Mstar-usb-serial-driver-gps

lsmod | grep mstar_usb If not, load it:

$ dmesg usb 1-2: new full-speed USB device number 4 using xhci_hcd usb 1-2: Manufacturer: MStar mstar_usb_serial 1-2:1.0: MStar GPS converter detected usb 1-2: MStar GPS converter now attached to ttyUSB0 Then:

Instead, they present a custom USB vendor/device ID that the kernel doesn’t immediately recognize as a serial device.