[ltp] IBM 600E, RH9, minicom problem

[Bert Haskins]

Are you certain that the serial port is not ( bios) disabled?
Check it with PS2
...... Bert

Bill Voight wrote:

> Sports fans,
>
> IBM 600E, RH9, minicom serial port  Setup- /dev/ttyS0 9600 8N1, 
> Hardware flow control, no Software Flow Control
>
> I'm using settings identical to those I've been using on several other 
> RH boxes to connect to the A serial port of some U2's.  I am using a 
> known good null modem cable and gender bender to connect.  Works fine 
> on the desktops, no dice on the IBM 600e.  I've run the diags from the 
> 600E's bios- they show everything's OK.  Have had no luck with docs- I 
> haven't found anything indicating there's anything different about the 
> serial port on a 600E.  Setserial output from both is listed below- 
> it's identical.  Anybody got any ideas?
>
> Here's setserial output from the desktop:
>
> /root >  setserial -av /dev/ttyS0
> /dev/ttyS0, Line 0, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x03f8, IRQ: 4
>       Baud_base: 115200, close_delay: 50, divisor: 0
>       closing_wait: 3000
>       Flags: spd_normal skip_test
>
> Here's setserial output from the laptop:
>
> [root@ibmgeek root]# setserial -av /dev/ttyS0
> /dev/ttyS0, Line 0, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x03f8, IRQ: 4
>       Baud_base: 115200, close_delay: 50, divisor: 0
>       closing_wait: 3000
>       Flags: spd_normal skip_test
>
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