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cat /dev/ttyS0 & echo you smell > /dev/ttyS0 will work as well enough won't it? On 3/26/07, Robin Cornelius <robin.cornelius@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 3/26/07, Peter Lloyd-Jones <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > "Robin Has suggested I test the serial port" > > > > Thanks Robin > > > > I think a quick look up in the attic for a "steam" modem is in order. If I > > can get it to make a noise the serial port is OK. > > A good test > > > > > Or. What I used to do was short out two wires on the end of the cable > > connected to the serial port (1 and 2??) and then type "something" (cant > > remember what) at the consol. If is echoed back it was working. > > > > Wires 2 and 3 rx to Tx, creates a loop back > > Make sure the terminal program you use dosn't have a software echo as > well! or you will think it is working when it is not. > > > > -- > Robin Cornelius > http://www.byteme.org.uk > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html > -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html