[tlinux-users:08714] Re: I can not read/write the serial port

Luca Tomasi wrote:
> dear All,
> 
> I have a Toshiba satellite 4030CDT. 
> I'm not able to write/read on the serial port COM1 . I have installed
> ...snip..
> My suspicion is that the Toshiba serial port driver is proprietary and
> not standard and it needs maybe some particular drivers. Could you give
> me some procedure to read/write on the Toshiba satellite 4030 serial
> port under Linux?
> 

I have a broken 4030CDT (old age!) which used to run RedHat 6.2 and
earlier distros without a problem.  The serial port was used by JPilot
for backing up various palm pilot PDAs.  I don't think there was
anything unusual about the serial port.

This page is what I used at the time
http://www.gumbley.me.uk/linux-tosh-4030-cdt.html.


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