> I have an 4 port AST CC-832 board.
> I disconnected com1 and com2 and set the board IRQ to 5, but I received the
>message "respawning too fast, disableing for 5 minutes". I changed the IRQs
>and the best I got was no message at all but without working anyway. I
>have on the board the XA1 (default on), XA0, INT and SHR (default off) jumpers
>which I don't know what they means (sorry but I received the board without
>the booklet).
> What can I do? I badly need to connect two or three terminals to my pc!
> PLease help me, with board configuration information!
> Thank you very much!
> -- Cristian
Well, to tell you the truth, I am not familier with multiport boards at all.
I suggest you post something to comp.os.linux, someone should be able to help
you.
One thing comes to mind though...
Did you change anything in your /etc/inittab? Eventhough you've changed the
interrupts, if you didn't change the devices, it won't work. The devices
/dev/ttyS0 - /dev/ttyS3 correspond to COM1 - COM4. For a multiport board,
the devices should be /dev/ttyS16 - /dev/ttyS19 I believe. If you don't have
those devices, you'll have to create them with the mknod command.
You'll also have to recompile the kernel to support your serial board. I'm not
real sure on the device numbers either.
Like I say, your best bet is probably to post something.
I'd really appreaciate you telling me what the solutions are when you get it
working thougn. I'd like to include a lot more multiport information in the
serial FAQ.
Good Luck,
Greg
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