From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Oct 24 15: 3:22 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from downstairs.conyers.net (cr419806-a.wlfdle1.on.wave.home.com [24.42.55.97]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BAF6837B479 for ; Tue, 24 Oct 2000 15:03:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from home.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by downstairs.conyers.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA67355; Tue, 24 Oct 2000 18:03:17 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from pnmurphy@home.com) Message-ID: <39F60725.E24462F3@home.com> Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 18:03:17 -0400 From: Paul Murphy X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 4.1-RELEASE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: "Corey G." , Graham Wheeler , Randy Primeaux Subject: Re: ps2 mouse errors (solution) References: <200008182038.NAA10998@relay.ultimanet.com> <39A0E829.B183E24C@cequrux.com> <20001024003206.C35579@flashcom.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG "Corey G." wrote: > > I installed three new installations of FreeBSD 4.1.1 in the last 8 days. > All three systems entirely different. One system with a Logitech 3 > button mouse, one with a Microsoft 2 button and another off brand 2 > button mouse. All three machines have seen the psmintr: out of sync > error. Each machine needed to be rebooted to alleviate the problem. ^^^^^^^^ One recommedation for a bandaid solution it to switch to another virtual terminal (Alt-Shft-Fx) and then switch back. [this works for me]. Another fix that I have read [that doesn't seem to work for me] is press a mouse button without moving the mouse. [mouse=Logitech Trackball with Wheel] -- P. Murphy Home: Lat 43.5584 Long -79.6502 Work: Lat 43.4277 Long -79.7077 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message