Re: Thinkpad and Serial Port

[JG <j2003gi@yahoo.es>]

Hi,

"Kris" <krisp1@mlode.com> writes:

> I have an IBM ThinkPad 600e and every once in awhile the bios will
> reset and the serial port won't work.  Rather the IR 
> port is on and the serial port has been disabled.  I then have to load
> up windows and use the windows utility to change 
> the IR port to disabled and the Serial Port to enabled.  Is there a
> debian/Linux app that would allow me the same 
> functionality.  Kris
> 

$ apt-cache search thinkpad

brings to me 

thinkpad-base - Configuration files for thinkpad-modules packages
thinkpad-source - Source code for thinkpad-modules packages
tpctl - IBM ThinkPad hardware configuration tools

you have to install thinkpad-source and compile and install the kernel
modules (is not that difficult), and then you might be able to use the
tpctl instead of the windows utility. Note that not all the options run
on all thinkpads. 

Note also that there is a debian-laptop list, where there might be better
informed people.

Regards,

Jaume


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