Re: serial port screw up
Ah, I thought you meant hardware upgrade, My apologies.
----- Original Message -----
From: Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be>
To: Jeramy B Smith <jsmith@ixlmemphis.com>
Cc: Debian GNU/Linux PPC <debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org>; <recipient list
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Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 1999 3:27 AM
Subject: Re: serial port screw up
> On Mon, 26 Jul 1999, Jeramy B Smith wrote:
> > What was your upgrade? Possible resource conflict? When the kernel talks
to
>
> apt-get update & upgrade, of course :-)
>
> > the conflicting device you get garbage maybe?
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be>
> > To: Debian GNU/Linux PPC <debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org>
> > Sent: Monday, July 26, 1999 5:03 PM
> > Subject: serial port screw up
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Since I upgraded my system after three weeks of inactivity and
rebooted
> > after
> > > that, my serial port (NS16550 type) is screwed up: I get weird
characters
> > > instead of the login prompt on my terminal. However, I can login, and
> > > everything I type is echoed correctly. `cat'ing a file to /dev/ttyS0
gives
> > > garbage, too.
> > >
> > > It's not a baud problem. Also kernel messages are displayed correctly
> > (using
> > > console=ttyS0). During the first part of the boot up, boot up messages
> > (from
> > > init) are displayed correctly. Suddenly I start getting garbage.
> > >
> > > I'll try to find out which of the startup scripts causes the problem.
if
> > > someone else already have an idea, I'd be glad to hear...
>
> Greetings,
>
> Geert
>
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