[Xastir] USB on Linux for TNC

[Alan Crosswell]

I finally got my Keyspan USA19QW working under Red Hat 9 on a Sony Vaio.  I had 
to grab the updated firmware from keyspan.com and build a custom 2.4 kernel. 
The story is that the updated firmware is in the 2.5 kernel.  Keyspan has a 
whole tree of files there including out of date replacements for keyspan.c and 
Config.in.  Ignore those and just grab keyspan_usa19qw_fw.h (or similar name) 
and stick it in drivers/usb/serial/ and build a kernel.

Anybody want to buy a VAIO XG29 port bar?  Ever since I upgraded to XP none of 
the features on it like the video out work and they were never supported by 
Linux.  Now that I've got a working serial port with the Keyspan I don't need it.

I am *very* interested in cheap USB serial adapters.  $50 for the Keyspan is 
crazy.  There are some cheaper ones made by Larry: 
http://pfranc.com/usb/usb.shtml for $30 which is still a lot, but they support a 
mod to supply power to a GPS I believe.
/a

Brian Heaton wrote:
> Rich,
> 
> 	Are you running a stock RedHat kernel or one you compiled yourself? 
> 
> 	Personally I use a Keyspan USA-28X for my machine here at work.  Under
> Linux I use /dev/ttyUSB0 for the first port and /dev/ttyUSB1 fo the
> second port. Works like a champ every time.
> 
> 	As long as the permission are setup right (from the README files) you
> should just be able to fill in the config data and run.  What are you
> trying now that isn't working for you??
> 
> 			THX/BDH
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 23:08, Rich Garcia wrote:
> 
>>I'll try posting this again. I have been playing with some network
>>settings that changed my e-mail addresses and apparently the mailing
>>list software did not like them.
>>
>>
>>I have never tried to use USB on Linux before but I just picked up a
>>Belkin F5U109rw and it works great on my Win2K box. I read the Mac post
>>to use DEV/cu instead of TTY but how do I know what else to put in there
>>? I checked out RH9's Hardware Browser but all that tells me is that I
>>have 3 USB ports installed.
>>
>>The auto detect feature of Linux did not see anything but I think that
>>is because it sees the USB ports, not the adapter that is connected to
>>it...I think.
>>
>>If I get this working I have a HOT lead on CHEAP adapters...I just want
>>to make sure what platforms it works with before I send out a e-mail to
>>everyone on the sig's. I already ordered 6 more of them, hopefully I can
>>use it on Linux considering I am down to 1 Win2K box now.