[ltp] serial port stays quiet on TP600

Thomas Hood linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
Fri, 2 Nov 2001 03:30:10 +0000 (GMT)


Power on the serial port using "ps2 ser on".


 --- Peter Hutnick <peter-lists@hutnick.com> wrote: 
> 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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