I am trying to install on a Compaq LTE 5300 with a docking station. I am putting RH7.0 and the install seems to be ok but it will not recognize the docking station serial port so I can use an external modem. if anyone has any ideas please email me. mdwalker@atomic.net

Have you checked out the obvious possibilities, like your laptop BIOS has the port enabled?

Does the port work with anything else? Say a serial mouse for instance.

I know it is active in the BIOS I got the I/O from the bios. I also have a PS2 mouse hooked to the port on the back of the docking station and it works fin (I know this is different than a serial mouse), I also have a problem with the NIC but I found some good info from the RH site that lead me to a linux laptop how-to. I found some post there that others had left that had a similar proble. It is a matter of uncommenting out the proper line in the modules.rc for an NE200 compatible network card. I will try that tonight and see if it works. thanks for the prompt post. If any one else has any other ideas about the modem don't stop posting. Thanks!

The greatest source of help on laptops I ever found was here...
http://www.linux-laptop.net/

I use Linux on a laptop, but I don't have a docking station. (Unfortunately, my laptop is a Quantex and they went out of business before i could get one) I would verify that the serial port on the docking station works before I'd go any further.

Just my $0.02