Hi, Thanks for the info. I was using VBoxManage to configure my serial devices, which probably explains the problem I was having. On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 09:27:45AM -0800, Zachary Kline wrote: > Hi Alex, > Yes, this is with Virtualbox 2.0.6. If I may ask, how are you trying to > get it to use a serial port? vboxmanage is currently broken in that > regard. I used the GUI settings pages to configure mine. It's a little > difficult: the QT accessibility library is somewhat lacking. Nevertheless, > I got it working. > Essentially, you have to go into the VM settings dialogue and use the > tab control to get over to the serial ports section. It starts off with a > checkbox to decide whether to activate the ports. > Actually, this part is quite doable with vboxmanage. If you prefer > that, you want a command something like: > vboxmanage modifyvm "Vmname" -uart1 0x3f8 4. > The only part that requires the GUI is assigning the port to a physical > device. Go into that settings panel as above mentioned and you'll > eventually find that serial tab. The checkbox and port number are already > set, so tab over until you find a series of what are essentially radio > buttons. There's one about connecting to a pipe, which you'll recognize > because once you select that there's another checkbox which becomes active > asking if you want Virtualbox to create the pipe itself. At any rate, you > want the other radio button: there's only a box asking for "Port Path" with > that one. Just put in the device name, e.g. COM3 in my case, and you > should be set. > Hope this helps. > Best, > Zack. > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- > The day people think linux would be better served by somebody else (FSF > being the natural alternative), I'll "abdicate". I don't think that > it's something people have to worry about right now - I don't see it > happening in the near future. I enjoy doing linux, even though it does > mean some work, and I haven't gotten any complaints (some almost timid > reminders about a patch I have forgotten or ignored, but nothing > negative so far). > > Don't take the above to mean that I'll stop the day somebody complains: > I'm thick-skinned (Lasu, who is reading this over my shoulder commented > that "thick-HEADED is closer to the truth") enough to take some abuse. > If I weren't, I'd have stopped developing linux the day ast ridiculed me > on c.o.minix. What I mean is just that while linux has been my baby so > far, I don't want to stand in the way if people want to make something > better of it (*). > > Linus > > (*) Hey, maybe I could apply for a saint-hood from the Pope. Does > somebody know what his email-address is? I'm so nice it makes you puke. -- Taken from Linus's reply to someone worried about the future of Linux
