[Cialug] usb to serial

Nathan Stien nathanism at gmail.com
Mon Feb 4 19:41:08 CST 2008


On Feb 4, 2008 1:25 PM, Dan Hockey <icepuck2k at mchsi.com> wrote:
> Problem one..Is there way to setup a usb to serial adapter to work with
> mandriva 2k7?

I have had good luck with USB serial devices on Linux, with no special
drivers or anything.  For me they typically show up as /dev/ttyUSB0.

> Problem two.. Is there a terminal program something like hyper terminal
> in linux that will work with the usb to serial?. I'm trying to
> send/receive  *.s19 files from my hero 1.

You might look at minicom.  Someone else here might have a better
suggestion though.

- Nathan


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