OK, I am able to get the connection to show up using this set of commands (I'm aware that I may not need some of them but i know this works):
tar -xzf peak-linux-driver-7.7.tar.gz
cd peak-linux-driver-7.7
make clean
make
su -c "make install"
HOME
sudo /sbin/modprobe pcan
suco /sbin/modprobe parport
After this "cat /proc/pcan" and "ifconfig -a" both show the connection that I'm looking for.
The question I guess that I'm asking is: What do I have to do to make it so I don't have to do all this crap to get VMware Player/Ubuntu to know that I've plugged this device in?
What I want to happen is:
*Plug in USB*
*Connect (Disconnect from host)*
ifconfig -a
"Oh, look. There is my connection."