Re: serial port problems
Are you sure setserial sets the IRQs for the ports correctly? setserial can only guess
the IRQ for a given port but if it isn't the 'standard' value then it will not be
correct and you won't pass data.
Mark Ewing wrote:
> I am a new Debian user and am having problems getting my modem to work.
> Setserial finds the ports fine during startup but when I either run
> minicom or try to start a ppp session there is no response from the
> modem. I have a USR internal sporster which is not a winmodem, but to
> be safe i hooked up my old external modem and all i get is that the
> terminal ready light goes on and stays on...no response to any AT
> strings.
> I recently installed slink on an old 486 and have the same problem
> sometimes, but I assumed it was due to the slow 25sx processor and
> 16450 uarts, it usually worked after a few minutes after booting. The
> latest install is on a P2-400 with 16550A uarts so I am stumped. Should
> I change any of the flags on setserial? I've played around with the
> skip-test and speed settings with no luck. The internal doesn't work in
> the 486 either...good thing i tried it as i was plannig on upgrading to
> a 56k modem for it.
> Any help would be greatly appreciated as I am itching to finish the ftp
> install and see what Linux can do on a fast machine.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Mark Ewing
>
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