[iPAQ] [Serial programming]read(fd,buf, 0) doesn't return zero ...

From: Valentin Longchamp <valentin.longchamp_at_epfl.ch>
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 14:50:14 +0100

Quoting Toby Gray <toby_at_yargybot.com>:

> On Thursday 25 March 2004 00:10, Valentin Longchamp quoth thusly:
> > I'm trying to communicate from the ipaq on the serial port.
>
> Are you sure that nothing else is already using the port? By default
> Familiar runs a getty on the serial port. Some (older) versions of
> Familiar also default to the serial port for the system console.

ps -aux shows me no getty running ... and I've got familiar 0.7.2/Opie, is that
old enough to have the serial port for the system console ???
Received on Wed Mar 24 2004 - 13:50:41 EST

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