From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 14 15:03:33 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA17276 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 14 Mar 1997 15:03:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from who.cdrom.com (who.cdrom.com [204.216.27.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA17270 for ; Fri, 14 Mar 1997 15:03:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by who.cdrom.com (8.8.5/8.6.11) with ESMTP id PAA18345 for ; Fri, 14 Mar 1997 15:03:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id PAA03803; Fri, 14 Mar 1997 15:00:19 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 15:00:19 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Pedro Vapi cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: My dear sio1 (COM2) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 14 Mar 1997, Pedro Vapi wrote: > > YES! They conflict! Either change the modem or the BIOS to use another > > port. > > > > > I have removed the modem, but it still says it doesn't exists... > > > > Have you checked your BIOS settings? > > Yes... and you know what? I have an option for Serial Port 2. The option > for that is, Auto, disable, [...], 2F8,[...] > When i remember to see my bios (after send my mail) i noticed that that > option was DISABLE!!!! > So I changed it to 2F8h > You know what happen?? When I started FreeBSD or DOS and don't use sio1, > no trouble happen, and BIOS keeps unchanged. When i used my sio1 (i tried > to put my mouse there) THE BIOS CHANGE!!!! It automatically changes to > DISABLE!!! I suspect that it is the marvelous PnP... > Doug: thx for ur sugestion but, pleazzzzz, does you have any other > sugestion??? Hm, another cranky Phoenix bios I bet. :( I am really beginning to hate that bios, and PnP in general. These are the IBM PC settings for the first two serial ports, COM1 and COM2. sio0 at 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 on isa sio0: type 16550A sio1 at 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa sio1: type 16550A SO here's how I understand how you want to connect things using DOS terminology, since that's what this stuff is built for. COM1: modem COM2: mouse I guess you should set your BIOS as follows: Serial Port 1: 2f8, irq 3 Serial Port 2: Disabled Plug your mouse into the external port marked Serial Port 1. Save your changes, then quit. Make sure you save them, otherwise they'll have no effect. > Damn... i can't believe i have to change my board... Maybe not, we'll play with it a bit... Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major