[ltp] Ultrabay serial ports - Resubmitted Frustration

[Charles E Taylor IV]

On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 06:47:27 -0700 (PDT)
nut megger <bmw_nutmegger@yahoo.com> wrote:

> System: ThinkPad X21 with Ultrabay
 
> Operating systems tried:
>    (1) Fedora Core 2 (currently)
>    (2) Mandrake 10.0
>    (3) RedHat 9.0

> Logical: /dev/modem points to /dev/ttyS0
 
> Ultrabay: can locate and use diskette drive, mouse
> port and RW-CD drive
 
> Problem: Cannot detect the serial modem located on
> port ttyS0 on the Ultrabay, so I am unable to connect
> to my ISP.

This may be a silly suggestion, but ...

Have you checked the BIOS to make sure the serial port is enabled? I think
by default it was disabled on my X20.

I normally use my internal modem, as the ultrabay/media slice
weighs about as much as the entire rest of the laptop.

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