Re: ibm thinkpad 380Z serial port trouble
> I've recieved a thinkpad 380Z :-)
> I've partitioned disk and installed w2000 on a partition with "Thinkpad
> Configuration"
> On the other partition I've installed debian from a cd with kernel
> 2.2.12
> Problem is I can't connect throught PPP in order to update debian from
> the internet
> Linux doesn't see my serial port on /dev/ttyS1 only sees IR at ttyS0
>
> details:
> -on w2000 serial is located at COM2, 0x02F8 and irq 3
> in "Thinkpad Configuration" I've serial port enabled and IR disabled.
Make sure the serial port is powered on, too. See my web page:
http://panopticon.csustan.edu/thood/tp600lnx.htm for more info.
> -on linux I run setserial (v 2.14) doesn't happens anything, I type:
> setserial /dev/ttyS1 auto_irq autoconfig
> and on /proc/tty/driver/serial stills is only ttyS0
Make sure that the ioport for /dev/ttyS1 is set to 0x2F8
> -On my debian cd there isn't tpctl and I haven't any PCMCIA in order to
> get connected to the net, the only way is PPP
tpctl is available in potato archive under "misc".
Thomas
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