Re: usb serial ports?

On 2006-04-27, Tommy Reynolds <Tommy.Reynolds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

FC5 uses the "udev" facility to assign device names (/dev/foo) to
devices. There is a rule set in "/etc/udev/rules.d" that control the
assignments. All we need do is drop a NEW file in there with a
one-line command.

Here's how to find out what to add:

Open a terminal window and, as root:

# tail -f /var/log/messages

and then insert the USB-DB9 adaptor. Watch the message log to see
how the device gets identified. Then, using the hints from those
messages, add a new rule file into the "/etc/udev/rules.d" directory.

Hey;

Thanks; that's the info I needed. Apparently those bright people at
Redhat already have the rule for the db9 serial port because when I
plugged it in, it generated /dev/ttyUSB0 - regardless of which usb port
I plugged it into. That makes the minicom easy to configure.

Thanks. I appreciate it.

Doug

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