On Sat, 2010-03-27 at 12:25 -0500, dsmithnc wrote: > How do you go about configuring comm ports in Wine? I have a usb to > serial adapter that is using ttyUSB1 under linux. The program I want > to use under wine shows only the standard Windows comm ports; i.e, > com1, com2, etc. How can I redirect those to ttyUSB1? > It seems to depend on the adapter. I have one I got from pFranc (the GPS connector guy) that works perfectly under Linux but Wine has never been able to see it. Defining it as COM3 with the commands cd .wine/dosdevices ln -s /dev/ttyUSB1 COM3: might work for you though it never did for me. Instead I bought a PCI 6-way serial card, plugged it in and Wine uses it without any complaints. These cards are pretty cheap, no more expensive than a USB->serial adapter, and most distros can use them without needing any drivers, etc. As mine has four D-9 connectors I just use the two serial ports on the mother board and the first four on the PCI card. I'd need a separate adapter plate for the extra two ports but am out of adapter slots. If you do this you need to edit /boot/grub/grub.conf to add 8250.nr_uarts=6 to the kernel command line. Add it to the first kernel in the menu and it will be automatically copied each time there's a kernel upgrade. However, if you do a clean install you need to remember to add it to grub.conf Once I'd made that edit my Win application reported seeing COM1 - COM6 without any other changes being needed and they worked immediately. Martin
