still trying to fix install (fwd)

[Mitch Petenaude]

On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 01:02:23PM -0800, troy wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 12:45:07AM -0800, Lorie Obal wrote:
> > 
> > I've been trouble shooting a dead mouse since 6.2 upgrade (unfortunately
> > done after new board installed and I didn't test old version w/new board)
> > 
> > I've tried mouseconfig for coms 1,3,4 (I know the modem is on 2) and no
> > response in xwin.
> 
> Try this:
> # rm -f /dev/mouse; ln -s /dev/ttyS1 /dev/mouse

/dev/ttyS1 is com2, which she said was the modem, so that's bad. 
Maybe /dev/ttyS0 (com1), or /dev/psaux (ps/2 mouse port).

What is /dev/mouse linked to now?  What are the major and minor device
numbers if it isn't a symlink?
(if you don't know what that means, then just paste the output of

   ls -l /dev/mouse

into a message here.
 
> > I am also unable to dial up from that box with /sbin/ifup ppp0 (worked
> > before new upgrade & board OK).  I get:
> > tty_io.c: process 854(pppd) used obsolete /dev/eval -update software to
> > use /dev/ttyso/  and so on repeating with new process #'s on each try.

Maybe you mean /dev/ttyS0?  but if the modem is on com2 (in dos/Win) then
you should use /dev/ttyS1.  Check the file 
   /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ppp0 
to see what it lists as the modem port.

Hope get can get it working.....
    --- Mitch