Re: Thread for problems getting USB hostmode working.
 

what do You mean by :"mounted"? You mount filesystems, and serial adapter doesn't have anything to do with that.

What exactly are You trying to achieve?

/Estel

Re: Thread for problems getting USB hostmode working.
 

Dear Estel,

I try to utilized the USB Serial adapter in order to connect to switch,router and server. I also refer to below treats but still not working. Really need assistance on this

http://forums.internettablettalk.com...t=26335&page=2

http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=13059

Thanks in advanced.

Re: Thread for problems getting USB hostmode working.
 

Hi Jackjohn,

i am not sure but i dont think kernel-power-50 will work for you
i had the same problems with my usb logitech rumblepad2^^

first step works your kernel finds a new usb device
now it should load the usbserial driver for it
and "mount" your new device to /dev/usb or /dev/ttyUSBx

at this point my linux skills are to low
and i took the long dirty way
compiling the whole kernel-power-50
with hid support for my device

pablocrossa told me that it would be
possible to compile it as a modul
but i just got a segment fault and
it worked with the new kernel
so i got around that ^^

greetings from germany
Hoga

Re: Thread for problems getting USB hostmode working.
 

Dear Hoga,

Appreciate you input, there should be away around to get this thing work because even though n800 can establish the serial connection.

Re: Thread for problems getting USB hostmode working.
 

Hi Jackjohn,

i also think that the n900
should work with a serial usb adapter
but i am not sure if the power-kernel
have the right driver for your device

if possible you could check the hardware id
from the terminal "lsusb" should give you a hint
which serial adapter you have
and which driver is needed to get the adapter running^^

greetings from germany
Hoga

PS: after looking for idProduct=2303
i got http://www.linuxforen.de/forums/showthread.php?t=272802
this is a german link^^

someone worked around
with a simple "modprobe pl2303"
in the terminal on a beagleboard^^

so give it a try and if it works you could add pl2303 to /etc/modules

Re: Thread for problems getting USB hostmode working.
 

We need to absolutely sure, if kernel have necessary modules compiled in. If it's *not* the case, I'm sure Pali will like to add them to kernel-power. If modules are present, problem lies somewhere else.

I haven't tried such adapters (yet), but what "happen" when You try it with any desktop linux PC? What is the expected outcome, in easy words? Isn't it that You also need drivers/modules for things connected via serial?

I hope someone more knowledgeable on that topic will help here, as I'm [n]*perfectly sure*[/b] it's achievable, without much effort.

/Estel

Re: Thread for problems getting USB hostmode working.
 

Dear hoga and estel,

Can you provide the file pl2303.ko.
At this moment I'm not managed to run insmode or modprobe getting error "error inserting invalid module format"& fatal module pl2303 not found

Re: Thread for problems getting USB hostmode working.
 

Hi Jackjohn,

i think kernel-power-50 provides pl2303.ko
you can try to find the file under "/lib/modules/2.6.28.10-power50/"

with x-terminal:
"cd /lib/modules/2.6.28.10-power50/"
"ls"
should give u a list of all files

on my device "modprobe pl2303" as root works fine^^

greetings from germany
Hoga

Re: Thread for problems getting USB hostmode working.
 

dear hoga,

l,m using kernel power 46. Is it possible?

Re: Thread for problems getting USB hostmode working.
 

Hi Jackjohn,

sure it is possible but the question is how much work it is ^^

you can also look at "/lib/modules/current/"
if you can find the pl2303.ko and the usbserial.ko
if not u need to compile it for kernel-power-46
or better make a backup with backupmenu
and try to upgrade to kernel-power-50
that would be the easy way to get thinks rolling :)

greeting from germany
Hoga