It's not permissions. I changed the permissions before trying. I also ran as root and had the same problems.
On Fri, Feb 09, 2001 at 01:07:38AM -0500, Chris Matta scribbled... > Make sure you have permissions to that device, Debian sets the group > ownership of those devices such that you can "adduser loginname goupname" > for yourself without having to change the actuall permissions, this will > take effect after you next log in. > > -c > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jason Majors" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 1:01 AM > Subject: Serial Port, photo PC, and 2.2r1 > > > > I just put Debian 2.2r1 on my fiddlin' box and cannot get photopc to work > with > > it. > > I get EIO errors with any application that tries to read or write to > /dev/ttyS? > > as any user. > > The serial ports were accessible under the RedHat install I replaced with > this > > one, so I know it's not a problem with the BIOS or hardware. > > I did an lsmod and have the serial module running. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks, > > Jason Majors > > > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]