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Re: How to know if USB device has driver properly installed?



Dotan Cohen wrote:
Yes, we installed the Linux modules on the devices as instructed on
that page, but when connecting them to the Linux box there are no
'/dev/usb/tts/0' or '/dev/ttyusb0'.
And you , of course, modprobe'd them?


No :) I've never had to install drivers before, everything has "just
worked" with my hardware since I've started using Debian and
Debian-derived distros in 2005. I've heard of modprobing, but never
done it.

Now I have what to google. If there are any other terms I should be
familiar with for this project, I would appreciate if someone would
assume that I am a complete noob and mention them. I'll do the work of
RTFM and STFW, but I need to know what to read about!

Thanks!

Well, once you compile a driver, you have to load it, which is done by modprobe. Removing is modprobe -r. man modprobe and man lsmod are a good start.


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