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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA6291 ; Thu, 07 Jan 93 17:13:14 EST Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!sgiblab!sgigate!olivea!charnel!rat!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!The-Star.honeywell.com!umn.edu!noc.msc.net!uc.msc.edu!raistlin!shamash!runyon.cim.cdc.com!pbd From: pbd@runyon.cim.cdc.com (Paul Dokas) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: XFree86 mouse problems solved Message-ID: <51150@shamash.cdc.com> Date: 8 Jan 93 21:32:52 GMT Sender: usenet@shamash.cdc.com Organization: ICEM Systems, Inc. Lines: 27 The problems that I was having with X turned out to be in the hardware. The serial ports on my IDE-IO (ide, fd, 2s 1p 1g) card are useless (no surprise here :-| ) So I'm now down to 2 serial ports (a mouse and a terminal), but I need 3 (I've got a modem). I've got a simple dual serial card (a 16450 and a 16550 on board), but I'm considering getting another. But I've got a few questions first. Does anyone know if the default com driver will handle shared IRQs for serial ports? For example, will the following work: device com1 at isa? port "IO_COM1" tty irq 4 vector comintr device com2 at isa? port "IO_COM2" tty irq 3 vector comintr device com3 at isa? port 0x3e8 tty irq 4 vector comintr device com4 at isa? port 0x2e8 tty irq 3 vector comintr com1 and com3 share IRQ 4 and com2 and com4 share IRQ 3. Where com1 and com2 are on one board and com3 and com4 are on another. If this won't work, then can someone recommend a multi-port serial card. -- #include <std.disclaimer> #define FULL_NAME "Paul Dokas" #define EMAIL "pbd@runyon.cim.cdc.com" /* Just remember, you *WILL* die someday. */