On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 06:34 -0500, William L. Maltby wrote: > <snip> > As to the OP original question, check BIOS settings and make sure your > serial is enabled. Set it to COM 3 and IRQ 4 should work. This would s/COM 3/COM 1/ # Drat! More JAVA, more JAVA! > equate to "0" in an *IX system. > > Look in your /var/log/messages file. At boot, you should see the device > recognized. > <snip> -- Bill