jeffrey@sci.ccny.cuny.edu (Jeffrey L Bromberger) (01/03/91)
Here's something else to think about. Running 3.51 (Yeah, I know :-)
with an ethernet card. When the machine boots, it comes up like
usual. But here's the twist - if, instead of logging in, you move the
mouse, strange characters come out! In fact, I can't see the mouse
pointer anywhere. Button presses give things like hf, if, gf. Moving
the mouse prints out letters interspersed with 'f's. The problem goes
away when you press return. The /etc/lddrv/drivers file has the
drivers listed in this order:
lipc
xt
ate
cmb
ether
kbd
Is this the mysterious "Load the Ether First" syndrome in a different
incarnation?
Thanks in advance!
j
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Jeffrey L. Bromberger
System Operator---City College of New York---Science Computing Facility
jeffrey@sci.ccny.cuny.edu jeffrey@ccnysci.BITNET
Anywhere!{cmcl2,philabs,phri}!ccnysci!jeffreybruce@balilly.UUCP (Bruce Lilly) (01/05/91)
In article <1991Jan3.155117.20389@sci.ccny.cuny.edu> jeffrey@sci.ccny.cuny.edu (Jeffrey L Bromberger) writes: > >Here's something else to think about. Running 3.51 (Yeah, I know :-) >with an ethernet card. When the machine boots, it comes up like >usual. But here's the twist - if, instead of logging in, you move the >mouse, strange characters come out! In fact, I can't see the mouse >pointer anywhere. Button presses give things like hf, if, gf. Moving >the mouse prints out letters interspersed with 'f's. The problem goes >away when you press return. The /etc/lddrv/drivers file has the >drivers listed in this order: > lipc > xt > ate > cmb > ether > kbd > >Is this the mysterious "Load the Ether First" syndrome in a different >incarnation? Never heard of that one. I have ether loaded on 3 machines, never saw this problem -- but I use nipc (enhanced IPC) rather than lipc. (currently rumming 3.51m, so no kbd either, but I had had no problems with this under 3.51) contents of /etc/lddrv/drivers: nipc xt ether cmb vid rom dup Thanks to those who posted the vid, rom, and dup drivers! output from running /etc/lddrv/lddrv -s: DEVNAME ID BLK CHAR LINE SIZE ADDR FLAGS wind 0 -1 7 -1 0x9000 0x4d000 ALLOC BOUND nipc 1 -1 -1 -1 0x7000 0x56000 ALLOC BOUND xt 2 -1 9 1 0x3000 0x5d000 ALLOC BOUND ether 3 -1 10 -1 0x13000 0x360000 ALLOC BOUND cmb 4 -1 -1 -1 0x3000 0x37c000 ALLOC BOUND vid 5 -1 14 -1 0x1000 0x37f000 ALLOC BOUND rom 6 -1 15 -1 0x1000 0x3de000 ALLOC BOUND dup 7 -1 18 -1 0x1000 0x3df000 ALLOC BOUND I don't use the ate driver either (it never seemed worth the trouble). Try (1) changing to nipc, (2) remove ate, unless you absolutely, positively must have it, in which case move it to the end, (3) put cmb after ether. Hope this helps. -- Bruce Lilly blilly!balilly!bruce@sonyd1.Broadcast.Sony.COM