Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 12:52:31 -0400 From: Jason Lixfeld <jason+lists.freebsd-questions@lixfeld.ca> To: David Robillard <david.robillard@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Keyspan USB2Serial Message-ID: <80ED3CC2-B904-4852-BB67-5F099CA1B95D@lixfeld.ca> In-Reply-To: <5CDEB561-6A3D-4356-B52A-F3A33CF3439D@lixfeld.ca> References: <226ae0c60605190558h628d4e27he8581de686035109@mail.gmail.com> <5CDEB561-6A3D-4356-B52A-F3A33CF3439D@lixfeld.ca>
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Oh, and incase it matters.. It's a USA-19QW. On 19-May-06, at 12:49 PM, Jason Lixfeld wrote: > > On 19-May-06, at 8:58 AM, David Robillard wrote: > >>> On Thu, 18 May 2006 22:09:50 -0400 >>> Jason Lixfeld <jason+lists.freebsd-questions@lixfeld.ca> wrote: >>> Do you have ucom device in your kernel? >>> >>> Yup: >>> >>> # egrep "ugen|ucom" /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf/RICKY >>> device ugen # Generic >>> device ucom >>> # >>> >>> after you plug it in, have you got any /dev/cua* ? >>> >>> Only: >>> >>> # ls -al /dev/cuad0 >>> crw-rw---- 1 uucp dialer 0, 40 May 18 22:04 /dev/cuad0 >>> # >>> >>> But it is there regardless as to whether or not the adapter is >>> plugged in. >> >> Hi Jason, >> >> Be careful, because the first adapter I received was actually faulty. >> The light would go on and the device would show up in my USB device >> tree. But it would not work. After a few talks with Keyspan's >> support, >> they had to send me a new one for it to work. The whole process was >> free of charge. >> >> I would suggest you try the adapter on a MacOS X or Windows machine >> along with the software that shipped with it just to make sure it >> behaves as intended. Assuming you do have a Mac or a Win machine >> handy >> of course. > > I've had this adapter for years and it works fine in Mac OS X. I > just tested it in another identical machine running Gentoo with a > 2.6 kernel and it works fine there too. > > I can freely move it between Mac OS X and Linux without issue, but > as soon as I move it back to FreeBSD, it goes dead again. > > It's not the USB ports because I can connect a USB keyboard and/or > mouse into any of the other USB ports on that machine and they work > fine. > >> FYI: I use this adapter on MacOS X laptop to access the console of >> FreeBSD, RedHat and Sun Microsystems machine. It works like a charm. >> >> Good luck, >> >> David >> >> -- >> David Robillard >> UNIX systems administrator >> CISSP >> Sun Certified Security Admin >> Montreal: +1 514 966 0122 >> >
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