ttyS0 help mee

**edman1982** · 02-24-2003

hi, i recently posted a msg saying that my ipaq couldnt connect because i didnt have ttyS0 and thats what it was trying to connect to using a mull serial cable... so a guy told me to try

Code:

mknod /dev/ttyS0 c 4 64

and it made a file but i noticed the rest of ttyS1 and ttyS2 have a arrow pointing away from themselves in the icon and this one doesnt....i am assuming that that means the ttyS1 and S2 are links and this one isnt how do i fix this or is this correct??

**wassy121** · 02-24-2003

depends on what ttyS1 and ttyS2 are pointing to. ttyS0 is correct though, sometimes distributions will change some of the devices around for some reason or another.

**edman1982** · 02-24-2003

how can u tell what they are pointing to???

**Dolda2000** · 02-24-2003

Run "ls -l /dev/ttyS[0-9]"

**edman1982** · 02-24-2003

ok i get

Code:

crw-rw----    1 ed       tty        4,  64 Feb 24 08&#58;10 /dev/ttyS0

whats this mean??

**Dolda2000** · 02-24-2003

That can't be all you get. What happens if you run "ls -l /dev/ttyS1"?

**edman1982** · 02-24-2003

ok i get

Code:

&#91;root@d57-6-155 ed&#93;# ls -l /dev/ttyS1
lr-xr-xr-x    1 root     root            5 Feb 24 08&#58;10 /dev/ttyS1 -> tts/1
&#91;root@d57-6-155 ed&#93;# ls -l /dev/ttyS2
lr-xr-xr-x    1 root     root            5 Feb 24 08&#58;10 /dev/ttyS2 -> tts/2

**Dolda2000** · 02-24-2003

OK, check "ls -l /dev/tts". What distribution are you using?

**edman1982** · 02-24-2003

i am using mandrake 9.0 beta i believe
that command just gave

Code:

total 0
crw-r-----    1 ed       tty        4,  65 Dec 31  1969 1
crw-rw----    1 ed       tty        4,  66 Dec 31  1969 2

**Dolda2000** · 02-25-2003

They've sure set it up in a strange way (is that some sort of legacy thing?), but it doesn't matter, since it's the same thing anyway.

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