Ray Olszewski wrote:
> What "comport" (in Linux terms, /dev/ttyS*) is your mouse on? Your modem?
> More specifically, what are the IRQs and IO bases, and how do you determine
> what they are (does the BIOS report them at boot time? does dmesg list them
> as found by a kernel probe? are you relying on info from a prior WinXX
> install? something else?)?
>
Hi Ray and the group,
I have managed to make the proper setup of my mouse and modem. I just copied the
same IRQs and IO bases from my WinNT setup on the other partition, so now both
modem (/tty2, 0x3e8) and mouse (/tty1, 0x2f8) work. Tnx for the help.
>
> As regards your modem, is it internal or external? If internal, do you KNOW
> that it is compatible with Linux (i.e., not a DSP modem, aka Winmodem)? From
> what you say, this isn't your immediate problem, but it's a question that
> always needs to be raised with internal modem configuration postings, even
> ones that seem to occur for some other reason.
Modem is internal one, Zoltrix FM-VSP336I and I got it working now. But I am not
quite sure about the best Linux modem setup (Hayes or Rockwell or some other
choice from the Linux setup? There is no "Zoltrix" choice there :-))
>
>
> If you have an Ethernet card, is it possible that the IRQ it uses conflicts
> with one of the serial ports? (Check /dev/interrupts to tell.) Is your
> system using PnP to configure serial devices? If so, are you sure they are
> being configured to where you intend?
Yes I have an Ethernet card, UMC 9008 PnP, and I made it using IRQ5 and 0x240
address (like in WinNT setup). Seems that Linux accepted that.
>
>
> I'm only slightly familiar with Caldera, and my impression is that there
> isn't much Caldera-specific expertise on this list, but with this info, I or
> someone might be able to help you based on standard Linux config capabilities.
>
Now I have other problems. I tried to use Caldera's internet options: a
communication terminal package and Netscape. So, I can connect my ISP and log in
with the terminal package ok, but I don't know where is the place to make tcpip
configuration (DNS, gateway etc like in WinXX), because I don't know how to use
Netscape after the connection is in place. Any suggestion?
The next thing is to use my 17" monitor Samsung SyncMaster 700p and S3Virge video
card. I went so far until now, to get 1024x768 resolution, but the visible part of
XWindows is only cca 75% large of the monitor capabilities. I am not sure if it is
possible to download some up-to-date drivers in order to make better setup for the
video sub-system (monitor and/or card)?
Miroslav Skoric
