Re: Serial console not working for IBM Aptiva

2007-03-26 Thread vladas
On 3/13/07, Damon McMahon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: For the archives, the Aptiva BIOS had incorrect IRQ/address values for "Serial Port 1" and "Serial Port 2". A BIOS flash to the latest available version (perhaps unnecessary) and then setting these to match the values specified in pccom(4) res

Re: Serial console not working for IBM Aptiva

2007-03-13 Thread Damon McMahon
On 19/02/2007, at 10:46 PM, Nick Holland wrote: Damon McMahon wrote: Thanks for the response, Nick, I'm almost there and just one further query: On 18/02/07, Nick Holland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... The Aptiva has an anaemic BIOS program, but by disabling one of the two serial interface

Re: Serial console not working for IBM Aptiva

2007-02-19 Thread Nick Holland
Damon McMahon wrote: > Thanks for the response, Nick, I'm almost there and just one further query: > > On 18/02/07, Nick Holland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > The Aptiva has an anaemic BIOS program, but by disabling one of the > two serial interfaces I now appear to have eliminated IRQ conflict

Re: Serial console not working for IBM Aptiva

2007-02-18 Thread Damon McMahon
Thanks for the response, Nick, I'm almost there and just one further query: On 18/02/07, Nick Holland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] Been there, seen that, kicked self in butt once I realized the port I was trying to use as a serial terminal was also configured as a serial console for the

Re: Serial console not working for IBM Aptiva

2007-02-17 Thread Nick Holland
Damon McMahon wrote: > Greetings, > > I've installed OBSD 3.9 on an old (circa 2000) IBM Aptiva > successfully, but I'm having trouble configuring a serial console for > it. ... > # cat /etc/boot.conf > stty com0 9600 > set tty com0 > > After connecting a known working null modem cable to COM