Re: Console problem from Linux

"elixxir" <elixxir@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:


The only thing is that my machine doesn't have a serial port built-in
except for the mobo header, so I had to connect one of those adapters
that fit in a PCI bracket and hook up to the COM header via a small
ribbon cable.

There are at least _two_ different pin-assignement for those headers.
Always use that cable which came with the MoBo.

This essentially gives me an available serial port on the
box. Do you think this adapter bracket might be wired incorrectly?

Have one of those LED-boxes ready and look at it with the port at
rest and with minicom running. Then, use a paperclip to short the
pin's 2 and 3; all keys pressed should come to the screen (IF you
DISabled Hardware-Hanshake).

Greetings, Holger

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