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Re: ttyS04 - How do I get rid of it?



On Sun, Aug 18, 2002 at 02:53:19PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Sun, 2002-08-18 at 15:42, Thomas H. George wrote:
> > On Sat, Aug 17, 2002 at 04:36:55PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > > On Sat, 2002-08-17 at 16:30, Thomas H. George,,, wrote:
> > > > Upgraded from potato to woody and from kernel-source-2.2.19 to 
> > > > kernel-source-2.4.18.
> > > > 
> > > > Built the new kernel and booted up successfully.  Couldn't go on line.
> > > > 
> > > > dmesg reported ttyS04 using port 0xe800 and irq 11.  My modem is on com4 
> > > > (ttyS2) and requires these settings.  Setserial wont allow this as it 
> > > > finds port 0xe800 already assigned.  However, there is no ttyS04 in /dev 
> > > > or anywhere else (at least locate can't find it) so I have been unable 
> > > > to remove it and free up port 0xe800.
> > > 
> > > Isn't com4 mapped to ttyS03?????
> > 
> > Correct.  My modem is on com3 so I need ttyS2.  Otherwise, the problem is as stated.
> 
> How about /proc/ioports

less /proc/ioports shows the modem using 0xe800 and no conflicts.  But the problem persists.  dmesg shows ttyS04 installed on startup and using 0xe800.  setserial refuses to create ttyS2 with port oxe800 as it say it is already assigned.

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