13 messages in org.freebsd.freebsd-mobileRe: FreeBSD lockup accessing serial p...| From | Sent On | Attachments |
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| wal...@digger.net | Nov 9, 2001 3:39 am | |
| Torfinn Ingolfsen | Nov 9, 2001 4:41 am | |
| Eric Masson | Nov 9, 2001 5:25 am | |
| Chad R. Larson | Nov 9, 2001 6:18 am | |
| Kevin Oberman | Nov 9, 2001 9:32 am | |
| wal...@digger.net | Nov 10, 2001 12:59 am | |
| wal...@digger.net | Nov 10, 2001 1:10 am | |
| Kevin Oberman | Nov 10, 2001 9:18 am | |
| Greg Lehey | Nov 13, 2001 2:38 am | |
| wal...@digger.net | Nov 13, 2001 10:09 pm | |
| Louis A. Mamakos | Nov 14, 2001 6:32 am | |
| Jim Durham | Nov 14, 2001 7:36 pm | |
| Chris Shenton | Nov 19, 2001 9:38 am |
| Subject: | Re: FreeBSD lockup accessing serial port on Thinkpad | |
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| From: | wal...@digger.net (wal...@digger.net) | |
| Date: | Nov 10, 2001 1:10:24 am | |
| List: | org.freebsd.freebsd-mobile | |
On Fri, 09 Nov 2001 09:33:13 -0800, "Kevin Oberman" <ober...@es.net> wrote:
Get the DOS ThinkPad Configuration Utility (also known as 'ps2') and enable the serial ports. If you can boot Windows on the system, the command is "ps2 se enable" for sio0 and something like 'ps2 imo enable' for the internal modem. Use ps2 ? to help confirm the exact command.
Excellent! This was exactly the problem!
As it happens, there are two commands for the serial port. "ps2 se" turns the
serial connector on the back on and off, and "ps2 sera" configures the actual
serial port. My computer had "ps2 se enable" and "ps2 sera disable". Fat lotta
good that does. Still worked in Windoze, tho.
Oh, and you can disregard the question about my parallel port that I hadn't
asked yet... While I was in there, I enabled the parallel port ("ps2 par
enable") and moved the I/O port from 3BC to 378. It's really amazing how much
better it works when it's on...
That PS2 is a really handy utility. I don't suppose anyone is
reverse-engineering it and porting it?
Note! The Windows ThinkPad Configuration Utility will NOT do the job. It enables the port on the running system and saves the setting in the registry. It does NOT update the BIOS setting in ROM.
I just hope that booting into Windoze (which I must do on occasion) doesn't
reset the changes I made with PS2. Ever had that happen?
Thanks much!
Dave
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