RHEL5 system with the following kernels installed: kernel-2.6.18-8.1.8.el5 kernel-xen-2.6.18-8.1.8.el5 If I boot the non-XEN kernel, the minicom connection works with ttyS0 and In dmesg and /var/log/messages the port is reported Aug 22 10:56:35 hpmgmt kernel: serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A Aug 22 10:56:35 hpmgmt kernel: serial8250: ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A Aug 22 10:56:35 hpmgmt kernel: 00:09: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A If I boot the XEN kernel, minicom doesn't work and I loose ttyS0 to Xen and the comm port is not available There is no report of the serial8250 device in dmesg Aug 22 08:10:56 hpmgmt kernel: Xen virtual console successfully installed as ttyS0 Any suggestions??? Greg ======================================= Greg Caetano HP TSG Linux Solutions Alliances Engineering greg.caetano@xxxxxx -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list