[Xastir] Xastir on Mepis - ttyS0 hard fail

[Curt Mills]

On 8 Feb 2004, Gale Wilkinson wrote:

> I have been doing some more researching and digging and am beginning to
> suspect it might be some kind of hardware problem.  After really
> watching the boot process closely I see that I am getting a "LSR safety
> lock engaged" message for the ttyS* listings.  And if I am reading this
> right this means that Linux is unhappy with my serial port for some
> reason.

What the heck is that, logical shift register?  Perhaps a
work-around for some serial chips that have a bug in the silicon?
Have you tried running Minicom as "root" and as a normal user
against the port you're having trouble with?

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