RE: [PLUG] IBM laptop and serial port troubles

["Clinton Roane" <clinton.roane@worldnet.att.net>]

I had the same problem with my IBM laptop until I installed a card modem (pcmia "did I say that right?").  You may want to try one of those.  No matter what I tried with an external non-win modem the my laptop didn't work with minicom nor kppp.

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[mailto:plug-admin@lists.phillylinux.org]On Behalf Of LeRoy Cressy
Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 3:10 PM
To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
Subject: Re: [PLUG] IBM laptop and serial port troubles


Daniel G Roberts wrote:
> 
> and How do you make sure that this port is "on" when a device that works on another
> linux box which is now connected to the laptop doesn't respond in minicom?  On the
> laptop I have tired /dev/ttyS* with no success whatsoever
> dan
> 
try this:

	cat /var/log/dmesg | grep tty

this will tell you if the kernel detected any serial ports.

The longer the system is up and running the kernel messages slip away
from the dmesg command, but the original boot messages are stored in 
/var/log/dmesg

If you get something back like

ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A

then /dev/ttyS0 should be working, If not, check your kernel
configuration and build a kernel with serial ports


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