Quoting Robert King ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Hi, > I'm having trouble getting my serial line to work on a 486 at home. It > has a working slackware install on one disk and I'm endeavouring to > install hamm on a new disk. Whenever I try anything with ttyS1, I'm told > its already in use. How do I work out what's causing this? > I've checked that it is the modem and not the mouse, and the mouse works > OK (tested using gpm, I don't have X up and running either).
Difficult to know what you mean by "try anything", or what packages you've installed to use it. In the first instance, fuser /dev/ttyS1 will tell you the PID of any process using it. Secondly, check it's crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 65 Mar 3 17:20 /dev/ttyS1 and that you're in dialout (type groups). Then try it out with minicom and see if you can dial. Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.