On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 5:28 PM, Alan Cox <alan(a)lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
There is a procedure for identifying some serial devices via magic
PnP
sequences and it ought to be able to identify some modems that way. You
can't however randomly assume.
Maybe this explains why I'm unable to access the serial port... once again
SELinux more a pain in the ass rather than of real use...
http://www.ukraa.com/www/faq/75-starbar/102-fedora15rxtx.html
Fedora 15 Unable to connect to serial port
Written by Administrator Thursday, 25 August 2011 20:16
Fedora 15 fails to connect to USB - Serial port or inbuilt serial port
Fedora 15 comes with a restrictive user policy.
Your user account need to be in the dialout group you can accomplish this
with the command below run as the root user.
usermod -a -G dialout <username>
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