[Xastir] Off Topic help?

[Gerry Creager n5jxs]

Permissions on /dev/ttyS0?

gerry

Tyler Allison wrote:
> Sorry for the off-topic request for help but I figure someone on the list
> might have dealt with this.
> 
> I use to be running a RedHat 8.0 system with an Oregon Scientific WMR968
> weather station and Xastir.
> 
> I went and screwed around with the system and installed Debian.  Ever
> since the switch to Debian and the subsequent switch to Fedora 2 (in an
> effort to fix the problem) I have been unable to get weather data off the
> serial port.
> 
> I even went so far as to take the time to install Windows on the EXACT
> same hardware and 3 different windows Weather software packages are able
> to read data off the serial port.
> 
> So now Im stumped. Anybody know what could possibly be the problem in my
> Linux setup?  Doing an strace on the Linux weather software shows that the
> select() call on the serial port times out with no data. I've tried
> various configurations using minicom, stty and setserial and nothing seems
> to help.
> 
> I bring up minicom and nothing shows on the line. 9600 8n1 is supposedly
> the setting.
> 
> I suspect something has changed in the 'default' serial port setup or I
> forgot I did something 2 years ago to get it to work. I dont recall doing
> anything special or low level but maybe the new kernels need that now?
> 
> I've been beating my head against a wall for a week now.
> 
> Off-list emails accepted.
> 
> ps: there's only one serial port so I know I have the right tty.


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