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Date:      Mon, 24 Jan 2000 08:46:07 -0500
From:      Donn Miller <dmmiller@cvzoom.net>
To:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Moused hanging...
Message-ID:  <388C579F.835E05C0@cvzoom.net>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.20.0001231406440.245-100000@lcm97.cvzoom.net> <200001240503.OAA20809@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp>

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Kazutaka YOKOTA wrote:
 
> What type of mouse is it, PS/2, serial, or USB?  Is the power supply
> in your system big enough?  Is the mouse's cable and connector look
> OK?

Well, it's an ISA bus mouse.  I bought this thing back in 1994.  It's
an IMSI mouse.  I'll bet this stupid thing could last for 5 more
years. :-)

> I cannot immediately see why only the mouse suddenly died, while the
> rest of the system was healthy,

Yeah, I don't know.  It happens extremely rarely.  Maybe it's because
I have an ISA bus mouse.  I suppose I really should be using a PS/2 or
USB mouse.  (BTW, is a PS/2 mouse a type of bus mouse?)

> Please try `kill -HUP' to moused next time.  This will make moused
> reopen the mouse port.

What I did was "killall moused".  Maybe this is where the problem is.

> I never heard this before.  When did you make this kernel?
> Would you tell me the revision number of /sys/dev/syscons/syscons.c
> and /sys/dev/syscons/scmouse.c?

Well, I made the kernel about a couple of d/ays back.  As for the rev
numbers, they're:

1.334 for sys/dev/syscons/syscons.c, and 
1.10 for /sys/dev/syscons/scmouse.c.

I really don't think it's worth messing with too much, as it happens
extremely rarely.  Must be a freak occurence.  I don't think it's
worth pursuing any further, unless other people start complaining of
similar problems.  I'll try kill -HUP next time, and hopefully that
will help...

- Donn


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