On Thu, 2010-06-17 at 13:23 +0200, Gert van den Berg wrote: > If Linux detects a USB to serial device, you might have some luck... > (bluetooth as well, if it uses the serial port interface) > > Have a look at /dev/*tty* and create a symlink for the relevant device > to ~/.wine/dosdevices (this should really be in the FAQ...). PC suite > might need to be configured for serial cable on the relevant com > port... > I don't think this has been mentioned here recently, so here goes: a sure fire way of seeing whether Linux can recognise your USB connected device and of finding out what it is called is to run the following command: tail -f /var/log/messages as root or via sudo before plugging in the USB device. "tail -f" watches the end of /var/log/messages and displays lines written to it as they are written, so its easy to see the device connect, what type of driver is assigned to it and what device name gets assigned to it. After you've seen what you wanted, stop "tail -f " by typing Ctrl-C. Bootnote: tail, when run without any options, lists the last 10 lines in a file and exits - the -f option tells it to keep watching to file and displaying new lines as they are written to the file. Martin
