Kernel nuxil@localhost:~$ uname -r 2.6.20-15-386 Modules nuxil@localhost:~$ lsmod Module Size Used by 8250_accent 1920 0 [permanent] aes 27712 2 cbc 4608 2 blkcipher 5888 1 cbc xt_tcpudp 3328 9 nf_conntrack_irc 7064 0 nf_conntrack_ftp 9728 0 xt_state 2560 2 xt_limit 2688 0 ipt_LOG 6528 0 nf_conntrack_ipv4 17932 2 nf_conntrack 59864 4 nf_conntrack_irc,nf_conntrack_ftp,xt_state,nf_conntrack_ipv4 nfnetlink 6680 2 nf_conntrack_ipv4,nf_conntrack iptable_filter 3072 1 ip_tables 12232 1 iptable_filter x_tables 15108 5 xt_tcpudp,xt_state,xt_limit,ipt_LOG,ip_tables rfcomm 37660 6 l2cap 22276 5 rfcomm ipv6 252512 10 af_packet 20872 2 ppdev 9220 0 cpufreq_powersave 1792 0 cpufreq_userspace 4116 0 cpufreq_ondemand 7676 0 cpufreq_stats 5508 0 freq_table 4740 2 cpufreq_ondemand,cpufreq_stats cpufreq_conservative 6560 0 dev_acpi 11140 0 sony_acpi 5388 0 pcc_acpi 12160 0 tc1100_wmi 7172 0 asus_acpi 16412 0 container 4352 0 sbs 14752 0 i2c_ec 4992 1 sbs battery 9860 0 button 7696 0 dock 9216 0 video 15492 0 ac 5124 0 backlight 6016 1 asus_acpi nls_utf8 2176 1 ntfs 104436 1 dm_crypt 13960 1 dm_mod 57164 5 dm_crypt fuse 44436 1 sbp2 23044 0 lp 11332 0 wm8775 6028 0 cx25840 25616 0 tuner 60840 0 snd_mpu401 8360 0 snd_mpu401_uart 8320 1 snd_mpu401 snd_seq_dummy 3844 0 snd_seq_oss 31616 0 snd_seq_midi 8576 0 snd_rawmidi 24448 2 snd_mpu401_uart,snd_seq_midi snd_seq_midi_event 7424 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi snd_intel8x0 32796 6 snd_ac97_codec 97184 1 snd_intel8x0 ac97_bus 2304 1 snd_ac97_codec snd_pcm_oss 43264 0 snd_mixer_oss 16512 1 snd_pcm_oss ivtv 132368 0 nvidia 6834708 32 snd_pcm 76680 5 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss i2c_algo_bit 7816 1 ivtv snd_seq 49648 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event snd_timer 22276 4 snd_pcm,snd_seq snd_seq_device 8204 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq hci_usb 17052 6 analog 11680 0 gameport 15112 1 analog parport_pc 34980 1 parport 35272 3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc cx2341x 11908 1 ivtv tveeprom 14992 1 ivtv videodev 27136 1 ivtv v4l2_common 24192 5 cx25840,tuner,ivtv,cx2341x,videodev v4l1_compat 14340 2 ivtv,videodev rtc 13104 0 agpgart 34096 1 nvidia snd 51716 20 snd_mpu401,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device pcspkr 3072 0 xpad 8964 0 soundcore 7520 1 snd bluetooth 51300 15 rfcomm,l2cap,hci_usb lmpcm_usb 6144 0 serio_raw 6916 0 psmouse 37640 0 i2c_nforce2 5888 0 k8temp 5760 0 sky2 41736 0 i2c_core 21776 9 i2c_ec,wm8775,cx25840,tuner,ivtv,nvidia,i2c_algo_bit,tveeprom,i2c_nforce2 snd_page_alloc 9992 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm shpchp 33300 0 pci_hotplug 31160 1 shpchp tsdev 7872 0 evdev 10112 3 ext3 129288 4 jbd 53032 1 ext3 mbcache 8196 1 ext3 sg 35484 0 sd_mod 22292 2 ide_cd 31648 0 cdrom 36512 1 ide_cd ide_disk 16000 6 sata_nv 19716 1 ata_generic 8196 0 libata 125208 2 sata_nv,ata_generic scsi_mod 141580 4 sbp2,sg,sd_mod,libata usbhid 25056 0 hid 25728 1 usbhid floppy 58020 0 ohci1394 35376 0 ieee1394 297656 2 sbp2,ohci1394 ehci_hcd 32780 0 forcedeth 44936 0 generic 4228 0 [permanent] amd74xx 14236 0 [permanent] ohci_hcd 21252 0 usbcore 131480 7 hci_usb,xpad,lmpcm_usb,usbhid,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd thermal 13832 0 processor 22956 1 thermal fan 4740 0 fbcon 41760 0 tileblit 2688 1 fbcon font 8320 1 fbcon bitblit 6016 1 fbcon softcursor 2304 1 bitblit vesafb 8196 0 capability 5000 0 commoncap 7296 1 capability Pci stuff nuxil@localhost:~$ lspci 00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2) 00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 0 (rev a2) 00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 1 (rev a2) 00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 5 (rev a2) 00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 4 (rev a2) 00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2) 00:00.6 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 3 (rev a2) 00:00.7 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 2 (rev a2) 00:02.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1) 00:03.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1) 00:04.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1) 00:09.0 Memory controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 Memory Controller (rev a4) 00:0a.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 ISA Bridge (rev a4) 00:0a.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation CK804 SMBus (rev a2) 00:0b.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a2) 00:0b.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a4) 00:0d.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 AC'97 Audio Controller (rev a2) 00:0f.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 IDE (rev f3) 00:10.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller (rev f3) 00:11.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller (rev f3) 00:12.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCI Bridge (rev a2) 00:13.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 Ethernet Controller (rev a3) 00:16.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3) 00:17.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3) 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15) 03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0193 (rev a2) 04:08.0 PCI bridge: Hint Corp HB6 Universal PCI-PCI bridge (non-transparent mode) (rev 11) 04:0b.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB22/A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) 05:08.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC16 (CX23416) MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01) 05:09.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC16 (CX23416) MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01) Dmesg stuff nuxil@localhost:~$ dmesg | grep seri [ 24.676134] serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A [ 24.679283] serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1 [ 24.679285] serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 [ 42.761095] tveeprom 2-0050: Hauppauge model 23559, rev D591, serial# 8201330 [ 54.089446] tveeprom 3-0050: Hauppauge model 23559, rev D591, serial# 8201330 nuxil@localhost:~$ irw nuxil@localhost:~$ cat /dev/ttyS0 both shows me no signal....