On Wed, 31 Oct 2012 14:45:21 +0000 Gary Stainburn <gary.stainb...@ringways.co.uk> wrote:
> My system already had one serial port, ttyS0 which is working. > > I've installed a Dynamode 2-port serial card and the kernel sees the two > ports. This provides two ports is: > > PCI Spec Revision 2 compliant > Compatible with 16C550 UART > > and says that it supports Linux. > > However, I can't use them. I've tried using both minicom and faxxaddmodem > (I'm > setting up a Hylafax modem bank). > > Can anyone suggest what I need to do please. Explain what actually happened when you tried it. Also check the cables and the like are right (I'm guessing you've tried the same modem/cable on ttyS0 ?). > [root@stan2 ~]# dmesg|grep tty > [ 0.000000] console [tty0] enabled > [ 0.690683] serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A > [ 0.711711] 00:04: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A > [ 0.712208] 0000:00:09.0: ttyS1 at I/O 0xec00 (irq = 17) is a XScale > [ 0.712602] 0000:00:09.0: ttyS2 at I/O 0xe880 (irq = 17) is a XScale Thats an odd type detect. We did have a few problems with that in some kernels. Using setserial to force the type to 16550A may help -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
