Just wanted to post some more info. I had the same issue with a nc6000 and nw8000, however, I now have a nw8440 and the serial port works fine in Edgy.
I also noticed that dmesg doesn't have the "ttyS0: LSR safety check engaged!" error anymore. Sorry I don't have more. Marc -- Serial ports of some HP Laptops don't work in Edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/74034 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs