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In article <VcTd2FA1Mce4Ewrg@tcs02.demon.co.uk>, Martin Liddle
<martin@tcs02.demon.co.uk> writes
>I have read the Serial-HOWTO but haven't yet found a solution to my
>problem.  I have two essentially identical PCs running RedHat 6.0.  The
>installations are both recent.  Both PCs have two standard serial ports
>and a Specialix SI multi port intelligent serial adaptor.  The
>Specialix are using the current driver from the Specialix FTP site.  On
>one PC I can run a getty (for a Wyse terminal) on either the standard
>serial ports or the Specialix.  On the other PC attempting to run a
>getty on either the standard serial port or the Specialix fails with the
>"..respawning too fast.   Disabled for 5 minutes" message.  I have tried
>on ttyS1 with both the standard RedHat kernel and a kernel that I have
>built. However I can successfully do a "cp file /dev/ttyS1" which leads
>me to suspect that the hardware isn't completely dead.  I also know that
>the hardware was working correctly very recently under an old version of
>Sunsoft Interactive Unix.  (Unfortunately I can't easily go back and
>check again as the Linux install seems to have clobbered Interactive in
>some way.)
>
I have continued to struggle with this problem today without much
progress.  However I have noticed one thing.  On the machine where getty
runs there are entries for interrupts 3 and 4 in /proc/interrupts
however on the machine where getty respawns these entries are absent.  I
don't know whether this is acsue or effect.  I can use setserial to
specify interrupts (and setserial reports the changed interrupt value)
but that still doesn't result in entries in /proc/interrupts.  I am
again running out of ideas.  Help! 
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Martin Liddle, Tynemouth Computer Services, 27 Garforth Close, 
Cramlington, Northumberland, England, NE23 6EW.
Phone: 01670-712624.  Fax: 01670-717324.