I can confirm two work-arounds for this problem. For what it's worth, I'm running Debian Etch r3 (4.0r3).
1. Serial port works after disabling IR in BIOS 2. Matthew Williams' 'bounce' procedure from above works on my NC6000 also-- though I've only done it manually, i.e. I have not attempted to run his script Might this indicate the problem is related more to the kernel than to the Ubuntu distro? -- Serial ports on HP NC6000 and NW8000 don't work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/74034 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs