Hi all :)
I'm YALN (yet another Linux newbie) with a question that may sound silly
to some :) I installed TurboLinux 3.40 today, and everything went through
smoothly....TL has a configuration program for X (turboxcfg) and I used
that during installation, and it reported everything ok, then went into
test mode and everything was working, including my Microsoft (they should
stick to making hardware, they are good at it...but only at it :) serial
mouse. Once the install is done, and I get to finally boot into Linux, I
startx and everything goes well until I try to move the mouse....it's as if
it were dead. During turboxcfg I told this thing that the mouse was a
serial mouse in port 1. I *think* I know what the problem is, but have no
clue as of how to fix it. I have a Motorola Voice Surfer 56k (internal),
and that one uses (at least in windoze) COM3...and I seem to remember from
the old DOS days that COM 1 and 3 share the same IRQ or some other
thing...so...my question is...how the %*&^ do I get them to work
together? I really wanna move from windoze to Linux, but I need X to work
if I want to do that, cause this computer is used by my brother at times
too, and medical doctors have never been known for their computer abilities :)
Thanks in advance for any help
Arioshi ba :)
Vox
"Vox populi, Vox Dei"
Pain is the gift of the gods...and I'm the one they chose as their
messenger....
