text_combined: waider waiderwaiderie heres weird wacky problem im currently country trusty evo n600c laptop tried use serial port talk mobile phone linux behaved pretty much port fried bizarre thought id used successfully office difference trying thing hotel entertained brief notions somehow fried serial drivers rebooted laptop windows tried worked perfectly back linux still talking considered might flaky power ran laptop battery nope tried moving laptop differnet part room might less bogon flux still working eventually gave used irda port instead usually serial connection doom grief teethgrinding morning office damn thing working without hitch anyone like suggest mystery technology use hotel prevents serial ports working linux cheers waider waiderwaiderie yes personal irish linux users group iluglinuxie httpwwwlinuxiemailmanlistinfoilug unsubscription information list maintainer listmasterlinuxie mon 07 oct 2002 102440 0200 ilug serial port transient failure