During booting:Illegal UART type: undefined

Hi,

I tried to create a serial connection between two computers with the
Serial Laplink HOWTO and it dosnt work. During booting I get the
following message:

Loading the saved-state of the serial devices...
Illegal UART type: undefined
/dev/ttyS0 at 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a undefined
Illegal UART type: undefined
/dev/ttyS1 at 0x2f8 (irq = 2) is a undefined

Now I reserve the changes, but the message is the same.

My System
IBM Thinkpad T30
Ubuntu 5.0.4
Linux 2.6.10-5-386

Stephan

Stephan Herz <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Hi,

> I tried to create a serial connection between two computers with the
> Serial Laplink HOWTO and it dosnt work. During booting I get the
> following message:

> Loading the saved-state of the serial devices...
> Illegal UART type: undefined
> /dev/ttyS0 at 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a undefined
> Illegal UART type: undefined
> /dev/ttyS1 at 0x2f8 (irq = 2) is a undefined

The system should detect a serial device's UART at boot. Since it
doesn't my guess would be a winmodem, or relative thereof, is involved.
You can try setting the device file UART type with, e.g.,

setserial /dev/ttyS0 uart 16550A

(16550A is a common type) but I'm not at all optimistic it will work.

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Clifford Kite wrote:
> Stephan Herz <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> > Hi,
>
> > I tried to create a serial connection between two computers with the
> > Serial Laplink HOWTO and it dosnt work. During booting I get the
> > following message:
>
> > Loading the saved-state of the serial devices...
> > Illegal UART type: undefined
> > /dev/ttyS0 at 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a undefined
> > Illegal UART type: undefined
> > /dev/ttyS1 at 0x2f8 (irq = 2) is a undefined
>
> The system should detect a serial device's UART at boot. Since it
> doesn't my guess would be a winmodem, or relative thereof, is involved.
> You can try setting the device file UART type with, e.g.,
>
> setserial /dev/ttyS0 uart 16550A

Well I tried but I get the same message.

Stephan

On 2 Nov 2005 06:11:01 -0800, Stephan Herz
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I tried to create a serial connection between two computers with the
> Serial Laplink HOWTO and it dosnt work. During booting I get the
> following message:
>
> Loading the saved-state of the serial devices...
> Illegal UART type: undefined
> /dev/ttyS0 at 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a undefined
> Illegal UART type: undefined
> /dev/ttyS1 at 0x2f8 (irq = 2) is a undefined
>
> Now I reserve the changes, but the message is the same.
>
> My System
> IBM Thinkpad T30
> Ubuntu 5.0.4
> Linux 2.6.10-5-386
>
Are the serial ports enabled in the BIOS setup? In a laptop computer
they may be turned off to conserve battery power.


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Bill Marcum wrote:
> On 2 Nov 2005 06:11:01 -0800, Stephan Herz
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I tried to create a serial connection between two computers with the
> > Serial Laplink HOWTO and it dosnt work. During booting I get the
> > following message:
> >
> > Loading the saved-state of the serial devices...
> > Illegal UART type: undefined
> > /dev/ttyS0 at 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a undefined
> > Illegal UART type: undefined
> > /dev/ttyS1 at 0x2f8 (irq = 2) is a undefined
> >
> > Now I reserve the changes, but the message is the same.
> >
> > My System
> > IBM Thinkpad T30
> > Ubuntu 5.0.4
> > Linux 2.6.10-5-386
> >
> Are the serial ports enabled in the BIOS setup? In a laptop computer
> they may be turned off to conserve battery power.

Yes the serial port is enabled.

Stephan

Any ideas ?

Stephan