iam logged on as superuser. I have pasted the permissions for all ttyS0 ..s3 crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 65 Feb 2 14:11 ttyS1 [root@localhost dev]# ls -lrt ttyS2 crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 66 Feb 2 2006 ttyS2 [root@localhost dev]# ls -lrt ttyS3 crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 67 Feb 2 2006 ttyS3 [root@localhost dev]# ls -lrt ttyS0 crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 64 Feb 2 14:30 ttyS0 I have also tried to ttys1 and ttys0 , but same result . do any of you have sample DF1 file , iy yes please send it to me. reagards Gowri On Wed, 2006-02-01 at 23:20 -0600, Mike McCarty wrote: > Gowri Satish Adimulam wrote: > > Hi , > > Iam try to use minicom as simple com-port, it is connected to embedded > > system board via RS 232 cable. > > > > > > in minicom ->serial port setup i have set as > > > > ttyS3, > > baud rate 57600 8n1 which in acordance with embedded system. > > > > > > > > When my embedded systme boots up , there should be some messages > > displayed on my com port , but unfortunately its not happening. > > > > i have verified the same setup in windows using hyperterminal it is > > working fine. > > > > do i need to do any thing more in the setup. > > > > Thanks in Advance. > > You may have permission problems. Are you running minicom as root? > If not, then what are the permissions on /dev/ttyS3? > > Mike > -- > p="p=%c%s%c;main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}";main(){printf(p,34,p,34);} > This message made from 100% recycled bits. > You have found the bank of Larn. > I can explain it for you, but I can't understand it for you. > I speak only for myself, and I am unanimous in that! >