Thanks to all who responded to my problem!
Thanks, Oliver. You solved my problem! :-)
On Mon, 28 Apr 1997, Oliver Elphick wrote:
> >conflict that might screw up my modem. Do you think running gpm (or
> >trying to run) on the same device as my modem could cause some of the
> >problems like I'm having?
>
> I can't imagine what that would do! It might be a good idea to reset the
> modem to its factory defaults by using its switches -- just in case this
> has messed up its settings.
I went ahead and did a reboot. Seemed to do the trick.
> If you have a PS/2 mouse, it's device is /dev/psmouse, for which ls -l should
> report:
>
> $ ls -l /dev/psmouse
> crw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 10, 1 Apr 27 17:59 /dev/psmouse
> $
Yup, it did.
> You should delete /dev/mouse and run
>
> ln -s /dev/psmouse /dev/mouse
>
> to get that link correct.
I went with ln -sf /dev/psmouse /dev/mouse in one swell foop. Thanks for
telling me about /dev/psmouse. I never used it before!! Great tip! :-)
> On the other hand, your last mail implies that gpm is working; if so,
> it can't be a PS/2 mouse -- or is gpm using /dev/psmouse and bypassing
> /dev/mouse altogether?
I had to kill GPM before using the modem. since /dev/mouse was linked to
/dev/ttyS0 my script sensed the modem device was busy. And it left the
modem in an unusual state too.
I linked /dev/mouse to /dev/psmouse and that left the ttyS0 open for the
modem. Also, gpm got ahold of the correct pointing device. Now everything
is peachy! :-)
Thanks very much Oliver!!
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