On Tue, 2007-11-27 at 15:05 -0700, Karl Larsen wrote: > Albert Graham wrote: > > Karl Larsen wrote: > >> Lamar Owen wrote: > >>> On Tuesday 27 November 2007, Karl Larsen wrote: > >>> > >>>> I have a software I like to use called gmfsk which uses the serial > >>>> port to turn on and off the transmitter in my radio. It worked fine on > >>>> my old computer. Now when I try to run gmfsk it puts up an error panel > >>>> that says "Not a serial or parallel port". This made me think the new > >>>> computer which has a serial port that is not working. > >>>> > >>> > >>> Is the serial port enabled in the BIOS? What does the command > >>> dmesg | grep ttyS > >>> give you? (upper case S). > >>> > >> Hi Lamar, I get nothing from dmesg | grep ttyS and I even tried > >> /dev/ttyS :-) > >> > > Try: dmesg|grep -i serial > > > > Also, I think the driver supports 4 ports rather than saying you have > > 4 ports, as the chances are you only have 2 (one internal + one > > external). > > > > Al. > > > Well that gets nothing. And I have only one serial plug on the > computer. Not sure why grep missed it... > > Yes this worked: > > [root@k5di ~]# dmesg | grep Serial > Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 4 ports, IRQ sharing enabled > [root@k5di ~]# > > It took a capital S in Serial :-) When in doubt, "grep -i" ignores case in matches. "dmesg | grep -i serial" would've caught it. "man" is your friend. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Principal Engineer rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxx - - CDN Systems, Internap, Inc. http://www.internap.com - - - - Never try to outstubborn a cat. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------
