Linux-Hardware Digest #654, Volume #13 Sun, 1 Oct 00 00:13:08 EDT
Contents:
Re: Diamond Viper II video card -- HELP (Robert Smith)
serial ports and routers (iksrazal)
Looking for a killer Dual CPU board for a Linux system.. ("Richard F. Jr.")
Zoltrix Nightengale with Optical Out (Patrick M Geahan)
Re: Sndconfig utiltiy ("Ali")
Off Tricks (Bravo)
Re: SCSI/CD-Writer problems (David_C)
Re: Looking for a killer Dual CPU board for a Linux system.. (iksrazal)
Intel D815EEA compatible w/ RedHat 7.0 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Can't see more than 8 GB!!! (Eric)
Re: serial ports and routers (iksrazal)
Promise Ultra66 Driver ("Ian Ellis")
sony vaio F580 Notebook unable to install ("visor-palm John")
Hard Cors Alzeimiux (Bravo)
Re: Hard Cors Alzeimiux (Bravo)
ATI Rage Fury 128 and Suse 6.3 ("Stephen")
Wisecom Accelerator 56K Pro in Linux (Kevin Brown)
Re: Unable to find drive ("Ez-Aton")
Re: Can't see more than 8 GB!!! (Eric)
Re: Tape Backup drives (John)
linux on HP Pavilion (Emad Tajkhorshid)
Re: Setting up a joystick in Suse 7.0 ("D. Stimits")
Re: serial ports and routers (David_C)
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From: Robert Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Diamond Viper II video card -- HELP
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 19:30:04 -0000
Andrew O Davis wrote:
>
>
> I just got a new motherboard which came with a Linux 6.2 os designed for
it.
> It installs fine, but my video card, a diamond viper II, doesn't have
> drivers so I can only see 16 colors. Does anyone know where I can find
> drivers that will work?
>
> The card is a 2x/4x AGP 32mb
>
>
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From: iksrazal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: serial ports and routers
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 13:00:39 -0400
I need to configure a cisco router, and before I can setup telnet to it
I need to set some parameters on the router via the a 9 pin serial port,
with a supplied cable. I have a lot of experience with R232
communications, but I have never had to do it with linux. I need to get
a serial line chat session going with the router. I tried seyon and
minicom, but they seemed to only want to work with a modem.
I really, really do not want to install windows just to run
hyperterminal, so please help!
Iksrazal
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From: "Richard F. Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Looking for a killer Dual CPU board for a Linux system..
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 15:22:05 -0400
Hi all,
I will soon be building a new box and would like to make it SMP.
But am having trouble picking a board, any help ? I have used the
Supermicro P6DBE, 440BX board before, but I get conflicting reports on
it's max speed, some say it's a max at 450, others 700 or even 800MHz...
I love this board and use it in a Dual PII 400MHz NT Workstation, any one
have a board like this for P2 / P3, with IDE ATA66 / 100 ???
Socket 1 or 370 is fine... I just need a reliable Linux board !
And I hate built in stuff...! (Sound / Video / NIC)
Thanks to all,
Rich
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Patrick M Geahan<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Zoltrix Nightengale with Optical Out
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 20:20:16 GMT
I have a Zoltrix Nightengale soundcard with the optional optical output
board. I have installed the driver, and the card itself works fine when
the speaker jack is used.
However, the optical output doesn't seem to do anything. I'm attempting
to hook it up to my stereo system. The internal connection is present.
Is there an option I need to pass? Am I missing a connection somewhere?
I'm using this under RH6.2. ANy help would be greatly appreciated.
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From: "Ali" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Sndconfig utiltiy
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 21:32:11 +0100
"Tony Hoyle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:Fv7B5.4034$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In article <8r2vn7$gt394$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Ali"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I ran the sndconfig utility on my mandrake 7.0 distro to try and
> > configure my CMI8330 onboard sound card. I managed to do this and got it
> > to play a sound. Also when restarting x I have sound on the desktop and
> > when playing quake3. The only problem is that when I reboot the PC I
> > lose the sound, well all I get is faint beeps from the speakers. Is
> > there something I am suppose to do after I have configured the sound. It
> > obviously works but just can`t save the configuration I think ( Doh!).
> > Any info greatly appreciated.
>
> Try loading the audio mixer (in the programs/multimedia menu I think) and
> playing with the settings. It possibly
Never accomplished anything when playing about with the settings. I presume
that since I managed to get it to play sound that I don`t need to install
new drivers or anything just suss out how to get it load the config?
Ali
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From: Bravo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Off Tricks
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 20:29:25 GMT
I got this line "alias eth0 off" when I did modprobe -c.
If I put "alias ne eth0" in conf.modules, I got both lines shown
when doing modprobe -c.
Hello folks, anyway to get rid of the first line ?
Kieu
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From: David_C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SCSI/CD-Writer problems
Date: 30 Sep 2000 16:53:24 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows) writes:
>
> ... Check your SCSI termination; the card should have auto-termination
> enabled ...
Actually, I tell people to never use auto-termination. The firmware has
been known to guess wrong.
I tell people to manually set their card's termination, as appropriate
for where the card is attached to the SCSI bus. The settings are simple
to remember:
- If you are only using one connector for the bus, then the card is at
the end of the bus, and must terminate both the high and low parts.
- If you're using two 68-pin connectors for the bus, then the card is in
the middle of a wide bus, and it should not terminate anything.
- If you're using one 68-pin connector and a 50-pin connector for the
bus, then the card is in the middle of a narrow bus, but at the
end of a wide bus. It should terminate the high part, but not the low
part.
If you attached drives to more than two connectors on a single bus, then
your bus is not linear, but tree-shaped. None of the SCSI parallel bus
standards support this. You should rearrange your devices (possibly
involving the purchase of new cables) so that only two connectors per
bus are used.
-- David
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From: iksrazal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Looking for a killer Dual CPU board for a Linux system..
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 14:27:53 -0400
I've been using a dual smp board ,the tyan 100(450mhz), for about a year now
and I've had no problems. However, I originally went with a board from
iwill, and it had a bios crash the first week. They wanted me to create a
dos boot disk and type with no video!
Iksrazal
"Richard F. Jr." wrote:
> Hi all,
> I will soon be building a new box and would like to make it SMP.
> But am having trouble picking a board, any help ? I have used the
> Supermicro P6DBE, 440BX board before, but I get conflicting reports on
> it's max speed, some say it's a max at 450, others 700 or even 800MHz...
> I love this board and use it in a Dual PII 400MHz NT Workstation, any one
> have a board like this for P2 / P3, with IDE ATA66 / 100 ???
>
> Socket 1 or 370 is fine... I just need a reliable Linux board !
> And I hate built in stuff...! (Sound / Video / NIC)
>
> Thanks to all,
> Rich
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Intel D815EEA compatible w/ RedHat 7.0
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 21:38:34 GMT
I posted a help request a few days back regarding the Intel D815EEA
motherboard and RedHat 6.2. There was a problem with the integrated
video.
I just installed RedHat 7.0 on Intel D815EEA motherboard without
problems. The integrated video works fine.
Those still on RedHat 6.2 should upgrade to RedHat 7.0, which has newer
kernel, newer XFree86, newer this, and newer that, etc.
-
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric)
Subject: Can't see more than 8 GB!!!
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 22:16:56 GMT
Hello,
I don't know if my problem is my mainboard (Biostar, model 8500TVG)
with amibios 1.07 but the bios see only 8GB. I did upgrade the bios
(1.07 is the last one I guess because it did not change).
With win98 I can use a drive overlay program so I can see all
capacity, but what about Linux?
Thanks.
Eric.
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From: iksrazal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: serial ports and routers
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 16:46:03 -0400
I answered my own question. Using minicom -s, I configured the serial port
to /dev/ttyS0, and it worked fine.
Still working on the real problem, but one mystery solved...
iksrazal wrote:
> I need to configure a cisco router, and before I can setup telnet to it
> I need to set some parameters on the router via the a 9 pin serial port,
> with a supplied cable. I have a lot of experience with R232
> communications, but I have never had to do it with linux. I need to get
> a serial line chat session going with the router. I tried seyon and
> minicom, but they seemed to only want to work with a modem.
>
> I really, really do not want to install windows just to run
> hyperterminal, so please help!
>
> Iksrazal
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From: "Ian Ellis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Promise Ultra66 Driver
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 08:34:00 +0100
Hi,
I've got a Promise Ultra66 off-board IDE controller.
The Linux drivers that came with it only work with kernel 2.2.5. I'm
currently running 2.2.16.
I've looked through the kernel documentation, and the 'make menuconfig'
options, but I can't get any close as to how to get the board to work (if
it's possible with this version of the kernel/at all).
Please drop me an e-mail if you know how to do it, or have any bright ideas
(on the subject).
Cheers
Ian
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From: "visor-palm John" <j$ohn$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,cz.comp.linux.redhat-cz
Subject: sony vaio F580 Notebook unable to install
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 16:56:33 -0700
Sony VAIO PCG-F580: Pentium III 650Mhz, 256Mb RAM, 6Mb video memory, 12 G
hard-drive
Display Adapter: NeoMagic MagicMedia256XL+ (v016)
Display: 15" XGA TFT
RedHat 6.1 CD's
The machine has Win98 on 2 partitions and there are 3 GB left to install
Linux.
However, when I boot to the CD (or floppy) I first get the entry screen
which asks what type of install I want to do...Install RedHat Linux (this is
the DOS-ish text window with the "boot:" prompt).
Then I press <enter> to do an install...the system goes through its image
loading (vmlinux...) and then it says something like "unrecognized
card"...and it croaks...to the point where it says, system is safe to
reboot.
Here is the output (that can be viewed)
Fatal server error:
No valid modes found.
When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send the full
server output, not jst the last messages
_X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
Traceback (innermost last):
File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 144, in ?
from gui import InstallInterface
File "/usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/gui.py", line 9, in ?
from gtk import *
File "/usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/gtk.py", line 29, in ?
_gtk.gtk.init()
RuntimeError: cannot open display
install exited abnormally
sending termination signals...done
sending kill signals...done
unmounting filesystems...
/mnt/source
/dev/pts
/proc
you may safely reboot your system
I have taken all network cards out of the system and it still does not allow
me to continue with the installation.
I have already checked out the stuff on
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/ and
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~and1000/vaioF-series.html but it did not help.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
John
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From: Bravo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Hard Cors Alzeimiux
Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2000 00:18:29 GMT
Hi,
This one is serious.
BEGIN (setup)
eth0 io=0x300 irq=9 ;(3c509B-ISA)
eth1 io=0xd800 irq=11 ;(Realtek-PCI)
END
Boot fail (meant modprobe fails).
Do insmod after boot.
Result from running NETCFG after insmod :
BEGIN
eth0 io=0xd800 irq=11 ;(Realtek-PCI)
eth1 io=0x300 irq=9 ;(3c509B-ISA)
END
Now both cards work OK, is this meant spoofing ?
Why supposed eth* setup (io & irq) reverted themself in between ?
Advises of continuing is greatly appreciated.
Setup like this:
1G drive for DOS(no windows installed and is the 1st hd, boot drive as
sda)
1,2G drive for LINUX(2nd hd as dos extend partion as sdb5)
Kieu
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From: Bravo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Hard Cors Alzeimiux
Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2000 00:24:53 GMT
Additional note :
Redhat 6.0
ASUS MB P55TP4 lastest bios updated.
Both hd are SCSI.
Bravo wrote:
>
> Hi,
> This one is serious.
>
> BEGIN (setup)
> eth0 io=0x300 irq=9 ;(3c509B-ISA)
> eth1 io=0xd800 irq=11 ;(Realtek-PCI)
> END
>
> Boot fail (meant modprobe fails).
> Do insmod after boot.
>
> Result from running NETCFG after insmod :
>
> BEGIN
> eth0 io=0xd800 irq=11 ;(Realtek-PCI)
> eth1 io=0x300 irq=9 ;(3c509B-ISA)
> END
>
> Now both cards work OK, is this meant spoofing ?
> Why supposed eth* setup (io & irq) reverted themself in between ?
> Advises of continuing is greatly appreciated.
>
> Setup like this:
> 1G drive for DOS(no windows installed and is the 1st hd, boot drive as
> sda)
> 1,2G drive for LINUX(2nd hd as dos extend partion as sdb5)
>
> Kieu
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From: "Stephen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ATI Rage Fury 128 and Suse 6.3
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 20:20:00 -0400
Dumb-ass question, but.. Everything points to getting XF86 v. 4.0.1 to
solve my video card problem. (ATI Rage Fury 128) However..... when visiting
http://www.xfree86.org/ , I was kinda expecting one, neat rpm file to
pick-up. It does not seem to be the case . It looks like I have to pick up
10, plus potentially another 10 more (depending on what the Installer script
reports after running it! ). Can't I just pick up 1 rpm, install and then
run SAX and let bloody Linux (oups.. ) figure it out..?
Signed,
Slighty frustrated
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From: Kevin Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Wisecom Accelerator 56K Pro in Linux
Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2000 00:49:18 GMT
I am trying to use a Wisecom Accelerator Pro 56K Internal Modem in
RedHat Linux 7.0. I have used isapnp to set it up at IRQ 4 and IO 3F8.
These are the addresses that windows 98 uses on the system, and windows
finds it at COM1. The isapnp init at bootup works fine, and produces no
errors. When I use the RedHat rp3 or pppd, they cant find the modem at
any com port.
I am pretty sure this is not a winmodem. If anyone can help me with
this I would appreciate it very much.
Thanks,
Kevin
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Ez-Aton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Unable to find drive
Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2000 04:22:16 +0200
You'll need to install Linux to HDD which it can recognize without the
drivers, that is, connect your HDD to the regular onboard IDE adapter, and
let it install. Afterwards, you'll have to port your system to a different
adapter.
Ez.
"Gary Jukes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:39d58519$0$26660$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi all, I'll get straight to the point.
>
> When I'm trying to install either Redhat 6.2 or 7, when I hit next after
> choosing my type of install, it comes up with an error message. I didn't
> think to write it down at the time =(
>
> However it basically says that it can't find anywhere to put the Linux
> files, check your hardware configuration and try again. I've got the Abit
> KT7 Raid board, which has the HPT370 controller. I'm just wondering, how
> can I apply the patch that's needed, if I can't install Linux? I really
> want to get Linux up and running.
>
> Thanks
> Gary
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric)
Subject: Re: Can't see more than 8 GB!!!
Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2000 02:12:12 GMT
Nevermind. Bios see only 8 GB but when I installed Mandrake 7.1,
Diskdruid could see the total capacity, 20Gb. So thats fine!
Eric.
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From: John <jcs@possum>
Subject: Re: Tape Backup drives
Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2000 10:41:54 +0800
On Sun, 01 Oct 2000, John-Paul Stewart wrote:
>
>
>The Seagate NS-20 (aka TR-5, 10GB native, 20GB compressed)
>ATAPI drive I'm using is fine for my needs and runs with the
>ide-tape module. There's no need for ide-scsi if you
>re-compile your kernel to support ATAPI Tape Devices. It
>cost about $430 Canadian; that's under $300 U.S.
>
I have discovered that Seagate has some diagnostics one can download from its
web page.
However, the diagnostics program REQUIRES one can create a DOS disk
I think some gentle lobbying is in order.
In contrast, IBM has DOS-based diagnostics for its PC disk drives (Deskstar and
others); these can be downloaded complete with a disk image i(copy to
floppy using dd) ncluding enough DOS2000 to support IEDE and various SCSI
adaptors and to run the disk drives attached to them.
Not as good as Linux-based diagnostics perhaps, but at least there are
instructions there for Linux users.
I encourage those owning Seagate drives or considering their purchased to
question Seagate wrt its support for Linux users.
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From: Emad Tajkhorshid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: linux on HP Pavilion
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 22:05:39 -0500
Hi
I have an HP Pvilion series 8755 PC. I would like to run linux on
it, and keep the possibility of occasionally booting in Windows. I
get several problems installing red-Hat 6.2 on the machine. Has
anybody successfully installed Linux on these machines. I appreciate
the response.
--
Emad
==================
Emad Tajkhorshid http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~emad
Theoretical Biophysics Group
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
405 N. Mathews, Urbana, IL 61801
Tel: (217)244-5042 Fax: (217)244-6078 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 21:52:09 -0600
From: "D. Stimits" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Setting up a joystick in Suse 7.0
Ruediger Arp wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> THANKS!!!
>
> > However, try this in order shown, as root:
> > insmod emu10k1-joy io=0x200
> > insmod joystick
> > insmod joy-logitech
>
> jstest /dev/js0 now returns
>
> ....Joystick (WingMan Extreme Digital 3D) has 6 axes and 7 buttons.
> Driver version is 1.2.15.....
>
> Terminus & Flightgear are now waiting for me.
If you mean xsw.terminator.net, say hi to Old Soldier :)
>
> Cheers,
> rude
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Urspr�ngliche Nachricht <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>
> Am 30.09.00, 08:23:32, schrieb "D. Stimits" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> zum Thema
> Re: Setting up a joystick in Suse 7.0:
>
> > The sblive is not actually activated by the normal register at 0x201;
> > this is actually a mirror for compatibility. I think that in all of the
> > models that are even remotely new, it was enabled by default, but the
> > early revisions didn't do so. Some of the earlier emu10k1 modules didn't
> > try to enable the joystick, thinking it was already enabled (various
> > revisions fixed this). So if you have the wrong version of emu10k1,
> > combined with an older revision sblive (I think rev 5 or earlier), it
> > might still fail to be enabled. In which case try the latest cvs
> > snapshot from the http://opensource.create.com page. There is also a
> > developer section you could post info to.
>
> > However, try this in order shown, as root:
> > insmod emu10k1-joy io=0x200
> > insmod joystick
> > insmod joy-logitech
>
> > If that fails, get the latest cvs; if it still fails, monitor
> > /var/log/messages while you try to load things (such as with tail -f -n
> > 30 /var/log/messages) and send the results to the emu10k1 devel list
> > (check out opensource.creative.com for the list).
>
> > Ruediger Arp wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > Big problem:
> > > I can't figure out how to set up my joystick with Suse 7.0.
> > >
> > > I am using the following components:
> > > -Suse7
> > > -SBLive 1024 (emu10k1)
> > > -Logitech Wingman Extreme Digital 3D
> > >
> > > Insmodding the joystick driver results in this message:
> > > modprobe joy-logitech
> > > /lib/modules/2.2.16/misc/joy-logitech.o: init_module: Das Ger�t oder die
> > > Ressource ist belegt
> > > Hint: this error can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including
> > > invalid IO or IRQ parameters
> > > /lib/modules/2.2.16/misc/joy-logitech.o: insmod
> > > /lib/modules/2.2.16/misc/joy-logitech.o failed
> > > /lib/modules/2.2.16/misc/joy-logitech.o: insmod joy-logitech failed
> > >
> > > Yes, I read the Readme which says:
> > > Q: The driver doesn't find any joysticks connected to my soundcard with
> > > the message "joy-something: no joysticks found" and "joy-something.o:
> > > init_module: Device or resource busy." or "Initialization of
> > > joy-something failed" What could be the cause?
> > > A: The most common cause is that the joystick port on your soundcard is
> > > not enabled...
> > >
> > > My question now is:
> > > How would I enable the joystick port on my soundcard???
> > >
> > > It must be some option in /etc/modules.conf, but which one?
> > >
> > > I appreciate any help,
> > > rude
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From: David_C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: serial ports and routers
Date: 30 Sep 2000 23:58:13 -0400
iksrazal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> I answered my own question. Using minicom -s, I configured the serial port
> to /dev/ttyS0, and it worked fine.
That's the way to do it.
If you haven't already done so, you should clear all of the modem setup
strings to blanks in minicom's setup, so nothing will be sent down the
serial port into your router when you start and stop minicom.
-- David
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