<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">My experiences have been along those lines, too, Rick. And I’m a die-hard tinkerer, but in this case, it’s just much, much easier to move on…..again, not bashing those who live by it (I repeat this repeatedly because someone will take offense regardless). :)<div><br></div><div>Forrest</div><div><br><div><div>On Jul 3, 2014, at 2:08 PM, Rick Myers <<a href="mailto:sark9handler@gmail.com">sark9handler@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div>I had a dual boot set up with GRUB loader by a friend. The Linux wanted to upgrade and it crashed the entire Linux side for some reason. Now he's 3+ hours away to get him to assist me in either the removal of the linux or reinstalling it.<br>
<br></div>Rick<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 1:28 PM, Forrest <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wfj@usa.com" target="_blank">wfj@usa.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">I’d be fine with Ubuntu or whatever other version is the current thing, but to me, it is not ever been enough mainstream and I don’t have the time to devote to tinkering and twiddling and hoping someone else happens to create a solution to whatever problem it is I’m having with Linux. The problems I’ve had in the past have started with the install and never, ever, ended. I’m not bashing it, just saying that it’s not for me and maybe some others. And no, I don’t use Windows much any more either. <div>
<br></div><div>Thanks for listening and I’m not trying to urinate in your corn flakes.</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>Forrest</div></font></span><div><div class="h5"><br><div><div>
On Jul 3, 2014, at 12:48 PM, Galen Thurber <<a href="mailto:galenthurber@gmail.com" target="_blank">galenthurber@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>I've been using Linux for many years<br>
</div>and the prolific chip cables are not friendly with my desktops, they work fine on the laptops but you must add your user to the dialout group (& relogin) and the device must be /dev/ttyUSB0<br>
</div>If you still use MS windows, why be constantly screwed / infected / spied on !!!<br></div>for frack's sake at least dual boot with Xubuntu !<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 7:03 PM, Jim Unroe <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rock.unroe@gmail.com" target="_blank">rock.unroe@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 5:27 PM, Steve Wall <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stevewmn@gmail.com" target="_blank">stevewmn@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">One prolific chip programming cable "gotcha" I haven't heard anyone<br>
mention is using the right USB port. Once you get it working by<br>
manually installing the old version of the prolific driver you have to<br>
plug your programming cable into that exact same USB port on your<br>
computer every time. I ran into this one after trying to reprogram a<br>
radio after a few months of use. After an hour or so of head<br>
scratching I switched ports and boom it worked perfectly again.<br></blockquote></div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra">I have 2 USB ports on the front of my computer. I just plugged my Prolific based USB programming cable into the left USB port, waited for Win7 to install the latest driver and then downgraded it to the v3.2.0.0 driver. It was assigned COM2. I then removed the programming cable from the left USB port and plugged it into the right USB port. The Win7 driver install/downgrade process was repeated. Lastly I changed the right USB port to also be assigned COM2.<br>
<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">So I can plug my programming cable into either USB port without have to worry about driver issues or having to set CHIRP for a different COM port.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">
Jim KC9HI<br>
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