Quoting Jeff Sciortino ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > Now I'm trying running with gpm shut down. This seems to be giving me > _much_ higherreliability. I'm not totally comfortable with this > solution, since it seems like the problem should be some sort of > hardware conflict. > > I checked out whether this was X dependent. With gpm up, the serial port > crashes in lynx running from a non-x console too. (though x was still > running on console 7)
How are you combining running X with gpm? Do you use the repeater option -R in gpm combined with the /dev/gpmdata pipe? (which I'd recommend). Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.