Mark Peveto here, I think the refreshing issue might've been caused by the older orca in Debian's repo, but I updated that last night. thanks for the man page. I'll take a look at it later this afternoon. Mark Peveto Registered Linux user number 600552 Everything happens after coffee! On Wed, 31 May 2017, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > hmmm. I didn't run into the refreshing issue when I was there. then again, I am on a mac. > > here is a man page for set serial. https://www.systutorials.com/docs/linux/man/8-setserial/ > > -eric > > On May 30, 2017, at 2:48 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > > > Mark Peveto here, > > Well friend, that wasn't real helpful. The page kept refreshing every time I tried to read it so I couldn't get anywhere. If someone can just get me a > > straight set of instructions, that'd be helpful. I've already been on several internet pages about the subject, and end up running into some command > > they suggest not working, or a file can't be found, etc. Really, I gotta get this done, and i'm hitting more brick walls than i need at this point. I > > spent several hours working on this yesterday afternoon, so if you're hearing frustration, that's why. > > Thanks folks. > > > > > > > > > > Mark Peveto > > Registered Linux user number 600552 > > Everything happens after coffee! > > > > On Tue, 30 May 2017, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > > > >> well, > >> I don't have the info handy, but here is a page where they talk about finding and setting up new serial ports. > >> > >> https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/find-out-linux-serial-ports-with-setserial/ > >> > >> -eric > >> > >> On May 30, 2017, at 1:27 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > >> > >>> Hi all, > >>> Mark Peveto here. The serial to usb connector does show in lsmod. But I wasn't told how to configure the com port for it. > >>> I wanna get this artic running on this machine. > >>> Appreciate the help. > >>> > >>> > >>> Mark Peveto > >>> Registered Linux user number 600552 > >>> Everything happens after coffee! > >>> > >>> On Tue, 30 May 2017, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > >>> > >>>> well, > >>>> you might have to plug it in and then open a console and type lsmod at the prompt. If it's a known device, it should show up in there. then all you would need to do is configure a com port. > >>>> > >>>> btw, as a comparison, use the lsmod command before you plug in and then check after. if it is recognized, you would see an additional module or 2 running. > >>>> > >>>> -eric > >>>> > >>>> On May 29, 2017, at 10:59 AM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Mark Peveto here. > >>>>> Since only one machine i hae here has a serial port, I got a couple serial to usb converters. Trick is, how do I get debian to recognize it? I was > >>>>> gonna hook the artic up to one of my other machines. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Mark Peveto > >>>>> Registered Linux user number 600552 > >>>>> Everything happens after coffee! > >>>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> Blinux-list mailing list > >>>>> Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >>>>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Blinux-list mailing list > >>>> Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >>>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >>>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Blinux-list mailing list > >>> Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Blinux-list mailing list > >> Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list mailing list > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list