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From: Dan Farrell <dan@×××××××××.cx>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] accessing serial console yields input/output error
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 20:39:04
Message-Id: 20070227142751.6bb938d2@pascal.spore.ath.cx
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] accessing serial console yields input/output error by Strake
1 On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 06:05:59 -0500
2 Strake <strake888@×××××.com> wrote:
3
4 > The subject says it all, really. The kernel recognizes the serial
5 > port and assigns it /dev/ttys0, as dmesg confirms, but any attempt to
6 > access /dev/ttys0, including those made by minicom, setserial and a
7 > little test program that merely opens the file, fails with an
8 > "input/output error". This annoys me to no end. Help is appreciated.
9 >
10 > System specs:
11 > kernel 2.6.18-gentoo-r6
12 > x86_64 (AMD)
13 > MSI K8N Diamond Plus
14 >
15 usually the S in tty names is capitalized in my experience. I wonder
16 about IRQs, and about drivers being existant in the kernels. I wonder
17 about the attached device - if any. I also wonder about modules,
18 whether or not all necessary have been loaded.
19
20 I get the same message catting my serial ports, but to be fair they
21 aren't plugged in to anything.
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