[ltp] serial port toast?

Thomas Hood linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
11 Nov 2002 20:26:52 +0100


On Mon, 2002-11-11 at 18:47, David Arthur Wainberg wrote:
> ps2 sera enable
> 
> tells me an internal memory error occured and recommends intitializing
> the bios from easy-setup, which I did with no result.

Try upgrading your firmware.

> tpctl --rsx says:
> 
> resource state:                        ioaddr irq#   able? mode/power
>    serial port 1:                       0x0   IRQ0 disable (error)
>    serial port 2:                       0x3f8 IRQ4  enable
> 
> but tpctl --rs1 [on, off, or enable] gives:
> 
> tpctl: Error scanning options.  Try 'tpctl --help'.

Try
     tpctl --rsx
or
     tpctl --rs1=enable --rs1=on

--
Thomas
TP600/Linux page http://panopticon.csustan.edu/thood/tp600lnx.htm
tpctl home page  http://tpctl.sourceforge.net/tpctlhome.htm


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