nut megger wrote:
--- nut megger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Story: continued three month long serial device
saga.
Problem: cannot use external modem on serial port on
ThinkPad X21 Ultrabay
Latest attempts (using Fedora Core 2, Mandrake 10.0,
Mandrake 9.1, SuSe 9.1):
1. BIOS: serial port enabled
dmesg | grep tty recognizes ttyS0 at I/O 0x3F8
(IRQ=4)
is a 16850A
minicom cannot see modem on ttyS0 (no error message,
no nothing, echo on)
2. BIOS: serial port moved to 2E8 IRQ3
dmesg | grep tty recognizes ttyS3 at I/O 0x2E8
(IRQ=3)
is a 16850A
minicom cannot see modem on ttyS3 (no error message,
no nothing, echo on)
Conclusion: still cannot use Linux to access
external modem on serial port of ThinkPad X21
UltraBay
New Conclusion and New Solution:
I have come to the conclusion that I can focus all my
energy trying to make this happen and spend no time
enjoying Linux over WinBlows. So, I just acquired a
PCMCIA fax/modem card and hopefully when I install the
card along Linux tonight for the 200th time the new
card will be automatically recognized and I'll finally
get to log on to my ISP from my Linux ThinkPad X21.
Should I be worried?
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You probably don't want the card installed when you install Linux. It
should be detected when you insert it after Linux is running. Most work
well...
Mikkel
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