Re: Accessing Serial Port on Noname MB (AXPXI33) under RH 5.1

[Kari Davidsson <karid isholf is>]

Thus spake Ron (macron@casema.net):

> Hi All
> 
> I see strange behavior of the Serial Ports on both my Noname (AXPXI33 with
> standard AT style Keyboard port) based Alpha servers. When trying to
> install a backup modem for the 1 st time it seems that no communications
> software is able to access the ports (both 0 and 1).
> Plugging in a modem both the RD and SD lights are turning on immediately
> (starting directly at power up!).
> 
> Would anyone have a suggestion as to what to try next?

Is the kernel echoing the startup information to the serial port? This is a
behaviour is a compile option for the kernel. It might be possible to turnit
off through boot parameters but I am not shure.

Hope this helps,

K.D.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Ron
> 
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