[Xastir] USB to Serial issue

James Cameron vk2lqz at wia.org.au
Mon Apr 11 02:32:07 EDT 2011


On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 01:16:24AM -0500, Dale Seaburg wrote:
> It was a "pain", but I reloaded Ubuntu 10.04 LTS on my laptop.
> Then, xastir.  Still have a few more tweaks to do in xastir, BUT,
> the USB-to-serial adapter NOW works!  Go figure!
> 
> There must be a "feature" (bug?) in version 10.10, perhaps, dealing
> with the Prolific PL2303 driver, which I understand is built into
> the kernel?

It is built with the kernel from kernel sources.

I've had no trouble using PL2303 driver on Ubuntu 10.10 here.

> I wish I didn't have to downgrade the OpSys, but I didn't know what
> else to do.

Yeah, it might have taken even more effort to figure out the problem,
but good to hear you have it solved, even if by an unusual method.

-- 
James Cameron
http://quozl.linux.org.au/



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