Subject: Re: Followup.. Re: Stripped down kernel for install?
To: Simon Burge <simonb@telstra.com.au>
From: Daniel Kosack <kosack@bigdog.fred.net>
List: port-pmax
Date: 07/29/1997 20:53:52
On Tue, 29 Jul 1997, Simon Burge wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Jul 1997 23:14:13 -0400 (EDT) "Daniel S. Kosack" wrote:
>
> >
> > The mouse port on my DS3100 appears faulty (tested the mouse on a
> > VAXstation 2000). The kernel is hanging looking for a mouse that isn't
> > there. I think I'll go ahead and try poking about to kludge a working
> > kernel together with mouse support disabled once I get the working DS3100.
>
> I should have remembered this sooner. If you want to use a serial
> console, then the following little tidbit works perfectly for us.
No no, I understand that you needa mouse. I had a mouse plugged in.
What I'm saying is, the ACTUAL MOUSE PORT on the computer is bad. The
loopback connecter didn't work, and I plugged the hockey puck mouse I had
on the DS3100 into a VS2000 and it worked just fine.
Dan Kosack
kosack@fred.net