Hi, I've installed SuSE 7.1 on my thinkpad 380ED, on the second partition to configure our cisco switches and routers. (I am using the windows98 with hyperterminal on the same thinkpad without any problem). But, the minicom (1.83.1) can't communicate with the switch. I have installed Suse 7.1 on a desktop pc and made the same minicom configuration (/dev/ttyS0, 9600 8N1) and it worked without any problem. I tried the tptcl program for thinkpad: alibl:~ # tpctl --rsx resource state: current serial port 1: disable 0x0 IRQ0 serial port 2: enable 0x3f8 IRQ4 and I tried to enable the serial port 1: alibl:~ # tpctl --rs1=0x2f8 --rs1=irq3 --rs1=enable tpctl: serial port 1 has been enabled tpctl: serial port 1 interrupt has been set to IRQ3 tpctl: serial port 1 base address has been set to 0x2f8 resource state: current serial port 1: disable 0x0 IRQ0 As you see, no thing changes. Do you have an idea ? -- Ali BASEL Sabanci University Information Technology http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/~alib