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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!sgiblab!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!destroyer!uunet!mcsun!chsun!hslrswi!aut!nbladt From: nbladt@autelca.ascom.ch (Norbert Bladt) Subject: Re: Starting XFree861.1 Message-ID: <1992Oct14.121140.28035@autelca.ascom.ch> Organization: Ascom Autelca AG, Guemligen, Switzerland References: <Bvsr9F.CFv@cosy.sbg.ac.at> <1992Oct10.100501.11881@gagetalker.com> Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 12:11:40 GMT Lines: 51 scotty@gagetalker.com (Scott Turner) writes: >In article <Bvsr9F.CFv@cosy.sbg.ac.at> peter@wiesel.cosy.sbg.ac.at (Peter >Burgstaller) writes: >|> Then I started xinit (also startx) then I got the following >|> Message! >|> [ XFree86 starting problem deleted - NB.] >Ah, know it well, spent _hours_ on this one myself. It's >probably yer mouse. I've got the patched kernel (beta-1) and >re-mknod'd my serial ports and I wound up having to use com2 >to get to com1. :) Of course that was _AFTER_ I figured out >I wasn't supposed to be using tty0! Too many hours on the >commercial unixes... [ some text deleted - NB. ] After reading this (and the README file which came with the patchkit) I think I need some help with the setup of the com-ports after applying all the patches in the patchkit. The information part for the com-port patch (select and re-numbering the ports) just contains: "You have to re-mknod your com ports" This text without instructions how to do it, is a very useful hint, but is not enough for me. I have 2 com-ports installed on my system but never used one. However, I will try to compile X11R5, apply the diff's for XFree86-1.1, etc. and will want to use my mouse on one of those com-ports for X. Now, if I do have to re-mknod my com-ports how would I do it (I know how it works and which program to call, though) ? I saw that there was no new "/dev/MAKEDEV" in the patch. So, unless the major or minor device-numbers didn't change, I don't need to do new mknod's, right ? It all burns down to the simple questions: What are the major / minor device numbers for the "new" com-ports ? or in other words: Are the major numbers the same (I guess so) or what are they ? Are the minor numbers 0 for com1, 1 for com2, etc. ? If somebody can tell me (and other new users of XFree86) what do to exactly AFTER you have applied the patches, I am sure, it will save some troubles. Thanks in advance, Norbert. -- Norbert Bladt, Ascom Autelca AG, Worbstr. 201, CH-3073 Guemligen, Switzerland Phone: +41 31 999 65 52 FAX: +41 31 999 65 44 Mail: nbladt@autelca.ascom.ch UUCP: ..!uunet!mcsun!chsun!hslrswi!aut!nbladt