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Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 02:35:04 -0400
From: Artin Safari <asafari@orbonline.net>
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Hi Guys,
I just recently installed FreeBSD but I have to disable all the COM 
ports.  As soon as the OS begins probing these ports, the screen goes 
blank, all disk activity stops and after a few seconds, the monitor goes 
into standby mode.

Have you seen anything like this before.  I am dying to get X-Windows 
going but I can't because I cannot install my mouse.

Please help

Artin