"James" == James Liggett jrliggett@cox.net writes:
James> On Thu, 2005-07-07 at 10:51 +0200, Uwe Bonnes wrote: >> >>>>> "James" == James Liggett jrliggett@cox.net writes: >> James> Hello all, I have been working on getting Hotsync to sync to a James> USB cradle using usbserial. I did some research, and as it turns James> out, the functions that wine uses to poll normal serial ports James> (like ioctl and tcgetattr) don't like usbserial devices very James> much. In fact, when I query my USB cradle using setserial, it James> gives me the same "Invalid Arguement" error that GetCommState James> does. Additionally, pilot-link doesn't even use these functions James> to communicate with a usbserial connected palm. The question now James> is, can we get tcgetattr to play nice with usbserial? >> What USB to serial adapter is used? The usbserial Atmel AVRIce uses >> a FTDI FT232 which is well supported. It works quite well, with the >> serial related patches I sent to the list( but some of them not yet >> in CVS).
James> Can you send me the patches so I can try them? I tried to use my James> Dad's *real* usb to serial converter that he uses to sync his James> IIIc to his USB-only laptop, but it doesn't seem to be supported James> in linux (It uses some weird chipset, like ATEN or something like James> that--ever heard of it?)
If the chip is not supported in the linux kernel, no chance to access it with wine. Does lsusb know about the chip (VID/PID)?