question

[Peter Risdon]

On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 16:13 +0200, Ludwig Mey wrote:
> hi
> 
> my problem is as follows.
> 
> i am trying to connect a  Prolific Technology USB to serial connecter.
>  but i am unable to get anything right after that.  i have tried using
> minicom and pointing it to where the system is telling the device is.
> but no luck. any help will be appreciated.
> 
> i am running FreeBSD 5.3
> 
> and the following information is given to me by the system when the
> device is plugged in.
> 
> Jan  6 16:07:26 gogga kernel: ugen0: Prolific Technology Inc.
> USB-Serial Controller, rev 1.10/3.00, addr 2

I think you might need to compile a custom kernel with the added line:

device	ucom

Then you should see something like:

Jan  6 14:26:17 lorna kernel: ucom0: Prolific Technology Inc. USB-Serial
Controller, rev 1.10/3.00, addr 2

when you plug it in.

Peter.