Re: SUSE 6.1, setserial problem

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From: Dan Glover
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 00:00

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In article <379B08A1.6B4A12DC@sleeper-service.demon.co.uk>, Bruce Collie 
<bruce@sleeper-service.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>    setserial /dev/ttyS2 uart 16550A port 0x3e8 irq 11
>however, I get the message
>    Cannot set serial info: Operation not permitted.

Are you trying this as a "normal" user?  setserial needs to run as root
to make any changes.

Dan

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  The vendor put the bug there.

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