Cannot see USB port in Replicatorg
 

I have Replicatorg-0040 running under Mint12 on a Lenovo R60 laptop. It does not find any serial ports on scan. I have looked for ttyusb but can only find tty0 to tty63 and ttyS0, S1 etc. Printers and USB sticks all work fine so the ports are working. Do I need to load some form of USB support? Tried starting from root in case it was
permission for the port and get (process:2123): GConf-WARNING **: Client failed to connect to the D-BUS daemon:
Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply,the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
GConf Error: No D-BUS daemon running. Have tried the fixes on the
installation site.
R60e steve # ls -la /dev/ttyUSB0
ls: cannot access /dev/ttyUSB0: No such file or directory
R60e steve # ls -la /dev/tty
crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 5, 0 2013-02-03 17:45 /dev/tty

All help much appreciated

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Post the output of the lsusb command. This will show us the type of USB serial port adapter and if it is being recognized. You can also look at the output of the dmesg command to see if the adapter is being assigned a device ID.

Cannot see USB port in Replicatorg
 

Thank you for the reply. steve@R60e ~ $ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
steve@R60e ~ $

Below is the output of dmesg that seems to be relevant.
[ 0.280411] isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
[ 0.330194] loop: module loaded
[ 0.330400] ata_piix 0000:00:1f.1: version 2.13
[ 0.330419] ata_piix 0000:00:1f.1: PCI INT C -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 0.330468] ata_piix 0000:00:1f.1: setting latency timer to 64
[ 0.336162] scsi0 : ata_piix
[ 0.336360] scsi1 : ata_piix
[ 0.336708] ata1: PATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0x1f0 ctl 0x3f6 bmdma 0x1810 irq 14
[ 0.336712] ata2: PATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0x170 ctl 0x376 bmdma 0x1818 irq 15
[ 0.337186] Fixed MDIO Bus: probed
[ 0.337224] PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
[ 0.337302] tun: Universal TUN/TAP device driver, 1.6
[ 0.337305] tun: (C) 1999-2004 Max Krasnyansky <maxk@qualcomm.com>
[ 0.337414] ehci_hcd: USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver
[ 0.337437] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: power state changed by ACPI to D0
[ 0.337443] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: power state changed by ACPI to D0
[ 0.337469] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: PCI INT D -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
[ 0.337490] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: setting latency timer to 64
[ 0.337495] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: EHCI Host Controller
[ 0.337537] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
[ 0.337566] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: using broken periodic workaround
[ 0.337580] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: debug port 1
[ 0.341476] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: cache line size of 64 is not supported
[ 0.341837] ata2: port disabled. ignoring.
[ 0.343277] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: irq 19, io mem 0xee444000
[ 0.364066] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00
[ 0.364299] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.364306] hub 1-0:1.0: 8 ports detected
[ 0.364420] ohci_hcd: USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver
[ 0.364443] uhci_hcd: USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver
[ 0.364506] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: power state changed by ACPI to D0
[ 0.364511] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: power state changed by ACPI to D0
[ 0.364523] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 0.364535] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 0.364540] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: UHCI Host Controller
[ 0.364593] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
[ 0.364649] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: irq 16, io base 0x00001820
[ 0.364804] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.364810] hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 0.364895] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: PCI INT B -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 0.364904] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: setting latency timer to 64
[ 0.364908] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: UHCI Host Controller
[ 0.364955] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
[ 0.364997] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: irq 17, io base 0x00001840
[ 0.365141] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.365146] hub 3-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 0.365212] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: power state changed by ACPI to D0
[ 0.365217] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: power state changed by ACPI to D0
[ 0.365229] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: PCI INT C -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
[ 0.365237] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: setting latency timer to 64
[ 0.365242] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: UHCI Host Controller
[ 0.365285] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
[ 0.365326] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: irq 18, io base 0x00001860
[ 0.365477] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.365482] hub 4-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 0.365552] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.3: PCI INT D -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
[ 0.365560] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.3: setting latency timer to 64
[ 0.365565] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.3: UHCI Host Controller
[ 0.365603] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.3: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 5
[ 0.365636] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.3: irq 19, io base 0x00001880
[ 0.365776] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.365781] hub 5-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 0.365912] i8042: PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:KBD,PNP0f13:MOU] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1,12
[ 0.389616] serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
[ 0.389629] serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
[ 0.390068] mousedev: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
[ 0.390706] rtc_cmos 00:07: RTC can wake from S4
[ 0.391042] rtc_cmos 00:07: rtc core: registered rtc_cmos as rtc0
[ 0.391875] rtc0: alarms up to one month, y3k, 114 bytes nvram, hpet irqs
[ 0.393219] device-mapper: uevent: version 1.0.3
[ 0.393371] device-mapper: ioctl: 4.20.0-ioctl (2011-02-02) initialised: dm-devel@redhat.com

Look forward to your advice

Nothing indicates that a USB serial port adapter is being recognized. Do you know its make or model number?

Dear Michael. This is a direct USB port on the Lenovo R60e laptop, I am not using an adaptor. The ports work fine for USB sticks, printers etc. Is there a command or program to check what hardware is installed?. Regards Steve

So the machine connects directly to the USB port? What type and make/ model?

There is no indication that anything is connected to a USB port from the posted information.

Michael, It is a Makerbot Thingomatic connected via a USB lead. Regards Steve

AFAIK the FTDI driver is included so if the Arduino board is functioning correctly it should be automatically recognized and the serial port device created. Does the Thing-o-matic function and the interface panel work?

Michael, many thanks for your help with this. Found a cable problem and now have it all up and running. Much appreciated. Steve