Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 17:50:47 +0000 (GMT) From: Kiril Mitev <kiril@ideaglobal.com> To: brooks@one-eyed-alien.net (Brooks Davis) Cc: scrappy@hub.org, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: psmintr: out of sync? Message-ID: <199910291750.RAA84818@loki.ideaglobal.com> In-Reply-To: <19991029102934.A21035@orion.ac.hmc.edu> from Brooks Davis at "Oct 29, 1999 10:29:34 am"
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> On Fri, Oct 29, 1999 at 01:51:34PM -0300, The Hermit Hacker wrote: > > > > I just got my boss moved over to FreeBSD from Windows, and we're having a > > terrible time with X and mice ... > > > > She has a PII system, and we've tried both a Logitech Mouseman and > > MicroSoft Inteellimouse...we have her box hooked up through a console > > switch, since, for now, she needs to shre her mouse/monitor/keyboard with > > her old Microsoft machine... > > > > If I reboot the machine and bring up X, no problems...if I switch to > > Microsfot and back again, it starts to generate: > > > > psmintr: out of sync (#### != ####) > > > > error messages ... > > If you have a good smart switch you may be able to reset the mouse and > bring it back into sync. For instance my Black Box switch lets me reset > the mouse with "Ctl Ctl M W" which usually fixes the sync problems. I > believe that serial mice will often resync if you unplug them and then > plug them back in. That won't work with PS/2 mice though (at least I > don't think it will, the last real PS/2s I used would require a power > cycle after pulling the mouse). If your switch can't handle it then > you'll probably have to get a new one. apparently win98 (but not 95) CAN handle a, erm, 'hot mouse swap' ... > > -- Brooks > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > -- Kiril Mitev, IT Operations Mgr, London IDEAglobal.com Standard Corporate Disclaimer applies, see http://www.ideaglobal.com/email-disclaimer.html for details. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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