Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 17:35:19 -0500 From: Paul Murphy <pnmurphy@cogeco.ca> To: FreeBSD Hardware <freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Rob Zietlow <zietlow@securepipe.com> Subject: Re: psmintr: out of sync error messages Message-ID: <20021119173519.6391c380.pnmurphy@cogeco.ca> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0211190827080.4166-100000@ribbon.wi.securepipe.com> References: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0211190827080.4166-100000@ribbon.wi.securepipe.com>
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--=.KaWaz0hoortx.m Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Tue, 19 Nov 2002 08:40:08 -0600 (CST) Rob Zietlow <zietlow@securepipe.com> wrote: > Good morning list. I've come across a weird error. > > For the last couple weeks I've come across errors in my dmesg output > saying the following > > psmintr: out of sync (0008 != 0000). > psmintr: discard a byte (1). > psmintr: out of sync (0008 != 0000). > psmintr: discard a byte (2). > <snip many lines> > I seem to recall a message that said switching to a console and then switching back to X helps "resync" the mouse. > > I have a Microsoft Opitcal mouse plugged into my PS2 port. I looked > around on google and all I found was a discussion where someone was > plugged into a KVM switch, and this discussion was from back in Jan of > 2001. And aside from a discussion on Security and KVM's not much > amounted from this. Last night my PS2 port went on my machine none of > the 10 PS2 mice I have around the house would work. **grumble** and I switched to USB after looking up > various usb mouse tutorials I followed the directions and when I plug in > the USB port I get lots of scrolling and highlighting on my screen, my > mouse flies up into the upper corner of my screen and I see many of the I have had this happen when I have the wrong Option "Protocol" and/or Option "Device" in XF86Config > psmintr messages. When I try to cat /dev/ums0 I get "device not > configured" even after running './MAKEDEV ums0' Mouse works fine via > PS2 without psmintr messages on other 4 machines around the house (3 BSD > 4.7 and 1 win2k) > > > > Now my questions. > 1) What is cause of the error messages > 2) How, if at all can we fix this? I would like to keep my mobo, don't > totally feel like going out to buy a new one, especially if I could get my > mouse to work via USB. > > Hardware > > MSI 6330 Lite motherboard with Via chipset. As I said earlier Mouse is > MS opitcal mouse. Any suggestions/thoughts would be appreciated. > > > Thanks for the help, please CC me since I'm not on the list. > > Rob > > -- Cogeco ergo sum --=.KaWaz0hoortx.m Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE92ryu82ph/1PmrWARAg+lAJ47C+66XYcUIjB3MpPfLDl8GJ/ofQCfSOzu WZFWJNhasJzKz30u5hKJbxQ= =Pjfg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=.KaWaz0hoortx.m-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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