on 2-26-2009 8:55 AM Anne Wilson spake the following: > On Thursday 26 February 2009 13:37, William L. Maltby wrote: >>>> Look in your /var/log/messages file. At boot, you should see the device >>>> recognized. >>> Feb 26 12:12:25 borg2 kernel: serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is >>> a 16550A >>> Feb 26 12:12:25 borg2 kernel: serial8250: ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 3) is >>> a 16550A >> Didn't you say there was only one port? There might be a second on the >> main board that is accessible via a header. If it's not hooked up >> disable all but the first in the BIOS (later). It's not really hurting >> anything as is, but it will free the I/O address and IRQ for assignment >> to other devices. > > I believe you are right. I remember those - and the 25-9-pin adapter :-). > Peering around the back in a dark corner, I could well have been mistaken. > OK - female socket, so that's a COM port, I think. > > Now I'm really confused. The BIOS definitely only shows one COM port. To be > honest, I can't remember whether I connected it or not. I guess I ought to > open the box and see what's what, but not today - it's already too late to do > that. Is there an internal modem? It might account for a second serial port. -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!!
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