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Re: [LI] Modem Problems



Hi
Did you change the symbolic link /dev/mouse to /dev/ttyS1 ??

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>        People familiar with me will know that my modem was not working
>under Linux. Well it's working now. But the solution is illogical to my
>mind. I have 2 nine pin serial ports. My modem came with the y cable so
that
>it would attach to any port. I had my mouse on com1 & modem on com2. Both
>working fine under Windows. So just as an experiment I switched them under
>Linux. My modem on com1 & mouse on com2. Miraculously the modem started
>functioning but my mouse would not. My mouse is also a serial mouse. This
>logic I do not understand. If it works on Com1, why not on Com2. Why should
>it function perfectly under Windows?
>
>        Now after reconfiguring X for the mouse, whenever I start X it
>hangs.
>
>So what's going on.
>Ciao People.
>
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