USB Serial Port

[mike]

This may be easy for some but, all of my Linux experience has been on 
servers and I am just now trying to move into the desktop side.

I am trying to use a USB to Serial adapter by Belkin for a needed 
application at work.  I plan on using PuTTy as my comm plaform but, I 
cannot figure out what port id the device is being given or if I need to 
configure it in some manner.

Anyone know a simple way or the correct place to look for info about 
this on the Web?

Mike D.

[Chris Smart]

On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 6:47 PM, Mike Dwiggins  wrote:
> Anyone know a simple way or the correct place to look for info about
> this on the Web?

When you plug it in, dmesg should tell you. It's probably something
like /dev/ttyUSB0

-c

[mike]

On 1/26/2011 1:20 AM, Chris Smart wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 6:47 PM, Mike Dwiggins  wrote:
> > Anyone know a simple way or the correct place to look for info about
> > this on the Web?
>
> When you plug it in, dmesg should tell you. It's probably something
> like /dev/ttyUSB0
>
> -c

That was what I toughs but, I am getting no indication in dmesg.  With 
the second opinion I wonder if it is actually being recognized?

MD

[Clark Martin]

On Jan 25, 2011, at 11:47 PM, Mike Dwiggins wrote:
> This may be easy for some but, all of my Linux experience has been on 
> servers and I am just now trying to move into the desktop side.
>
> I am trying to use a USB to Serial adapter by Belkin for a needed 
> application at work.  I plan on using PuTTy as my comm plaform but, I 
> cannot figure out what port id the device is being given or if I need to 
> configure it in some manner.
>
> Anyone know a simple way or the correct place to look for info about 
> this on the Web?

Look in /dev for something like tty.usb...

look before and after you plug it in to be sure.

USB Serial Port (SOLVED)

[mike]

On 1/26/2011 1:39 AM, Clark Martin wrote:
> On Jan 25, 2011, at 11:47 PM, Mike Dwiggins wrote:
> > This may be easy for some but, all of my Linux experience has been on
> > servers and I am just now trying to move into the desktop side.
> >
> > I am trying to use a USB to Serial adapter by Belkin for a needed
> > application at work.  I plan on using PuTTy as my comm plaform but, I
> > cannot figure out what port id the device is being given or if I need to
> > configure it in some manner.
> >
> > Anyone know a simple way or the correct place to look for info about
> > this on the Web?
>
> Look in /dev for something like tty.usb...
>
> look before and after you plug it in to be sure.

Tried several re-inserts and nothing happened but, I had to re-boot for 
another reason and happened to leave it in place.
Now according to dmesg ttyUSB0 is there,  there was also traffic from 
the usbcore about registering a new driver.

New note to self about USB drivers, re-boot with the device installed 
before you go digging!

Thanks All