-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Uwe Dippel wrote: > setserial is broken, with respect to several aspects. > > Here is my story: > Internal Modem on ttyS2 (COM3), IRQ5. > > Since the Linux kernel is too dumb to find out (the BSDs always find on > their own, but this is another topic), I install setserial. > Immediately it asks and suggests 'autosave once'. Okay, done. > But it doesn't recognise my modem with the correct parameters. > So I have to issue > setserial /dev/ttyS2 irq 5 > Now the modem works. > > How to save the state for after a boot ? > On RH I used setserial stop. Tried, doesn't work. That's okay, we are on > Debian. > man setserial says: /etc/serial.conf > But it doesn't exist. The archive says: dpkg-reconfigure setserial. > It asks me if I want to save the current state (autoconfigure once), and I > say 'yes'. But still, it doesn't survive the boot. It also does not > produce a serial.conf. > > We have to admit, that man setserial is wrong, and the function of saving > the configuration beyond a reboot is broken. > > Here is how to do it: > Install setserial, click 'autosave once'. > Make your modem work using setserial with all necessary options. > Once it works and > setserial -bg /dev/ttyS* > shows the good values, > apt-get remove --purge setserial > apt-get install setserial > > Now the reboot should be okay. > Reason: > 1. the automatic configuration at install is the only time when the file > is written. A dpkg-reconfigure will simply do nothing. Plus it fails > to warn that it will *not save anything*. > 2. contrary to logic and man pages, the config is saved as > /var/lib/setserial/autoserial.conf > 3. the dpkg --configure started immediately before install is logically > wrong: since there is no setserial before you install setserial, all > settings are default settings, taken from BIOS / Kernel. There is no need > at all to save them 'autosave once'; because any reboot will bring them back. > Only after one or more setserial commands will a 'save' be of any use. > Worse: only *after* using setserial does 'autosave once' make any sense. > But then it does not accept new values any longer. > > Shoddy quality control, sorry to say. > > For those not having read the full story and asking how should it work ?: > 1. go back to saving the configuration under /etc/ > 2. do not 'force' an autosave at install. Rather ask: > "Do you want to save your settings now ? Probably you don't, because you > installed setserial to change the default settings, right ? > So you better chose No now; fix the settings for your serial ports. > When you are done, run dpkg-reconfigure setserial to store your settings > to be permanent and survive a reboot". > When the choice is 'Yes', the current menu comes up. > At the suggested 'No', the dpkg --configure setserial is exited. > When the settings are done, > dpkg-reconfigure setserial will 'autosave once' create the serial.conf in > /etc/ > > Uwe
Perhaps you should read "/usr/share/doc/setserial/README.Debian.gz" See "/usr/share/doc/setserial/serial.conf" for a sample serial.conf file if you need one. Also check bugs.debian.org as there are some known bugs which will affect SOME users. Paul - -- /********************** Running Debian Linux ************************ * For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son, * * that whoever believes in Him should not perish... John 3:16 * ********** W. Paul Mills ********** http://Mills-USA.com/ **********/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDB6q6u4tRirKTPYwRAmkxAJ9oQFRun+TpzKDWh0OhFPQ2FmpJvACfQNqQ D5t7W/+RThYZp8vFYZNe5mg= =mq/4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
