Serial port problem

16 Mar 2001

      How does one check whether the serial port was properly recognized and 
initialized?  I have a problem when trying to communicate via the serial 
port on my laptop.  I get the message Input/output error (very helpful, 
isn't it).

For example, when trying to run pppd I get the following:

Mar 15 23:25:39 seahorse pppd[5860]: Perms of /dev/ttyS0 are ok, no 'mesg 
n' neccesary.
Mar 15 23:25:39 seahorse pppd[5860]: Couldn't get channel number: 
Input/output error

Thanks,
Avi
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