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Miroslav Skoric wrote:
> Ray Olszewski wrote:
>
> > What "comport" (in Linux terms, /dev/ttyS*) is your mouse on? Your modem?
> > More specifically, what are the IRQs and IO bases, and how do you determine
> > what they are (does the BIOS report them at boot time? does dmesg list them
> > as found by a kernel probe? are you relying on info from a prior WinXX
> > install? something else?)?
> >
>
> Hi Ray and the group,
>
> I have managed to make the proper setup of my mouse and modem. I just copied the
> same IRQs and IO bases from my WinNT setup on the other partition, so now both
> modem (/tty2, 0x3e8) and mouse (/tty1, 0x2f8) work. Tnx for the help.
>
> >
> > As regards your modem, is it internal or external? If internal, do you KNOW
> > that it is compatible with Linux (i.e., not a DSP modem, aka Winmodem)? From
> > what you say, this isn't your immediate problem, but it's a question that
> > always needs to be raised with internal modem configuration postings, even
> > ones that seem to occur for some other reason.
>
> Modem is internal one, Zoltrix FM-VSP336I and I got it working now. But I am not
> quite sure about the best Linux modem setup (Hayes or Rockwell or some other
> choice from the Linux setup? There is no "Zoltrix" choice there :-))
>
> >
> >
> > If you have an Ethernet card, is it possible that the IRQ it uses conflicts
> > with one of the serial ports? (Check /dev/interrupts to tell.) Is your
> > system using PnP to configure serial devices? If so, are you sure they are
> > being configured to where you intend?
>
> Yes I have an Ethernet card, UMC 9008 PnP, and I made it using IRQ5 and 0x240
> address (like in WinNT setup). Seems that Linux accepted that.
>
> >
> >
> > I'm only slightly familiar with Caldera, and my impression is that there
> > isn't much Caldera-specific expertise on this list, but with this info, I or
> > someone might be able to help you based on standard Linux config capabilities.
> >
>
> Now I have other problems. I tried to use Caldera's internet options: a
> communication terminal package and Netscape. So, I can connect my ISP and log in
> with the terminal package ok, but I don't know where is the place to make tcpip
> configuration (DNS, gateway etc like in WinXX), because I don't know how to use
> Netscape after the connection is in place. Any suggestion?
>
> The next thing is to use my 17" monitor Samsung SyncMaster 700p and S3Virge video
> card. I went so far until now, to get 1024x768 resolution, but the visible part of
> XWindows is only cca 75% large of the monitor capabilities. I am not sure if it is
> possible to download some up-to-date drivers in order to make better setup for the
> video sub-system (monitor and/or card)?
>
> Miroslav Skoric
