On Wednesday 20 November 2002 07:14 am, Jamin W. Collins wrote: > On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 06:24:52AM -0900, Greg Madden wrote: > > As mentioned most laptops/hardware are supported by GNU/Linux. > > One item that is dissapearing from laptops is a real serial port. > > This isn't really that big of an item since there is normally at > least one USB port on the unit and USB to serial converters are > supported. > > I use a Sony Picturebook (C1VN model), no legacy ports at all.
The usb to serial does work well in Debian, I have a Keyspan device. For the sake of accuracy, I was trying to use a usb to serial device in a Win32 guest in Vmware. This was beyond my skills so I punted and went with the real (9 pin) serial port. -- Greg Madden Debian GNU/Linux -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
