On Sat, Dec 04, 1999 at 11:09:35PM -0800, Andy Thomas wrote > The mouse isn't coming up in XWindows. I've never seen it in text Emacs > before either so should it be there? I've got a MSFT Bus mouse on IRQ4. > The gpm is set to /dev/inportbm and the busmouse type. Still it doesn't > seem to work. Is there a configuration file where it could accidentally be > set to IRQ 3? >
The first thing you should do is be *very*sure* that you have an InPort bus mouse - they are quite rare nowadays. It would almost certainly have its own expansion card and a mini-DIN connector about 1cm across with 9 pins, and it probably has "InPort(TM) Mouse" on the label on the underside. If your mouse has a smaller connector with 5 pins, it's probably actually a PS/2 mouse (regardless of who made it), and uses /dev/psaux and the psaux module. The scond thing you should do is ensure that your BusMouse has an IRQ that is not already in use by another device: both IRQ 4 & 3 are normally used (by ttyS0 and ttyS1 (COM1 and COM2) respectively), and cannot (under Linux) be shared with a bus mouse. If you do have an InPort mouse, the expansion card should have a jumper on it to select the IRQ; the ones I've seen allow you to choose IRQ 5, which is probably free. > Under win95, the ISP has me disable DNS under TCP/IP in the network setup. > I've not yet connected using LINUX, but during a previous Debian I came > "the closest" out of all of the versions attempted. The ISP's one Linux > dude said Debian was the most seemless PPP setup. > > I've followed the ppp-howto under Redhat (which didn't work) but am > wondering about pppconfig under Debian. > > Under the current installation, pppconfig asked about DNS setup and I gave > it a couple of numbers reluctantly provided by my ISP. When the > configuration was done and I attempted to connect, it the modem hung on > login with a loud squealing. I can try again and give the contents of > /var/log/messages if that would help. > If you have an IRQ conflict, it could well be causing you connection problems; I'd get your mouse sorted out first, to ensure you're not conflating two problems. Good luck, John P. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Oh - I - you know - my job is to fear everything." - Bill Gates in Denmark
