Check your BIOS. You may wish to remove "Assign IRQ to Video" or even disable COM2 if it's not in use. At least you would free up an IRQ for use.
<<JAV>> ---------- Original Message ----------- From: Bill Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 16:43:31 -0500 Subject: Re: 2nd post - SETSERIAL? - WAS Syncing a Palm in Redhat73 > I found a post on that indicated I might have an IRQ conflict, so I > set IRQ to 0 using setserial, and problem is resolved. The post > also indicated this is not a good solution, however. Any thoughts > on this? Is there any harm in leaving /dev/ttyS2 with IRQ=0? I use > the port only for this pilot hotsync cradle. > > B > On Monday 30 December 2002 03:35 pm, Bill Johnson wrote: > > Thanks for the reply - permissions are currently set at: > > > > $ ls -la /dev/ttyS2 > > crw-rw-rw- 1 root uucp 4, 66 Dec 30 15:28 /dev/ttyS2 > > > > On Monday 30 December 2002 10:43 am, Bret Hughes wrote: > > > On Mon, 2002-12-30 at 09:37, Bill Johnson wrote: > > > > Perhaps a little OT, but I'm struggling with syncing my palm under > > > > RedHat 7.3 and KDE 3.0. > > > > > > > > I have a dual boot machine, running Redhat 73 and Win98. Under win98, I > > > > can sync fine. The hotsync cradle for my palm is attached to COM3, it > > > > shows 03E8-03EF and IR 03. > > > > > > > > >From the Linux side, using the gpilot wizard, I step through defining > > > > > the > > > > > > > > port (/dev/ttyS2, which I believe matches the above), and follow the > > > > instructions to perform the initial sync with the pilot. It prompts > > > > me to press the hot sync button, but then nothing happens. Eventually > > > > the palm times out. I've tried kpilot, also, with the same result. > > > > > > Bill I don't use KDE but seems like I had to change the perms on the > > > device to allow myself as a regular user to write to the port. What are > > > the perms on /dev/ttyS2? > > > > > > Bret > > -- > Bill Johnson > > "Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and > mighty things that thou knowest not." Jeremiah 33:3 > > Please visit the Ministry Resource Online: > http://members.aol.com/wejohnson/mro > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list ------- End of Original Message ------- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
