pardon me for jumping in, but i have an internal isa modem that is seen
by windows as com3 and linux as ttyS2 and has irq5, com1/2 have irqs
3/4. this is because the modem has jumpers to select io and irq and
installs as a modem attached to a new com port, i have a ps2 mouse that
leave com1 disabled and my pilot hotsyncs via com2 prior to this i had a
serial mouse on com1 all three serial devices operated in harmony with
different irqs, in linux all i had to do was to add a line to a start up
script to set the irq for the modem using setserial, apologies if this
info is not relevant
bascule
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Mark,
> If your mouse is on COM1 and your modem is on COM3 you do have an
> interrupt conflict. Interrupt lines are a function of the motherboard (not
> the operating system as I saw mentioned in another posting), and there are a
> physically limited number of interrupts available on the motherboard, hence
> the sharing.
