But no IRQ is allocated.
I'll boot with a DOS disk, (tools I know well)
***********
I didn't have COM1 under msd.exe
I sort of hate when one setting in a BIOS can effect another and I don't
think about it long enough.
I checked the power settings in BIOS serial was "Disabled" one would
think that would mean "don't turn the power off on the COM port" I
"Enabled" it and restarted.
COM1 is now found by msd.exe
***********
stty -F /dev/ttyS0 raw 1200
cat /dev/ttyS0 | od
now returns
9 colums of 6 digits scrolling. Moving the mouse does nothing.
dmesg | grep tty
returns
ttyS00 at ox03f8 (irq = 4) is at 16450
Sam.
Scot Jenkins wrote:
>try Karl's trick on the other com ports as well (/dev/ttyS1,
>/dev/ttyS2, etc...) I have an couple Gateway machines that the BIOS
>does strange numbering of COM ports. Instead of COM1 and COM2 they're
>COM2 and COM3. Especially with a laptop, who knows what the
>manufacturer was thinking that day.
>
>see what ports the kernel detects right after bootup:
>
> dmesg | grep tty
>
>you should see something like:
>
> ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
> ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
>
>I don't think that your debian install will do evil things like renumber
>or hide com ports from you.
>
>Sam MacDonald wrote:
>
>
>>Well that's tell me what I need to know.
>>The serial port is not found anywhere and no resources are allocated
>>(goes without saying).
>>So where the f is it!
>>I'm thinking the way this laptops hardware/BIOS is setup, with the
>>setting for the mouse, set to the PS2 port during the install of debian,
>>the serial port was not found at install. Hmmm... 26 diskettes to
>>install without knowing if it would work.
>>
>>Any other ideas folks?
>>
>>***********************************
>>[From: Karl Bongers ]
>>
>>/etc/init.d/gpm stop
>> *Result*
>>Stopping mouse interface server: gpm.
>>
>>/etc/init.d/gpm stop
>>
>>stty -F /dev/ttyS0 raw 1200
>>cat /dev/ttyS0 | od
>> *Results*
>>stty: /dev/ttyS0: input/output error
>>stty: /dev/ttyS1: input/output error
>>
>>[From: Karl Bongers ]
>>cat /proc/interrupts
>> *Results*
>> CPU0
>>0: 4644729 XT-PIC timer
>>1: 789 XT-PIC keyboard
>>2: 0 XT-PIC cascade
>>3: 1929 XT-PIC xirc2ps_cs
>>8: 3 XT-PIC rtc
>>11: 4 XT-PIC i82365
>>13: 0 XT-PIC fpu
>>14: 92546 XT-PIC ide0
>>NMI: 0
>>***********************************
>>
>>
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