Re: configuring serial port

1999-01-06 Thread Wojciech Zabolotny
The 16450 has no FIFO buffer, so there exists danger of transmission overrun (particularly at higher baude rates). It may be usefull to change the interrupts priority with irqtune (available in hwtools package: hwtools: /usr/lib/hwtools/irqtune ). Giving the highest priority for UART's irq may som

Re: configuring serial port

1999-01-06 Thread Brandon Mitchell
I would guess either a plug-n-play modem or a winmodem. If it's p-n-p, there is a solution. But there is no solution for winmodems. You'll get the best help from the list for this problem, but you may want to let them know what kind of modem you have and everything you can get out of the windows

Re: configuring serial port

1999-01-05 Thread john
CUNO wrote: > When I boot my system I get: > /dev/ttyS2 at 0x3e8 (irq = 4) is a 16450 > 16450 is correct for an internal modem, isn't it ? A very old one, yes. Andrew Ivanov writes: > You would want to put an UART of 16550A, do it in /etc/rc.boot/0setserial > and just change the uart argument. I

Re: configuring serial port

1999-01-05 Thread Brandon Mitchell
On Tue, 5 Jan 1999, CUNO wrote: > Brandon Mitchell wrote: > > > What are the symptoms? Does the modem dial and connect to the isp? Run > > "plog -f" from another window or virtual terminal, run pon, and post what > > comes out of plog. > > > > the modem doesn't make a single sound, nada > Repo

Re: configuring serial port

1999-01-05 Thread Andrew Ivanov
On Tue, 5 Jan 1999, Brandon Mitchell wrote: > On Tue, 5 Jan 1999, CUNO wrote: > > > Brandon Mitchell wrote: > > > > > Multi part answer: > > > 1) ttyS2 == COM 3 in dos/win > > > 2) edit /etc/rc.boot/0setserial, disable autoprobing and set it manually > > > 3) add "serial" to /etc/modules.conf so

Re: configuring serial port

1999-01-05 Thread Brandon Mitchell
On Tue, 5 Jan 1999, CUNO wrote: > Brandon Mitchell wrote: > > > Multi part answer: > > 1) ttyS2 == COM 3 in dos/win > > 2) edit /etc/rc.boot/0setserial, disable autoprobing and set it manually > > 3) add "serial" to /etc/modules.conf so the modules and your changes > >aren't unloaded when not

Re: configuring serial port

1999-01-05 Thread Brandon Mitchell
Multi part answer: 1) ttyS2 == COM 3 in dos/win 2) edit /etc/rc.boot/0setserial, disable autoprobing and set it manually 3) add "serial" to /etc/modules.conf so the modules and your changes aren't unloaded when not in use. If you need any details, just ask. I've been doing installs lately to t

Re: configuring serial port

1999-01-05 Thread Peter Berlau
On Tue, Jan 05, 1999 at 10:57:25AM +0100, CUNO wrote: > Hello, Hi Cuno, > > I have installed Debian one week ago. Everything is working fine, except > my modem (Trust Communicator e56K). > When I boot my system the following serial ports are configured, ttyS0 > and ttyS1. > > /dev/ttyS0 at 0x03f8