Bug#332559: kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686: Serial not working
On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 10:27:24PM -0500, root wrote:
> Package: kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686
> Version: 2.6.8-16
> Severity: important
>
>
> Classified 'important' as the 2.6 kernel package will not work with
> console=/dev/ttyS0,19200n8.
>
> Verified to be a kernel issue by using the 2.4.27-2 package with
> identical configuration.
>
> System runs on a PIIX4 chipset, with a serial console supported by the
> bios.
>
> Minicom was used to test the link, and does not work in 2.6, but does in
> 2.4. The login prompt and all data after entering the initrd is
> garbage.
Is it possible to test the 2.6.26-5.99.sarge1 backport packages at
http://packages.vergenet.net/testing/linux-2.6/ to see if the problem
has been resolved upstream between 2.6.8 and 2.6.12.
Thanks
--
Horms
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