X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org From: "Dave Korn" To: References: <7c5010d60805290558o3717c302u959dd34f396cdb81@mail.gmail.com> <005a01c8c196$587b9b50$2708a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM> <7c5010d60805290726s4faa42e2l4dc276e0118b8808@mail.gmail.com> <007901c8c19c$cd9bd520$2708a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM> <7c5010d60805290811i38d4464y7da05d2d62f2061@mail.gmail.com> <008001c8c19f$ad1bcbe0$2708a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM> <7c5010d60805290840s300f607ep999ff62720fedadb@mail.gmail.com> <008701c8c1a7$251d8550$2708a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM> <20080529165211.GC15731@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Subject: RE: serial ports not visible with 1.7 under Vista Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 18:16:12 +0100 Message-ID: <009301c8c1af$b30e8550$2708a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <20080529165211.GC15731@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Christopher Faylor wrote on 29 May 2008 17:52: > On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 05:15:00PM +0100, Dave Korn wrote: >> Giovanni Maruzzelli wrote on 29 May 2008 16:41: >> >>> Thanks a lot Dave! >>> >>> Seems that it is looking for a \Device\Serial5 >> >> Ouch. That's a problem. Not all serial devices use the same name >> format. > > So what format do they use? Manufacturer dependent. I have \Device\Serial0, \Device\NmSerial0 to \Device\NmSerial3 and \Device\USBSER000 and \Device\USBSER001 all on one machine. As you see, it's got to go via a lookup of the com port in \DosDevices. >> Although it's not strictly supported, you might be able to work around >> it by using "\\\\.\\com6" instead. > > That is not likely to work with Cygwin. It won't recognize it as a > serial device. Ach, damn. That explains Givoanni's problems. cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/