Pete wrote: > Hi all, > > I need to get some troubleshooting tips for finding out what is causing > my serial port not to function in Sarge. > > If I plug a modem in, boot off an old DOS 6.22 floppy, and run Modem Dr, > it verifies that it can communicate successfully with the modem with not > one single error. > > However, if I boot into Sarge, and try to talk to it with Minicom, it > always stays offline and I never receive any responses from the modem. > > I need to get this functioning so I can get my UPS running as this is my > mail server which runs 24x7. > > I have tried purging and reinstalling setserial, but this didn't help. > > I'm running a custom 2.4.27 kernel and have also tried the standard > 2.4.27 and 2.6.8.1 kernels with the same results. > > As far as hardware goes, it's a Via EPIA V10000 mainboard and the UPS > I'm trying to communicate with is a Sola 330, which used to work fine on > my old mail server with the same cable and same software (NUT). > > The modem is a Spirit 33.6K. > > What else can I do to narrow down what's interfering with the serial > port?
what output do you get from setserial /dev/ttyS0 -a ? > > Any tips would be very greatly appreciated. > > Thanks in advance, > > Pete > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
