[mythtv-users] Issues with serial port

[Gabe Rubin]

On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 8:47 PM, Marc Randolph <mrand at pobox.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 10:15 PM, Gabe Rubin <gaberubin at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi list,
>>
>> I am trying to change channels on my DCT-2200 series box using the
>> channel changer script in contrib.  Problem is, I don't my computer
>> recognizes my serial port.  The motherboard I purchased does not have
>> one so I purchased a PCI add on card that has two USB ports and a
>> serial port.  How do I get my computer to recognize the serial port?
>
>> And this:
>> [root at localhost ~]# dmesg |grep Serial
>> Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 4 ports, IRQ sharing enabled
>> [...]
>> usbserial: USB Serial Driver core
>> USB Serial support registered for pl2303
>>
>>
>> And this:
>> [root at localhost ~]# lspci
>
> Howdy Gabe!
>
> I think you actually want lsusb, although it's unlikely to produce any
> helpful information.
> Looks like you are in good company... there are some ideas in this
> thread (most especially to try ttyUSB0):
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=322759
>
> You might search that forums and/or via google for pl2303 or pl2302x.
>
> Good luck!
>

Thanks for the link.  That is very discouraging because it looks like
this is just flaky hardware with no good solution.  I may just have to
go back to Fry's and return the MoBo and find one with a serial port
already on board (which is getting increasingly difficult these days).