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megacoupe · 09-19-2012, 11:35 PM

Okay, so I've attempted to follow twobob's post here, which is just a translation of seaniko7's video on youtube.

I couldn't run "sudo apt-get install cu minicom" from a liveCD or a pendrive with Ubuntu (got the error message "E: unable to locate minicom"). However, I was able to get it to run in a VirtualBoxed Ubuntu.

I get up to the point in the video/instructions where you run minicom and should see an output in the Terminal window. I run minicom and get no output. The question is: why not?

If it's any help, I configured minicom the same exact way as seaniko7 does in his video. I also ran "lsusb" in the terminal window and it seems that the DXG is detected (or at least the adapter is):

Code:

Bus 001 Device 001: 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: 80ee:0021 VirtualBox USB Tablet
Bus 001 Device 003: 067b:2303 Prolific Technology, Inc. PL2303 Serial Port

Am I correct in entering "/dev/ttyUSB0" in minicom's serial port settings? Changing the "0" after USB to 1-3 gave an error saying it couldn't find the device, so I don't know what else to try.

09-19-2012, 11:35 PM	#21
megacoupe Connoisseur Posts: 80 Karma: 8682 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: Kindle Voyage	Okay, so I've attempted to follow twobob's post here, which is just a translation of seaniko7's video on youtube. I couldn't run "sudo apt-get install cu minicom" from a liveCD or a pendrive with Ubuntu (got the error message "E: unable to locate minicom"). However, I was able to get it to run in a VirtualBoxed Ubuntu. I get up to the point in the video/instructions where you run minicom and should see an output in the Terminal window. I run minicom and get no output. The question is: why not? If it's any help, I configured minicom the same exact way as seaniko7 does in his video. I also ran "lsusb" in the terminal window and it seems that the DXG is detected (or at least the adapter is): Code: Bus 001 Device 001: 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 001 Device 002: 80ee:0021 VirtualBox USB Tablet Bus 001 Device 003: 067b:2303 Prolific Technology, Inc. PL2303 Serial Port Am I correct in entering "/dev/ttyUSB0" in minicom's serial port settings? Changing the "0" after USB to 1-3 gave an error saying it couldn't find the device, so I don't know what else to try.