Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262120AbTHTRqj (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Aug 2003 13:46:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262133AbTHTRq3 (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Aug 2003 13:46:29 -0400 Received: from mauve.demon.co.uk ([158.152.209.66]:4774 "EHLO mauve.demon.co.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262122AbTHTRpm (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Aug 2003 13:45:42 -0400 From: root@mauve.demon.co.uk Message-Id: <200308201745.SAA23241@mauve.demon.co.uk> Subject: Re: Console on USB To: tmolina@cablespeed.com (Thomas Molina) Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 18:44:58 +0100 (BST) Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (Linux Kernel Mailing List), greg@kroah.com, zwane@linuxpower.ca (Zwane Mwaikambo) In-Reply-To: from "Thomas Molina" at Aug 19, 2003 10:20:51 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL1] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 839 Lines: 17 > > I have just spent a very frustrating evening trying to get console on USB > working. My laptop does not have regular DB-9 serial connectors, only > USB. So I ordered a USB to serial converter, configured a 2.6.0-test3 > kernel, added a console=/dev/ttyUSB0 to the kernel command line and > connected this to my desktop with a null modem adapter. However, I am > unable to get output from this setup on the desktop. On another setup I > can get a normal serial console output, so I am fairly confident I can set > things up correctly. For laptops, might console=/dev/irda work? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/