Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 12:33:07 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Ivan Carey <icarey@bigpond.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: what does psminter mean Message-ID: <20020808113307.GA79874@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> In-Reply-To: <005701c23ecb$adab40c0$0201a8c0@ivan> References: <005701c23ecb$adab40c0$0201a8c0@ivan>
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On Thu, Aug 08, 2002 at 09:06:38PM +1000, Ivan Carey wrote:
> I am using FreeBSD 4.3 and have compiled the Kernel for use as a firewall.
>
> Today I received a series of messages. One of the lines read:
> /kernel: psminter: out of sync (0080 != 0000)
That's a problem with a PS/2 mouse -- either you unplugged the mouse
or you're using a KVM switch which isn't a good as it should be or
your mouse and it's connection to your machine are flaky.
What happens is that the mouse sends data back to the computer as a
sequence of three items -- X position change, Y position change,
button state. Unfortunately if some of those data get lost between
the mouse and the motherboard, the computer can get out of sync and,
say, expect to see the button state when the mouse is actually sending
the X position change. What you're seeing is the system recognising
that has happened and resynchronising itself.
It's not uptime-threatening, but it is annoying and can be problematic
if you're using something mouse dependent. That's quite probably not
the case on a firewall box, so I'd just check that everything is
plugged in securely and keep an eye on the machine over the next
several days to see if the problem recurs.
Cheers,
Matthew
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