RE: ttyS0,problem(and rant)

From: arnold@ucvonline.com
Date: Mon Jan 29 2001 - 03:47:40 CET


um... can you help me, where can i start for the "logitech's mouse" research ?? cause, my knowledge about linux's hardware compatibilty is very little...
I very realy want to solve this problem.
thanks anyway.

Regrads,
arnold
On Sun, 28 January 2001, "Bob Romprey" wrote:

>
> Many Logitech mice use the "Microsoft" protocol, although I can't say for certain with your mouse.
> In this case I'd think you might be the best person to discover how to get your mouse running, and then left the rest of the group know.
>
> As far as the "winmodems" (whine-modems) go, as long as people keep buying these things, companies will keep trying to foist them off on unknowledgable customers(as knowledgable customers avoid these like a plague, which they are)..they're cheap to manufacture.....if there is no demand for them companies will, without hesitation, stop manufacturing them.
>
> Being actively involved in the "Let's switch the world over to Linux"campaign, the biggest battle to be won is not the battle over the "preinstalled" windoze on factory built computers.
> But rather, it's a battle with hardware manufacturers.
> This battle being simply:
> X Company complains that the cost of that "commercial operating system" keeps prices up, but yet at the same time, in these companies infinate wisdom, and in an attempt to keep prices down, they choose to install substandard hardware supported only by the very plague(windoze) that's keeping prices up.
> Thus continuing the current stranglehold.........at users expense.
>
> winsor
>
> >Reply-To: mulinux@sunsite.dk
> >Date: 27 Jan 2001 02:04:46 -0800
> >To: mulinux@sunsite.dk
> >From: arnold@ucvonline.com
> >Subject: RE: ttyS0, ttyS1, ttyS2's problem
> >
> >On Fri, 26 January 2001, "Bob Romprey" wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Did you specify
> >> ttyS0
> >> or
> >> /dev/ttyS0
> >> ???
> >> /dev/ttyS0 is actually the path to the location/name of the file that's used for "com1" under dos
> >> As linux treats devices as just another file to be read or written to, you must specify /dev/ttyS0 to tell configuration that your mouse is on com1 (dos)
> >> Hope this helps
> >>
> >> winsor
> >>
> >hmmmm.... n then do you know how to configure my logitech mouse ?? cause that problem always comes if i configure from "setup -f port"
> >thanks a lot...
> >
> >ARNOLD
> >> >Reply-To: mulinux@sunsite.dk
> >> >Date: 25 Jan 2001 23:42:05 -0800
> >> >To: mulinux@sunsite.dk
> >> >From: arnold@ucvonline.com
> >> >Subject: ttyS0, ttyS1, ttyS2's problem
> >> >
> >> >dear all,
> >> >
> >> >I'm still not understand about this problem, when I was triying to configure port ( setup -f port ), then there was a problem like this :
> >> >
> >> >ttyS0 : no such device
> >> >ttyS1 : no such device
> >> >
> >> >thanks,
> >> >arnold
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
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