[ltp] TP600 and serial port

Mo DeJong linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
Tue, 3 Oct 2000 08:04:54 -0700 (PDT)


On Mon, 2 Oct 2000, Prabhakar Chaganti wrote:

> Hi:
> 
> Can anyone tell me how to enable the serial port on TP600 from linux
>  I tried using tpctl but have so far been unsuccessful. Has anyone 
> successfully used tpctl to enable their serial port? Any pointers truly 
> appreciated.
> thanks
> prabhakar
> 
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Get the ibm ps2.exe utility and run the following commands:

ps2 imodem disable
ps2 ir disable
ps2 sera disable
ps2 sera address 1
ps2 sera enable

You can not use tpctl for this as it does not save changes
to the BIOS, so they are gone after the next reboot.

Mo DeJong
Red Hat Inc

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