Typo ?
I think BIOS defaults are:
COM ttyS port irq
1 0 3f8 4
2 1 2f8 3
3 2 3e8 4 ;I usually use irq=5 here
4 3 2e8 3 ;I usually use irq=7 here as any box using
;4 serial ports is usually not a printer server
I use setserial, in /etc/rc.local, to set /dev/ttyS2 to irq 5.
peace motlogelwa wrote:
>
> Hi, everyone.
>
> I am running redhat linux 5.2, I have an internal modem connected to
> COM3(according to windows). My problem is that when I run dmesg to check
> the serial port status it gives me the following :
>
> serial driver version 4.13 with no serial options enabled.
> ttyS00 at 0X03F8(irq=4) is a 16530A
> ttyS01 at 0X03F8(irq=3) is a 16550A ^
2F8
>
> which I interpreted as meaning COM1 and COM2 are enabled.
> My main question is how do I enable COM3(ttyS2 in linux). My xwindows
> system is not working, so I need some commands which I can use without
> X.
>
> Help, please.
>
> Peace.
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