Very Computer

Hi.

We're running ODT 2, and have the following scenario:

    . Our own modem card installed on COM1
    . Serial mouse intalled on COM2

When we boot the system, scologin will show up if we have the mouse on COM2
even though we tell SCO its on tty1a.  the mouse is erratic, and we assume
that is because its really screwing around with the our unique modem card.

When we boot the system with the mouse configured on tty2a, no scologin and
obviously no mouse movement.  We do get errors in the /usr/lib/X11/scologin/
Xerrors file to the effect of "open event driver failed"

Anyone have any clues?  This has stumped us now for almost a week :-(

jerry
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More detail!  I can guess a bunch -- you have the SCO serial driver
configured for tty1a (3f8/4) and tty2a (2f8/3)?  You configure the
serial mouse for tty1a and the mouse works (erratically); you configure
it for tty2a and *the same*?  Bizarre.  Does your modem thing on tty1a
work?  How about if you try to read the port, outside of X, while moving
the mouse:

  # hd /dev/tty2a
  [move the mouse a bunch]
  [DEL]
  # hd /dev/tty1a
  [move the mouse a bunch]
  [DEL]

Are you really seeing mouse data on both ports?  If so, you're going to
have to be a lot less vague about "our unique modem card" because it's
clearly doing something tres bizarre...

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