-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 No, you're still not understanding. Debian Wheezy has the 3.2 kernel, so no serial support. That's why I suggested installing Squeeze and upgrading to Wheezy. That way you can run the 2.6.32 kernel with newer packages and still have serial support. No, you won't get most boot messages with software speech because it takes a while for sound drivers to load. I have both kernels installed here so I can get hardware speech if my system becomes unbootable. I had no problem finding a motherboard with a serial port last August. You have to look for server motherboards, but they're not that hard to find. On 5/15/2013 7:15 AM, Mitchell D. Lynn wrote: > Thanks for the info on the 3.2 kernels. That, then, is the issue. > > RE Debian: Looks like there has been a new release since I last > looked. Grabbed the Wheezy release and installed on a test system last > night. Software synth works fine on that machine. No serial port on > this system to test with DEC. I will see how it does on the main server > later this week when I can have it down for an extended period. I can > live with a software synth as long as I can get boot messages, and > serial ports are getting harder to find on modern mainboards. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJRk51/AAoJEPrAuJWnLe0y7xYQAITsjgY9OZRYQ5nhPP3I+U7Z ZlK+RPyL8S/K26KG/UKYO5SK9AI1W/P9eLfPzkX67r0y+6r5aNaZhksd+9hEme6W wQd9Vd/U/PT8ftoVsGZh1WfpVXSj3SUsrVw2TcSB9VrAIVBH+n4R6V6BuFByeAEA vs1OURlEmpfroYEJk5jRZFHdNsGcvhvhP+uelsECVTvF5Z8U/xqRoCx1OIpdCBOk CxThhahSZn8JIJeFhjbOWFgsgH5J6VxUrH5f2BvGiggNCipWWIVExwOQm6cKMEyo g10shoX1rdrGx7cocJ0xuh1NJDsWTNg5cQ9YbxOIMPjBB+0s4OZMxGQ8pxrBJpFv OHcIG3x3QvbwIW3tdwRCy1OLiEZgxYoxg9oKejt/RDdSPjgI9WC/V+y3vWFbegHS ZaDPol3V+ppV5sMWvlPWjdIi7x88xl/d7ro7p00eDOc4lF/BuojClVeU+ge2PNUf GZOUtTldQcEHP7VsHkhehuMVFmdzOR0WG9HQ4cqoL2J95xYuGOELqOQACGHXGsjY MTcqHQhBBvZ6hoB654JZaHcnPYLuQoIFJZLe3horiGe8NdjWIEv4lGOqUGcwFoSQ hD0rrSvbNOQ+0gHviIW+7V8F9Je80Eoxeycg7dTW848czG0WrIdH4iLVY4kdcNVo 16YasGk22IewQFtDB1sk =T6h1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
