Hello. gobo wrote: > trying to access com1 (3f0 - 3ff)under dosemu. i've > given dosemu access to that address range. dosemu emulates serial ports, so no need to use a direct access. Have you tried a $_comX settings in dosemu.conf?
> no matter > what i try, i can't get to the ports. You can't use a direct access to serial ports because linux kernel already controls it. > if i run as a > user, it complains about not being able to build the > lock file. if i run as suid root, dosemu says not to > do this. Both problems were already fixed, upgrade your dosemu from 1.0.2 to something more modern (unfortunately the problem with lock files was fixed only in a devel branch, so you will have to upgrade to a devel version I suppose). > is there a magic combination that will work? Yes and it is not magic at all. By trying a direct access you made a problem for yourself that wasn't existed initially:) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-msdos" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html