync
Plug in plam V with USB to Serial adapter from Radio Shack
Launch Palm Desktop
Configure user and pref
Configure iSync
Push sync button on plam adapter
Works great.
Dual G5, Panther (10.3.1)
May 19th, 2004 at 9:31 pm (#)
If it does not work with 103
try
here
http://theapotek.com/teknotes/archives/000014.html
May 28th, 2004 at 7:17 am (#)
I have problem about usb to serial cable. i need code how i can send data using usb to serial cable in linux redhat 9.0 ?
please help about this topic
Thanks