Date: Fri, 2 May 2003 06:49:29 +0200 From: Martin Kruse Jensen <loproc@loproc.dk> To: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Mouse problems Message-ID: <1051850969.3eb1f8d9c5c34@192.168.0.2> In-Reply-To: <20030502024335.GC63209@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <1051816899.3eb173c3ef44a@192.168.0.2> <Pine.LNX.4.44.0305011700220.22941-100000@janeway.vonbek.dhs.org> <1051816899.3eb173c3ef44a@192.168.0.2> <20030501210042.GC1314@wuRstmensch.home.de> <1051816899.3eb173c3ef44a@192.168.0.2> <001901c3101e$afbe8d70$ca0110ac@vinyl.tkvbp.com> <1051816899.3eb173c3ef44a@192.168.0.2> <20030502024335.GC63209@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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Citat Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org>: > On Thursday, 1 May 2003 at 21:21:39 +0200, Martin Kruse Jensen wrote: > > Hi there, > > > > I have some problems with my mouse; When I move it in console, I get a lot > of > > messages like the following: > > > > May 1 21:12:41 ws /kernel: psmintr: out of sync (0028 != 00c8). > > May 1 21:12:41 ws /kernel: psmintr: discard a byte (1). > > May 1 21:12:41 ws /kernel: psmintr: out of sync (0000 != 00c8). > > May 1 21:12:41 ws /kernel: psmintr: discard a byte (2). > > May 1 21:12:41 ws /kernel: psmintr: out of sync (00e8 != 00c8). > > May 1 21:12:41 ws /kernel: psmintr: discard a byte (3). > > > > When I try to run X the mouse jumps to the top right corner. Anyone > > know how to fix this? > > That depends on which version of FreeBSD you're running. On earlier > versions you had to reboot. More recent versions can recover by > themselves. In case of doubt, stop X and restart it. I'm running FreeBSD 4.8 but the problem is in the console as well as X. The mouse is a PS/2 Logitech Cordless Mouseman Optical. > > This normally happens when you lose a number of interrupts, either > because the system is overloaded or because you disconnected the > mouse. In the latter case, "don't do that, then". In the former > case, if you find the mouse is reacting very sluggishly, usually an > indication of heavy interrupt load, don't use it until the interrupt > load drops a bit. The machine has been running overnight now, and the problem persists. The machine is currently running no ressource demanding services, so load ought to be pretty low. > > On Thursday, 1 May 2003 at 17:01:49 -0400, John Bleichert wrote: > > On Thu, 1 May 2003, Martin Kruse Jensen wrote: > > <snip> > >> > >> When I try to run X the mouse jumps to the top right corner. Anyone know > how to > >> fix this? > > > > I've had this happen if the frequencies chosen for my monitor in > > xf86config are not exactly correct. > > Was it also the night before the full moon? There are all sorts of > coincidences. But the monitor frequency doesn't have anything to do > with this problem. > > Greg > -- > When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. > If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. > For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html > See complete headers for address and phone numbers >
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