Serial Port Crashes (still)

1999-11-15 Thread Jeff Sciortino
I have had a persistent problem ever since I started using debian a few months ago. When I'm doing something with pppd up and moving data ... netscaping, ftping, lynxing, etc. the mouse locks up (well it doesn't stop entirely but acts like it is swamped. There is a long delay before mouse clicks

Re: serial port crashes

1999-11-12 Thread Jeff Sciortino
Thanks for the help. I pulled the computer apart, and the modem (Com2) is set to IRQ 03, the mouse port, which is set in the BIOS (Com1 -> TTYS0) is set to IRQ 04. The boot messages seem to reflect this: Nov 12 16:00:17 debian kernel: Serial driver version 4.13 with no serial options enabled No

Re: serial port crashes

1999-11-12 Thread John Hasler
Jeff Sciortino writes: > There is a long delay before mouse clicks are registered and the cursor > jumps when it does finally decide to move.) and the data I'm trying to > get over the ppp connection stalls. You have almost certainly got your mouse and your modem on the same IRQ. -- John Hasler

serial port crashes

1999-11-12 Thread Jeff Sciortino
I have had a persistent problem ever since I started using debian a few months ago. When I'm doing something with pppd up and moving data ... netscaping, ftping, lynxing, etc. the mouse locks up (well it doesn't stop entirely but acts like it is swamped. There is a long delay before mouse clicks