OK, I admit to not being the most knowledgeable about the inner workings of hardware and software interaction, but, if I were to boot off a linux floppy/cd, wouldn't the DOS and windows confusion about com1 be a mute point? Doesn't linux assess the hardware and assign its own device labels, regardless of what DOS/windows would want to name them if they were booted? -- Rob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glenn Ervin@Home" <GlennErvin at cableone.net> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 10:00 AM Subject: Re: can't find serial port > Some device might indeed be using the settings for com1 but that might be > resolved by deleting com2 and restarting. > Then if there is no ports in device manager, then he could add a port and > assign the typical address for com1 > In fact he should go into the properties and attempt to manipulate the > settings to the com2 to match the typical com 2 settings if they aren't > already. > Com1 & 3 use IRQ 4 > and > Com2 & 4 use IRQ 3. > Then there is the memory range, which I always have to check before setting, > but com1 usually uses 03f8 I think and com2 uses 02f8, or something like > that. > But in windows we sometimes have to shuffle this stuff around and sometimes > we have to delete the item and a few others so we can re-assign the problem > devices. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at rednote.net> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 8:24 AM > Subject: Re: can't find serial port > > > This suggests to me that some other device is being assigned com1. > Recognize that the designation com1 is logical, not physical. > > Kyrath. (AKA Rob) writes: > > From: "Kyrath. \(AKA Rob\)" <kyrath at cox.net> > > > > Alright, I tried the mode command and it seems to work in that it made the > > adjustment. When I tried the mode command for com2 or com3, it gave me an > > illegal device error. > > The strange thing is that I looked in the windoes device manager and found > > that there was no com1 listed, but there was a com2. Go figure. > > I guess that I'll have to wait for some eyes before I can do any more. > > Thanks for all of the help. > > -- Rob > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Glenn Ervin at Home" <GlennErvin at cableone.net> > > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." > <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 9:54 PM > > Subject: Re: can't find serial port > > > > > > > You might also try the following in a DOS box or at the DOS prompt: > > > mode com1 9600,n,8,1,, > > > That is the typical port settings. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Kyrath. (AKA Rob)" <kyrath at cox.net> > > > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." > > <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > > Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 7:20 PM > > > Subject: Re: can't find serial port > > > > > > > > > OK, it looks like the port might be disabled. The copy command came > back > > > with 1 file copied, but there was no output. > > > is it possible that the port is ph > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > > Janina Sajka > Email: janina at rednote.net > Phone: +1 (202) 408-8175 > > Director, Technology Research and Development > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > http://www.afb.org > > Chair, Accessibility Work Group > Free Standards Group > http://a11y.org > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
