Date: Fri, 6 Mar 1998 19:11:34 -0500 (EST) From: Glen W Mann <gmann@itw.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New Pentium - sio0 (and mouse) not found Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980306190416.180A-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980305133400.24493M-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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On Thu, 5 Mar 1998, Doug White wrote: > On Tue, 3 Mar 1998, Glen W Mann wrote: > > > Summore: The mouse is on COM1. If I remove my modem, which is on COM2, > > Freebsd finds both ports and the mouse works. The modem is somehow > > preventing COM1 from being accessed. I'm lost. What could cause this? > > With the PC I got a plug and play modem. Freebsd doesn't seem to find > > this, though I haven't really looked into it. Is pnp supported? BTW the > > motherboard does have a PS/2 port but its not connected. > > See if you can force the modem to use COM2 by jumpers. PnP will be > officially supported in 2.2.6, in the meantime there are patches on the > 2.2.5 CD. > > Plug&pray modems bite :( > Do you think USB will be better? I suppose that PnP doesn't work well is a known fact. Anyway I rearranged the COM ports - I have mouse on COM2 and modem (not PnP) on COM1. I still wouldn't mind a guess as to why I could not do the reverse (mouse on COM1, modem on COM2). Could this be a BIOS bug or defective motherboard? I've finally figured out the MB manufacturer - PCChips model M571. Hope Windoze NT can deal with this (sort of). Thanks -Glen Mann, a Shredd. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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