Modem + setserial + minicom problems
Hi DebianUsers, I have installed slink on my 486 last night..The kernel can't recognize the modem. When I ran minicom, all it says is Serial operation not supported by ttyS3. The modem is jumper configured for ttyS3. If I do a setserial -a ttyS3, I get the same reply.. Can some one figure out a solution. This is my third time installing DEbian. The first 2 times, I didn't have this problem and I was using the same modem then as now..Also, then at boot time, the kernel would give a message like: Configuring serial ports.. ttyS0 is a xxx UART ttyS1 is a ..xxx UART ttyS2 is a.. xxx UART ttyS3 is a .. xxx UART But I don't get this massage any more..All I get is Configuring serial ports...done Also when I do a minicom -s, it shows ttyS3 as the serial device. I did a ls /dev/ttyS* All the ttyS* are dial out or so ls tells me.. Please, please help me.. Thanks so much. Michelle -- Michelle Maria Coelho Department of Computer and Information Science Purdue School of Science Phone: 1-317-278-2948 Fax : 1-317-274-9742
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-- Michelle Maria Coelho Department of Computer and Information Science Purdue School of Science Phone: 1-317-278-2948 Fax : 1-317-274-9742 ---BeginMessage--- Hello Rod, I changed the protocol but now the mouse moves in the same column. But atleast this time, I get the menu when I left click. Should I try with a different window manager? Person, Roderick wrote: The first thing I think you should do is reconfigure your xserver using PS/2 as the protocal, just because it a microsoft mouse doesn't mean it's microsoft protocal. With your window manager being twm all you should get is a checkered screen on the inital start up. twm is VERY basic. After the mouse is working, I think you should start getting results. Left mouse button brings up the menu. Good luck Rod -Original Message- From: Michelle Coelho [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 17, 1999 3:04 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Configuring X server I installed the following: twm xf86setup xfree86-common xserver-vga16 xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi zlib6g xterm xbase-clients xfonts-scalable xserver-common xfonts-base xserver-svga xdm I have the following: Video adapter VGA Monitor VGA color Video Memory: 0kb VGA chipset: Western Digital My mouse is Microsoft, so I guess the name is /dev/psaux (it's PS/2 compatible). It's a 2 button mouse. So I configured the Xserver like this: Mouse protocol: Microsoft Mouse device: /dev/psaux Emulate3buttons enabled Resolution Medium (default) Button 3 (default) Sample rate : 0 (default) Emulate3timeout 50 (default) I don't have a video card, so the card selected was none. Then I commited the changes, and ran the server using startx. But the mouse only seems to remain in the first row, and even then moves very fast..it seems to be too sensitive. Also the menu barely pops up. All I get is a fine checkered screen with a cross signifying the mouse pointer. And when I click on any of the buttons, I don't get anything, no arrow, no menu, nothing.. I thought this may be of help in diagnosing the problem: I get the following warning: /dev/psaux unable to get status of mouse fd (Inappropriate ioctl for device) Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks. Michelle Maria Coelho Department of Computer and Information Science Purdue School of Science Phone: 1-317-278-2948 Fax : 1-317-274-9742 -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Michelle Maria Coelho Department of Computer and Information Science Purdue School of Science Phone: 1-317-278-2948 Fax : 1-317-274-9742 ---End Message---
Re: CDROM Installation problems
jean-Yves BARBIER wrote: Michelle Coelho wrote: Yes, the hard disk is auto-recognized by the BIOS when it it alone. So, now, check the manual about the CD-ROM jumpers (don't you have secondaries IDE I/F?, check in the bios setup) JY -- I bought the CDROm from an auction. The seller did not provide the manual. There is just one IDE drive. -- Michelle Maria Coelho Department of Computer and Information Science Purdue School of Science Phone: 1-317-278-2948 Fax : 1-317-274-9742
Re: Partitioning hard disk
Thank you for the prompt replies. I'll try what you said and I think it will work. I decided to split the swap among the disks because the Howto on Partitonioning a Hard Disk suggested this. I guess since I'll be the only user, I needn't have a /home partition. Are any other partitions besides / and /usr needed in my situation? Thanks. Michelle On Sat, May 15, 1999 at 05:33:01PM -0500, Michelle Maria Coelho wrote: snip.../snip This is how I plan to partitiion the disks: /hda1 40MB swap hda2 8MB /usr hda3 68MB swap hdb1 8MB /usr hdb2 250MB where hda is the 116MB disk and hdb is the 258MB disk. Will the above configuration work..and can I split /usr across 2 partitions or will X complain? Thanks, Michelle -- Michelle Maria Coelho Department of Computer and Information Science Purdue School of Science Phone: 1-317-278-2948 Fax : 1-317-274-9742
Re: Minimal requirements for xwindows and slave hard disk installation
I installed these packages, and then ran XF86Setup. After that I ran startx, all I got was a checkered (very fine checks) screen..No menu bar, etc..Also, my mouse seems only to remain in row 1. What could be the problem. Also, I did the installation for the latest version odf Debian as of December last year. So maybe, the version are incompatible. Also, would you know if the latest Debian kernel come with ppp support? Cause when I installed it on another disk it and did pon (after configuring appropriately) it complained that ppp support was not enabled for the kernel. Thanks. Michelle Branden Robinson wrote: You might appreciate the X reorganization that took place for slink, then -- one of its advantages is the ability to strip X down a lot more than you used to. You'll need: xfree86-common xserver-common xserver-vga16 (only if you want to use the XF86Setup tool) xf86setup (only if you want to use it) xserver-something> (probably xserver-svga, but this depends on the video card) xlib6g xbase-clients xfonts-base xfonts-75dpi xfonts-scaled (maybe) xterm (or some other X terminal emulator, like rxvt -- which is smaller) twm (or some other window manager, like fvwm) I think that should do it. If I forgot something, apt should haul it in for you. If you decide to use XF86Setup, you can remove it and xserver-vga16 once you have configured the X server. This may look like a long list of packages, but the old X arrangement required xbase, and xbase had a *lot* of stuff in it. I do suggest, however, moving your entire /usr over to the new drive. Debian does not support, for instance, /usr/bin on one disk partition and /usr/X11R6 on another. (It's an issue of symbolic links mandated in the Policy Manual.) -- G. Branden Robinson | "Why do we have to hide from the police, Debian GNU/Linux | Daddy?" [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "Because we use vi, son. They use cartoon.ecn.purdue.edu/~branden/ | emacs." Part 1.2 Type: application/pgp-signature -- Michelle Maria Coelho Department of Computer and Information Science Purdue School of Science Phone: 1-317-278-2948 Fax : 1-317-274-9742
Partitioning hard disk
Hi, I read your FAQ and so I was wondering if you (or anyone elae out there) could help me: I have 2 disks: 1) 116 MB 8 heads, 762 cylinders, 39 sectors per track 2) 258MB 14 heads, 944 cylinders, 40 sectors per track 16MB of RAM Debian Linux version 2 is the only operating system I plan to install. I want to use my PC solely for dialing into my university (ISP) and working from there. I also want to have the minimal X11 system. I want to install an Internet browser and maybe a few games. I will be the sole user. It's a 486SX processor. This is how I plan to partitiion the disks: /hda1 40MB swap hda2 8MB /usr hda3 68MB swap hdb1 8MB /usr hdb2 250MB where hda is the 116MB disk and hdb is the 258MB disk. Will the above configuration work..and can I split /usr across 2 partitions or will X complain? Thanks, Michelle -- Michelle Maria Coelho Department of Computer and Information Science Purdue School of Science Phone: 1-317-278-2948 Fax : 1-317-274-9742
How do I load CDRom driver?
Hi, I read your article on command-line arguments at boot time and I was wondering if you or anyone else out there could perhaps help me out since you seem to be in the know of this.. I have installed Debian Linux Version 2.x from floppies. I had no CDRom Drive at the time of installing. I bought a Matsushita IDE CDRom. How do I go about telling the kernel about it. I tried this, I don't know if it's the right thing to do: I ran modconf at root, and loaded cdrom module (Common utilities for CDRom drivers. Loaded automatically). So, now how do I access the CDRom drive? Is it /dev/? Thanks, Michelle -- Michelle Maria Coelho Department of Computer and Information Science Purdue School of Science Phone: 1-317-278-2948 Fax : 1-317-274-9742
PPP and mouse
Hi... Yesterday, I downloeaded the Debian Linux installation kit on floppies and installed it on my 486 at home. It was a breeze. However, there was one problem. At the time of installation, I hadn't plugged in the mouse (a Microsoft PS/2 serial mouse). I'm wondering if the plugging in of the mouse was crucial to the stage Configure device drivers. Will I have problems while installing XFree86 All I wish to use this PC for is dialling up to my university and working remotely. I have not purchased a modem yet. Could someone please tell me a)what kind of modem I should buy b)how to configure it *I do not have a DOS partition on my hard disk. I only have a Linux native and a Linux Swap partition* c)how to configure PPP support. All I have installed right now is just the base system. I have just 116Mb on my hard disk and 16Mb of RAM. So I set aside 100MB for the Primary Linux Partition and 16Mb for the swap. I'm wondering if I'll have enough memory to install the bare XWindows system. Michelle Maria Coelho Department of Computer and Information Science Purdue School of Science Phone: 1-317-278-2948 Fax : 1-317-274-9742
