Re: cua* vs ttyS*

Anthony Barbachan (barbacha@trill.cis.fordham.edu)
Mon, 10 Aug 1998 22:17:55 -0400


-----Original Message-----
From: Richard B. Johnson <root@chaos.analogic.com>
To: Szabolcs Ban <shooby@kornel.szif.hu>
Cc: Linux Kernel List <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu>
Date: Sunday, August 09, 1998 10:39 PM
Subject: Re: cua* vs ttyS*

>On Sun, 9 Aug 1998, Szabolcs Ban wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I always get error messages, when I switch between X and console.
>> gpm says cua0 is not a good choice to my mouse :]]
>> If I believe at that message, the ttyS0 said me it was buzy by the gpm,
so I
>> couldn't start X.
>> Solution?
>>
>Edit /etc/inittab so it is not trying to use ttyS0 for a 'getty'. Then
>you should be able to use ttyS0 for your serial mouse. Unless you remember
>the magic signal to send init (I don't), you will have to re-boot.
>

init q

>
>Cheers,
>Dick Johnson
> ***** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED *****
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