From ilug-admin@linux.ie Mon Oct 7 12:06:30 2002 Return-Path: Delivered-To: zzzz@localhost.example.com Received: from localhost (jalapeno [127.0.0.1]) by example.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60E9616F6C for ; Mon, 7 Oct 2002 12:04:50 +0100 (IST) Received: from jalapeno [127.0.0.1] by localhost with IMAP (fetchmail-5.9.0) for zzzz@localhost (single-drop); Mon, 07 Oct 2002 12:04:50 +0100 (IST) Received: from lugh.tuatha.org (postfix@lugh.tuatha.org [194.125.145.45]) by dogma.slashnull.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g978QRK24206 for ; Mon, 7 Oct 2002 09:26:27 +0100 Received: from lugh.tuatha.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lugh.tuatha.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE70F34204; Mon, 7 Oct 2002 09:27:11 +0100 (IST) Delivered-To: linux.ie-ilug@localhost Received: from dspsrv.com (vir.dspsrv.com [193.120.211.34]) by lugh.tuatha.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8072F341F2 for ; Mon, 7 Oct 2002 09:26:11 +0100 (IST) Received: from [195.17.199.3] (helo=waider.ie) by dspsrv.com with asmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 17yTDP-0001gv-00 for ilug@linux.ie; Mon, 07 Oct 2002 09:26:11 +0100 Message-Id: <3DA144C8.2060707@waider.ie> From: Waider MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Irish Linux Users Group Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [ILUG] serial port transient failure Sender: ilug-admin@linux.ie Errors-To: ilug-admin@linux.ie X-Beenthere: ilug@linux.ie X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Irish Linux Users' Group List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Original-Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 10:24:40 +0200 Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 10:24:40 +0200 Here's a weird and wacky problem: I'm currently out of the country with my trusty Evo N600c laptop. When I tried to use the serial port to talk to my mobile phone, Linux behaved pretty much as if the port was fried. Bizarre, I thought, because I'd used it successfully while in the office. The only difference was that I was trying the thing in the hotel. I entertained brief notions of having somehow fried the serial drivers, then rebooted the laptop to Windows and tried again. Worked perfectly. Back to Linux. Still not talking. Considered that it might be flaky power, so I ran the laptop on battery. Nope. Tried moving the laptop to a differnet part of the room where there might be less bogon flux. Still not working. Eventually I gave up and used the IrDA port instead - which is usually the serial connection of doom, grief, and teeth-grinding. This morning, in the office, the damn thing is working without a hitch. Anyone like to suggest what mystery technology is in use in the hotel that prevents serial ports from working under Linux? Cheers, Waider. -- waider@waider.ie / Yes, it /is/ very personal of me -- Irish Linux Users' Group: ilug@linux.ie http://www.linux.ie/mailman/listinfo/ilug for (un)subscription information. List maintainer: listmaster@linux.ie