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keesan2 AT cyberspace.org wrote:
> 
> > as long as X thinks the mouse is on com1, nothing else 
> > should go on that port.
> 
> But if I am not using X I can plug the camera into that port.

You can use a port for two different things (at different
times), but it is easy to forget what you are doing.  For
example, you can put a getty on a com port and then a few
months later put a mouse on the same port.  :-) 

> Pkgtool, View bin:  only file it installed is /usr/bin/indent.

That is the first file in the bin.tgz package.  There
are lots more after it.

Cheers,
Steven