This is kind of off-topic, but maybe someone has an answer.
I use a laptop running Ubuntu for giving presentations, and my latest presentation involves talking to a Luminary LM8S311 evaluation board to give a demonstration.
This works fine on Windows XT -- connects right up, and I can do damage from the comfort of my chair. But the laptop (running Ubuntu 8.04) doesn't see the FTDI chip on the eval board as a serial port -- even though it sees my el-cheapo Radio Shack USB-RS232 cable as such.
Has anyone run into this? Have any pointers? Any Linux groups where the folks may (a) have useful information and (b) won't treat me like a Londoner in Paris?
Thanks.