To all: Thanks again. I have a mouse driver on ttyS0, and the system detected that just fine. Anyway, it's all academic at this point, since my CD's will no longer install, so I am Linux-less. -- Max
On Tue, 6 Jul 1999 11:23:36 +1000 "Carley, Jason (Australia)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >I had a similar problem which I traced back to gpm running expecting a >mouse >on com1 when it was actually psaux. My modem was on com1 but wvdial >couldn't find it due to gpm interfering. > >Took me a while but it was pretty simple in the end. > >I too have felt like giving up but kept going and am now very happy >with >things. And I have tried all distributions under the sun. > >Jason. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Jesse Jacobsen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 1999 10:15 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Thanks > > >On 07/05/99 at 18:53:51, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote concerning "Thanks": >> After running setserial and wvdial, disabling PnP, and many >other >> efforts, I finally, to overcome the system's refusal to detect my >modem >> (Diamond Supra 288i SP), attempted to re-install (grasping at >straws), >> but now it tells me "there was a problem" extracting the base system >> files from the CD-rom, so re-installation has failed and I have >nothing >> for weeks of effort.-- Max > > >The good news is that the Linux Hardware Compatibility HOWTO doesn't >list a modem by that description as being incompatible with Linux. >Now >you just have to take a deep breath and write a detailed report to >this >list of what you've tried. Here are some things to look at or >include: > >- Does the modem work in Windows? If so, does Windows give you > information about modem settings (IRQ, etc?) >- What makes you think your modem is not recognized? >- What happens when you try to run minicom, configured to use your > modem's serial device? >- Have you taken into account that the DOS ports COM1, COM2, COM3, and > COM4 correspond to the Linux devices ttyS0, ttyS1, ttyS2, and ttyS3 > respectively? > >For the next time you get frustrated, consider this: it's a pretty >good >guess that most of the people on this list haven't been forced to >reinstall Debian ever. On top of that, most probably haven't done a >fresh install for so long that it actually takes an effort to remember >what it was like! In contrast, I recall reinstalling Windows several >times each year. Or at least making _major_ repairs. > >I don't know if it's possible to _master_ the intricacies of Debian. >It's just too big! But to me, that's something to like about it. You >never run out of things you can learn. > >HTH, > >Jesse > >-- >Jesse Jacobsen, Pastor [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Grace Lutheran Church (ELS) http://www.jvlnet.com/~jjacobsen/ >Madison, Wisconsin GnuPG public key ID: 2E3EBF13 > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] >< >/dev/null ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.
