With my old ThinkPad, think it was a 600, you had to go into the BIOS and turn off the infrared port to get the serial port working (shared the IRQ or something).
-Bill > -----Original Message----- > From: Okan Demirmen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 3:51 PM > To: misc@openbsd.org > Subject: Re: ThinkPad 600x Com Port > > > On Thu 2005.09.29 at 15:47 -0400, Roy Morris wrote: > > Adam VanderHook wrote: > > > > >Try pressing [ENTER] once after you are "Connected", if > I'm remember > > >correctly. > > > > > >On Thu, Sep 29, 2005 at 10:21:25AM -0400, Roy Morris wrote: > > > > > > > > >>Theo de Raadt wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >>>>a cisco router "cu -s 9600 -l tty00" now that's what I > > >>>>would normally do to get access, any hints to where I > > >>>>am going wrong here would be great. > > >>>> > > >>>>"pccom0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo" > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>try using cua00 instead of tty00 > > >>> > > >>>The difference between these device nodes documented in tty(4). > > >>>This semantic behaviour is a copy of something SunOS 4.x did very > > >>>right. > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>nope! here's what I get > > >>/root# cu -l cua00 -s 9600 > > >>Connected > > >>(then no response) > > >> > > >>I switched to a Windows machine, same cable and used > > >>hyper term works fine. I must be missing something simple > > >>here! > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks guys, I have actually done this before with OpenBSD > > on other machines with no issues. It seems and for now I don't > > have an answer, that while pccom0 shows up in the dmesg, and > > 'thinks' it's connected there is nothing on the screen. I > did a quick > > test and fired windows on the same laptop and used hyper term and > > it works fine. The only difference I see is that on windows the com > > ports are seen as com2 and 3 . I did try cua01 and got device not > > configured under openbsd. > > > > I'll keep plugging away, must be a simple answer. > > i had a 600e and 600x at one point (still using the 600e actually) - i > recall i had to do bios crap with ps2.exe with irqs. i don't remember > exactly what it was - i did it once long time ago and my com port came > to life, and never have i looked back. however, i do recall > that my com > port didn't even show up and yours does show up - but this > was all many > many releases ago. i have no new experience - sorry. > > this may or may not help (probably not though) - from my 600e: > > OpenBSD 3.8-current (GENERIC) #151: Wed Sep 21 18:20:52 MDT 2005 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC > cpu0: Intel Celeron ("GenuineIntel" 686-class, 256KB L2 cache) 150 MHz > cpu0: > FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,P > SE36,MMX,FXSR > real mem = 301375488 (294312K) > avail mem = 267603968 (261332K) > using 3704 buffers containing 15171584 bytes (14816K) of memory > mainbus0 (root) > bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+(08) BIOS, date 11/20/99, BIOS32 > rev. 0 @ 0xfd820 > apm0 at bios0: Power Management spec V1.2 > apm0: battery life expectancy 12% > apm0: AC off, battery charge low, estimated 0:17 hours > apm0: flags 30102 dobusy 0 doidle 1 > pcibios0 at bios0: rev 2.1 @ 0xfd880/0x800 > pcibios0: PCI IRQ Routing Table rev 1.0 @ 0xf9e20/112 (5 entries) > pcibios0: PCI Exclusive IRQs: 3 > pcibios0: PCI Interrupt Router at 000:07:0 ("Intel 82371AB > PIIX4 ISA" rev 0x00) > pcibios0: PCI bus #3 is the last bus > bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0xc000 > cpu0 at mainbus0 > pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (no bios) > pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82443BX AGP" rev 0x03 > ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "Intel 82443BX AGP" rev 0x03 > pci1 at ppb0 bus 1 > vga1 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "Neomagic Magicgraph NM2200" rev 0x12 > wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation) > wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation) > cbb0 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "Texas Instruments PCI1251 > CardBus" rev 0x00: irq 3 > cbb1 at pci0 dev 2 function 1 "Texas Instruments PCI1251 > CardBus" rev 0x00: irq 3 > clcs0 at pci0 dev 6 function 0 "Cirrus Logic CS4610 > SoundFusion" rev 0x01: irq 3 > clcs0: codec ready timeout > pcib0 at pci0 dev 7 function 0 "Intel 82371AB PIIX4 ISA" rev 0x02 > pciide0 at pci0 dev 7 function 1 "Intel 82371AB IDE" rev > 0x01: DMA, channel 0 wired to compatibility, channel 1 wired > to compatibility > wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <IBM-DCXA-210000> > wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA, 9590MB, 19640880 sectors > wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2 > atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0 > scsibus0 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets > cd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <TOSHIBA, CD-ROM XM-1902B, > 1717> SCSI0 5/cdrom removable > cd0(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2 > uhci0 at pci0 dev 7 function 2 "Intel 82371AB USB" rev 0x01: irq 3 > usb0 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0 > uhub0 at usb0 > uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 > uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered > "Intel 82371AB Power" rev 0x02 at pci0 dev 7 function 3 not configured > cardslot0 at cbb0 slot 0 flags 0 > cardbus0 at cardslot0: bus 2 device 0 cacheline 0x8, lattimer 0xb0 > pcmcia0 at cardslot0 > cardslot1 at cbb1 slot 1 flags 0 > cardbus1 at cardslot1: bus 3 device 0 cacheline 0x8, lattimer 0xb0 > pcmcia1 at cardslot1 > isa0 at pcib0 > isadma0 at isa0 > pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 > pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot) > pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot > wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0 > pms0 at pckbc0 (aux slot) > pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot > wsmouse0 at pms0 mux 0 > sb0 at isa0 port 0x220/24 irq 5 drq 1: dsp v3.02 > midi0 at sb0: <SB MIDI UART> > audio0 at sb0 > opl0 at sb0: model OPL3 > midi1 at opl0: <SB Yamaha OPL3> > pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61 > midi2 at pcppi0: <PC speaker> > spkr0 at pcppi0 > sysbeep0 at pcppi0 > npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: using exception 16 > pccom0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo > fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0/6 irq 6 drq 2 > biomask efcd netmask efcd ttymask ffcf > pctr: 686-class user-level performance counters enabled > mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support > wi0 at pcmcia0 function 0 "INTERSIL, HFA384x/IEEE, Version > 01.02" port 0xa000/64 > wi0: PRISM2.5 ISL3873 (0x800c), Firmware 1.1.0 (primary), > 1.4.9 (station), address 00:02:6f:07:57:45 > dkcsum: wd0 matches BIOS drive 0x80 > root on wd0a > rootdev=0x0 rrootdev=0x300 rawdev=0x302
