Re: How to use serial ports?

[Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net>]

On 05/14/2011 11:51 AM, Tapio Lehtonen wrote:
> Chris Brennan kirjoitti:
> > On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 12:48 PM, Tapio Lehtonen 
> > <tapio.lehtonen@dnainternet.net 
> > <mailto:tapio.lehtonen@dnainternet.net>> wrote:
> >
> >     Did not check BIOS for port settings, I supposed ports are enabled
> >     since dmesg and setserial show the port.
> Now I did check BIOS settings. Only one serial port was enabled, I now 
> enabled both just for the heck of it. But I suspect the reason the one 
> port did not work was a PCI slot using the same interrupt. I changed 
> the interrupts and now both serial ports work, checked with kermit and 
> gtkterm. Also getty allows logging in from ttyS0.
>
> So thanks for suggesting checking BIOS settings.
How do you change interrupts?  One of my pci slots shares an interrupt 
with the on-board sound, so I avoid using it.
--doug

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