Problem solved: It turns out that the serial port is configured in the
BIOS! Someone had turned it off. Upon turning it on, AX.25 fired up very
nicely. I found what I needed at:
http://support.neccsdeast.com/products/versa/2000/Index.asp
Thanks everyone!
Dave
On Sun, 14 Feb 1999, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 14, 1999 at 12:28:47AM -0800, K. David Prince wrote:
> > Are there any utilities that would help me identify a possible serial
> > port problem? I have a NEC Versa 2000C laptop computer. It has a
> > built-in modem at /dev/cua1 (0x02f8, IRQ=3, uart=16550A). The modem
> > shows up fine. I ran minicom to it and it's responding to AT commands.
> >
> > According to the NEC website, /dev/cua0 should be the serial port (0x03f8h,
> > irq=4, 16550). Since the uart for the modem is an "A", I suspect the website
> > may have to data wrong and it too should be an "A" for the serial port.
>
> They are all As these days. Either NS16550AFN (there was a suffixless
> version, then each suffix was added in turn), or the newer name
> PC16550A.
>
> > Using the setserial command, I tried to auto config this port (using this
> > method leaves the uart as "unknown"), and I tried to set it manually. In
> > both cases, I get errors when I try to attach AX.25 to this port.
>
> What error is it?
>
> Don't use /dev/cuaX; they are obselete. Use /dev/ttySX instead.
> Linux 2.2 does not support /dev/cuaX any more.
>
> Hamish
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