[Elecraft] KUSB on Linux machine??

[Dick Roth KA1OZ]

Brendan Minish wrote:
> prolific support is in the 2.6 kernels, I have yet to meet a USB driver
> that isn't plug and play under modern 2.6 kernels. no additional drivers
> required 
> 
> Plug it in and it should appear as /dev/ttyUSB0 
> 
> (assuming it's the first USB serial device )
> 
> dmesg will show you more
> 
> If you need some more help on any of this please contact me directly 
> 
> I am deeply familiar with Centos and redhat. 
> 
> On Fri, 2008-06-13 at 19:27 -0400, Dick Roth KA1OZ wrote:
>> Hi there--
>>
>> My main pc runs a variant of Red Hat Linux (CentOS 5.1).  Has anyone 
>> been able to properly install the KUSB (drivers) on a Linux box?  The 
>> Prolific site has a driver that I've heard only works with the 2.4 
>> kernel.  Has anyone had any luck using the KUSB with a 2.6 kernel?
>>
>> ttfn &
> 
> 73
> Brendan EI6IZ 
> RHCE 805008029731335
> 
Brendan, this was way too simple!  I found that I had to execute k3util 
as root, otherwise it wouldn't open the ttyUSB0 port.

I performsed a download of the latest firmware without any hitches.

Thanks &
-- 
73,
Dick ka1oz
Middleborough, MA

K3/100(Kit) SN 000859
Titan-DX