James B. Byrne wrote:
Ok, I can now configure ttyS1 with faxaddmodem, which I could not do before these changes, so that is progress. However, faxaddmodem reports that it cannot detect a modem on ttyS0. Since the modem and cable are the same for both, I am simply physically switching the port that the cable connects to in order to carry out the configuration, obviously something else is wrong.
Does anyone have any pointers on how to get the primary serial port back from xen so that it can be of some use? can I configure the irq for com1 to use ttyS2? Will that work?
Seizing one of just two available serial devices for a console port strikes me as a dubious design choice. I venture that the vast majority of ES5/CentOS5 installations do not even configure xen doms other than 0 and of those that do, only a vanishingly small percentage actually employ a serial console interface.
First stupid question by me :D
1. Do you really need to be running xen? (ie, are you doing a DomU also on that machine) If not, boot the real kernel and you will be set :D
2. If you really do NEED xen then I assume you are trying to do this serial stuff on Dom0 (where the serial port has a special purpose) ... why not do it on a DomU instead?
Thanks, Johnny Hughes