Re: cua* vs ttyS*

Richard B. Johnson (root@chaos.analogic.com)
Sun, 9 Aug 1998 21:13:15 -0400 (EDT)


On Sun, 9 Aug 1998, Szabolcs Ban wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> I always get error messages, when I switch between X and console.
> gpm says cua0 is not a good choice to my mouse :]]
> If I believe at that message, the ttyS0 said me it was buzy by the gpm, so I
> couldn't start X.
> Solution?
>
Edit /etc/inittab so it is not trying to use ttyS0 for a 'getty'. Then
you should be able to use ttyS0 for your serial mouse. Unless you remember
the magic signal to send init (I don't), you will have to re-boot.

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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