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List:       linux-thinkpad
Subject:    Re: [ltp] Enabling Serial Port?
From:       Juan Pablo Martinez Sanchez <is04796 () salleURL ! edu>
Date:       2003-03-26 12:54:35
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.44.0303261348560.5864-100000 () cygnus ! salleURL ! edu
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Hello,

I have a ThinkPad 600x and i had the same problem, the serial port was
disabled by default to save energy and any linux didn't enable it at boot
time.

If i were you i would use directly the setpnp and lspnp utilities to
enable the serial port.


Good luck.



On Tue, 25 Mar 2003, Huntress Gary B NPRI wrote:

> Thinkpad 600e running RH 7.3
> 
> I have never tried to use the serial port on the back before and tonight I tried to \
> sync my palm pilot using gpilot.  I used setserial to lock the speed at 56k and I \
> verified on the palm that it was set to 56k too.  I'm assuming the serial port is \
> /dev/ttyS0. 
> I appear to get no communication at all (no hotsync) but there really is no way to \
> tell. 
> It seems unlikely to me but could the serial port be disabled?  If so would I use \
> tpctl to enable it? 
> Thanks,
> 
> Gary H.
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