[ltp] serial port stays quiet on TP600

Peter Hutnick linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
Thu, 1 Nov 2001 05:23:21 -0600 (CST)


Thomas Vogels said:
> I enabled COM1 with tpctl and verified ports (0x3f8) and irq (4).  But
> 'setserial /dev/ttyS0 autoconfig auto_irq' fails to recognize the
> port, the UART is still unknown! The hardware is OK as verified with W98.
>
> Any ideas, suggestions?

I have a TP600 as well.  I tried that setserial command and it didn't give any
errors . . .

Any chance you don't have serial support in your kernel, or that the module
isn't loaded?

-Peter




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