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Subject: Re: unable to open port `/dev/ttyS1'
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On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 11:34:22 -0600
Nathan Kinkade <nkinkade@ub.edu.bz> wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 04:59:15PM +0000, marlon corleone wrote:
> > /dev/ttyS1 do not exist, how do i create this device?
> > 
> > %sysctl kern.version
> > kern.version: FreeBSD 5.2-RELEASE #0: Wed Jan 28 13:17:27 PHT 2004
> >    ken@mmp.ccp.ph:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/MMP
> > 
> > %xmms
> > unable to open port `/dev/ttyS1' (No such file or directory)
> > unable to open port `/dev/ttyS1' (No such file or directory)
> 
> why is xmms trying to open a linux-named serial port on your freebsd
> machine?  is your problem with needing to use a serial port and the
> reference to xmms accidental, or is xmms actually outputting that
> message?  in any case, ttyS(n) is the device name for RS232 serial ports
> in linux - in freebsd they are two designations ttyd(n) for "dialin"
> lines and cuaa(n) for "dialout" lines.  either way i'm pretty sure that
> xmms shouldn't be worry about this at all.

AFAIK there is a plugin for a serial remote control; could be that ?


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