USB Question

[Eric Krause]

Thanks Debian! I do know how to compile, just not what to do with it 
after its compiled. I've never installed a driver before.

Thanks for the reply though. It's appreciated.

-Eric

debian wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-12-31 at 15:31 -0500, Eric Krause wrote:
>> Hello all,
>> I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions on the following. I am 
>> trying to connect my Garmin forerunner and PDA to my Ubuntu box via a 
>> Belkin F5U409 USB-Serial cable.
>>
>> I have looked around and the best that I saw was source code for a 
>> driver called mct_u232.c.
>> (http://www.linuxhq.com/kernel/v2.4/0-test12/drivers/usb/serial/mct_u232.c)
>>
>> I am fairly new to Ubuntu and don't know where to begin with that.
>>
>> Any suggestions would be most appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Eric
>>
> well first, you need to compile it.
> 
> to do that, open the console and type:
> sudo apt-get install build-essential   (incase you dont have the
> required programs to build it)
> 
> then type: gcc mct_u232.c
> 
> if all goes well, you should have a file like mct_u232.o. this is your
> compiled file.
> 
> idk how you install it (the site didnt provide any direction on that).
> 
> --cj
> 
>