Re: ttyS0 timeout errors....
Kevin Traas wrote:
>
> I'm in the process of configuring a box here in my home in preparation for
> a drop-in replacement of another box (running RedHat...<grin>....) at a
> remote location.
>
> The RedHat box is simply acting as a router between an ethernet LAN and a
> dedicated (no modems) CSLIP connection to an ISP.
>
> Anyway, the problem I've run into is that I've pretty much got the new
> Debian (1.2) box configured; however, I'm getting the following error
> message on the console after booting the system:
>
> sl0: transmit timed out, bad line quality?
>
> There is nothing attached to the serial port; however, I am starting up
> "slattach" and running "ifconfig" in order to configure the interface.
> Everything seems to come up fine....
>
Umm, I'm lost here. There's nothing attached to the serial port
but you're using slattach and ifconfig to configure the interface?
What interface? What's the slip running over if not the serial port.
> The error messages start after "ifconfig". Starting "slattach" by itself
> doesn't result in any error messages. If I run "ifconfig sl0 down", the
> messages go away.
>
Yes, this will certainly get rid of messages concerning the interface
sl0, and it will also make it so no packets are sent to this interface
as well.
> BTW, "setserial" finds the ports without any problems during bootup....
>
> Any ideas as to why I might be getting this message and how I might fix it
> would be greatly appreciated.
>
> TIA,
>
> Kevin Traas
> Systems Analyst
> Edmondson Roper
> Chilliwack, BC, Canada
> http://users.uniserve.com/~erca
>
> System Administrator
> ValleyNet (a CN operated by the Fraser
> Valley Community Information Society)
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