Ubuntu 10 10 Connecting to a terminal to a serial-to-USB device on Maverick Meerkat

Question

So, I tried to connect minicom to a serial device that is connected via a USB-to-serial adapter. It's a PL2303. If I'm not wrong, there's no need for additional drivers. 

I'm new to this and the following is what I've tried;

$ sudo minicom --device /dev/ttyUSB0
minicom: cannot open /dev/ttyUSB0: No such file or directory

$ sudo lsusb -v

Bus 002 Device 006: ID 067b:2303 Prolific Technology, Inc. PL2303 Serial Port
Device Descriptor:
  bLength                18
  bDescriptorType         1

$ tail /var/log/syslog  #then removed and attached the device.
Mar 13 23:31:49 ubuntu kernel: [807996.786805] usb 2-1: pl2303 converter now attached to ttyUSB0
Mar 13 23:34:44 ubuntu kernel: [808172.155129] usb 2-1: USB disconnect, address 7
Mar 13 23:34:44 ubuntu kernel: [808172.156321] pl2303 ttyUSB0: pl2303 converter now disconnected from ttyUSB0
Mar 13 23:34:44 ubuntu kernel: [808172.156374] pl2303 2-1:1.0: device disconnected
Mar 13 23:34:52 ubuntu kernel: [808179.497856] usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 8
Mar 13 23:34:52 ubuntu kernel: [808179.785845] pl2303 2-1:1.0: pl2303 converter detected
Mar 13 23:34:52 ubuntu kernel: [808179.872309] usb 2-1: pl2303 converter now attached to ttyUSB0

Am I doing it right??

Answer 1

1. Check with dmesg | grep tty if system recognize your adapter. 
2. Run minicom with sudo minicom -s, go to "Serial port setup" 
3. Change the first line to /dev/ttyUSB0.
4. Save config as default with "Save setup as dfl". 

It works for Ubuntu 11.04 on VirtualBox.