Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 11 Aug 1998 13:57:12 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Richard B. Johnson" <> | Subject | Re: cua* vs ttyS* |
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On Mon, 10 Aug 1998, Mike wrote:
> On Sun, 9 Aug 1998, Richard B. Johnson wrote: > > > On Sun, 9 Aug 1998, Szabolcs Ban wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I always get error messages, when I switch between X and console. > > > gpm says cua0 is not a good choice to my mouse :]] > > > If I believe at that message, the ttyS0 said me it was buzy by the gpm, so I > > > couldn't start X. > > > Solution? > > > > > Edit /etc/inittab so it is not trying to use ttyS0 for a 'getty'. Then > > you should be able to use ttyS0 for your serial mouse. Unless you remember > > the magic signal to send init (I don't), you will have to re-boot. > > > > > I haven't tried this recently, but when I tried moving /dev/mouse to point > to /dev/ttyS0 instead of /dev/cua0 it completely broke gpm. ttyS0 is > definately not in use by anything else. >
My serial mouse is on /dev/ttyS1, but it should make no difference.....
Script started on Tue Aug 11 13:54:09 1998 # file /dev/mouse /dev/mouse: symbolic link to /dev/ttyS1 # gpm gpm-Linux is already running as pid 325 # exit exit
Script done on Tue Aug 11 13:54:44 1998
You may have an old gpm that doesn't open the device properly.
Cheers, Dick Johnson ***** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED ***** Penguin : Linux version 2.1.115 on an i586 machine (66.15 BogoMips). Warning : It's hard to remain at the trailing edge of technology.
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