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From: bing@galbp.LBP.HARRIS.COM (Bing Bang)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Incompatibility with MS Mouse (?)
Message-ID: <1873@galbp.LBP.HARRIS.COM>
Date: Mon, 19-Oct-87 10:56:32 EDT
Article-I.D.: galbp.1873
Posted: Mon Oct 19 10:56:32 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 20-Oct-87 02:49:13 EDT
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Reply-To: bing@galbp.UUCP (Bing Bang)
Organization: Harris/Lanier, Atlanta, GA
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i had this problem with my mouse before i made my com port drivers.
the problem is very simple; the mouse being connected to a serial port,
gives off com port interrupts 11 or 12 and since minix does not have a
handler for these interrupts, they produce the generic error about
unknown interrupts. several solutions:

mask off the com port interrupts in the 8259 initialization,
or disconnect the mouse before booting minix


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