On Thu, Feb 03, 2000 at 12:26:20AM -0700, John Starkey wrote:
> Mike Werner wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Feb 02, 2000 at 01:03:47PM -0700, John Starkey wrote:
> > > > So judging by what you say, the other guy needs to do;
> > > >
> > > > cd /dev
> > > > rm mouse
> > > > ln -s /dev/ttyS0 mouse
> > > > gpm -t ms
> > > >
> > >
> > > Actually I am the other guy (I think -- there are two threads on this right
>now.) But
> > > anyway I tried this a few days ago when you recommended it. Only it used psaux
>instead
> > > of ttyS0, which is the slot my eth0 is in.
> >
> > Uhh ... you've got an ethernet adaptor that plugs into a serial port? I think
> > that's the first I've ever heard of that one.
> >
>
> It's plugged into a PCI but it's on /dev/ttyS0. ooooopppsssss.
If you've got an Ethernet device showing up as /dev/ttyS0 either there is
something badly wrong or this a device I've never heard of.. Ehternet
devices should show up as /dev/ethx
> > > My serial mouse connection actually doesn't plug into a slot. It has a ribbon
>connector
> > > that goes into the motherboard (just above the first PCIs). It connects into a
>10 pin
> > > male connector. Looks like the same pins that are used on jumpers.
> >
> > That's the same as what my setup is. The UART for the serial port is
> > built into the motherboard, instead of on a seperate card.
>
> If I knew what a UART was (a couple people tried to explain but never about it's
>physical
> characteristics) I'd probably agree. I thought only PCIs and ISAs could be UARTs.
The UART is the chip that makes a serial port work. The only time you
will need to worry about that is if you have an old computer - the older
chips had some problems. Lemme just put it this way - somewhere on the
motherboard (probably pretty close to where that ribbon cable plugs in) is
the chip that makes that serial port work. On older systems that chip was
on a card that plugged into (usually) an ISA slot.
> > Have you tried linking /dev/mouse to /dev/ttySx for whatever x is the 9 pin
> > serial port that the mouse is plugged into? I still think that's the
> > problem, or at least part of it.
>
> setserial only shows my eth0 and ppp0. I assume I have it physically connected to the
> motherboard correctly since Kudzu found it.
Does setserial *actually* report eth0 and ppp0? Or are you "translating"
the output into what you think each ttySx is? If the latter, please tell us
*exactly* what setserial *actually* says. And have you verified that
/dev/mouse is linked to a /dev/ttySx instead of /dev/psaux? The ppp0 should
be your modem - the mouse will be the other serial port.
I think I might see a possible source of confusion here - try and follow
me here. You have an internal modem, right? And your Ethernet card is
plugged into the slot right next to it? Therefore eth0 and ppp0 are the
two serial devices? If that's not right, ignore the rest of this section.
If that's what happened - the physical location of a card rarely has any
influence on what port number it is. The modem (ppp0) will show up as a
serial device because it has one of those UART chips I mentioned - modems
are a serial device. But just because the modem is plugged into an ISA
slot does not mean that the card plugged into the ISA slot next to it will
*also* be a serial device. In fact that is rarely the case for a "regular"
home system.
> Is there a Kudzu (or whatever that hardware detection device is) config file I can
>check???
Sorry, but I've never heard of Kudzu. Sounds like it's some sort of software
thingy to help configure hardware, maybe?
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