PATRICK DAHIROC wrote: > But I'm still puzzled by devices for starter when I boot up Linux I get > the message: > ... > /dev/ttyS0 at 0x03f8 (irq=4) is a 16550A > /dev/ttyS1 at ?x???? (irq=3) is a 16550A > ... > I believe 16550A is a type of modem right? But a couple of lines after > this messages comes: > ... > Starting mouse interface server: gpm -m /dev/ttySO -t bare > ... > I have a PS/2 mouse how come it needs a serial driver? Are PS/2 > devices and serial devices the same (My mouse works fine). And if > /dev/ttyS0 is a modem why is the mouse using this device? Can someone > make any sense of these?
The 16650 is an UART chip, it drives the serial port hardware (it is the serial port in a sense.) "gpm -m /dev/ttySO -t bare" would be wrong in any case. ^ If it is a ttyS0 instead of ttySO then that means that gpm is listening to the first serial port. If you use a PS/2 mouse then it will probably hear not much there. Set it to listen to /dev/psaux and it will listen to the PS/2 port. The script you would have to edit is /etc/init.d/gpm, but running `gpmconfig` would be just fine as well. `man gpm` is your friend and /usr/doc/gpm has the general documentation to gpm. Joost > > Thanks > Patrick > > P.S. Can you recommend a good book on writing bash shell scripts. > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .