[PD] dmxusb

[Olaf Matthes]

jeroen visser wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I just didn't manage to install the ftdi_sio driver which came with the 
> pd external...
> 
> Log gives this message:
> 
> Dec 25 19:14:43 [kernel] usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using address 2
> Dec 25 19:14:43 [kernel] ftdi_sio 1-1:1.0: FTDI FT232BM Compatible 
> converter detected
> Dec 25 19:14:43 [kernel] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer 
> dereference at virtual address 0000001c
> 
> when exchanging the original ftdi_sio driver in 
> /lib/modules/.../usb/serial/
> 
> remaking didn't help. This is on a gentoo 2.6.8 kernel with udev on a pc.
> 
> Erwin Rol's driver for the enttec dmx unit just works fine. Am I missing 
> something?

No, not you, but I am missing something. Couldn't get Erwins driver to 
work and it does not provide input so I made my own one. Works here with 
Fedora 2 (kernel 2.6.5).

The OS X version doesn't work either on anything else than my machines 
so I'll just remove the external from my site, sorry.

Olaf