on Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 10:16:32AM +0200, Ian Balchin (fables@imaginet.co.za) wrote: > OK, thanks to all the replies (a busy list!). ;-) We were all in withdrawal on Friday's downtime.... > I use a dialup, am waiting for a s/h modem that is coming my way, 28.8 > whatever it was that compaq bought out and shut down. Hmm...28.8 is *really* slow. You should be able to find 56.6 either new or used, I'd strongly recommend it. > I own a bookshop so will work on the buy a book suggestion. Now *that's* convenient. > scpi - command not found, must be in a package that is not loaded scpi? I remember suggesting lspci. That's in a package you may not have installed by default. > Right serial port? /dev/ttyS[0|1] - for sure. there could not be > another combination of mouse protocol & port that I did not try, > but i did select a ps2 at install, so will go for serial mouse > this time > > I am going to do another install which will get the sound card > right, and I can get the error message for the lp switches. It > will also get me the mouse right - i have a serial one to hand > > > Do: > > > > $ cat /proc/pci > > ...and look for something matching your card (this is a virtual > > file that lists devices on the system's PCI bus). > > I find > > Bus 0, device 9, function 0 > VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems Unknown > Device (rev 33) > > Karsten, is the Trident a better bet than the SiS? Sorry, which card is this? Video? Frankly, I don't know. I don't mess with that hardware much. Given your memory config, I'd just forget about it (see below). > I will install it for an install this evening to see if we can run all > the way thru. Am short on memory (16Mb only) and it is the older type > that only rich people can afford now. If you can find more memory (possibly used to save $$), it's going to be worthwhile. Running X on your box isn't going to be a very pleasant experience, you're best leaving it with console only. In which case, the video card really doesn't matter. I'd recommend against trying to buy new memory -- it's simply not worth it at current prices for old memory, you'd be better upgrading the box as a whole. > > > 6. My PS2 mouse does not work on this machine (not in dos either, > > > so maybe the port is broken) so how do I change this to a plain > > > serial mouse? In XF86Setup I cannot get the serial mouse to go > > > with _any_ settings either. > > > > It's a ps2 mouse, on psaux. If nothing else: > > > > $ cat /dev/psaux > > # wiggle the mouse > > cat: /dev/psaux: No such device > > I think the port is dysfunctional. Pity, I found another PS2 mouse > at a fete yesterday, Genius 3-button model, like new for R2.00 > ($0.22) You haven't enabled mouse support. If your mouse has a round connector, either the old or new style PS/2 type, it should be found at /dev/psaux. You might try reading from /dev/ttyS00 and/or /dev/ttyS01. > Have to go, thunder I lightning and the UPS is doing its thing. > > I will tackle the printing problem after a reinstall this evening that > hopefully will see me sound/mouse/video operational. > > New stupid question. I stay out of root (load as tty5 always) unless > necessary. Can I poweroff out of a user account or give myself > permission to do so? <ctrl><alt><del> will do a "shutdown -r now" (reboot), from console. You can also use su or sudo to get root access to shut the system down. I use sudo. > Thanks a lot, will be back. De nada. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Home of the brave http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ Land of the free Free Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html
Attachment:
pgpmIDHHPBmZc.pgp
Description: PGP signature