Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 21:28:37 +0200 From: Bertram Scharpf <lists@bertram-scharpf.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Moused crashes with Synaptics Message-ID: <20090804192837.GA20793@marge.bs.l> In-Reply-To: <20090804112624.GB19171@marge.bs.l> References: <20090804112624.GB19171@marge.bs.l>
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Hi, Am Dienstag, 04. Aug 2009, 13:26:24 +0200 schrieb Bertram Scharpf: > Hi, > > an Acer notebook with a Synaptics Touchpad makes some trouble > here. My primary problem is: I restart the mouse daemon and then I > can move the mouse only for a short distance; suddenly the mouse > freezes. > > To analyze the problem I do the following: > > # /etc/rc.d/moused restart > # dd if=/dev/sysmouse bs=4 | xxd -c 4 > ... > 0000048: 87 . > 18+1 records in > 18+1 records out > 73 bytes transferred in 21.774484 secs (3 bytes/sec) > # > > You see: dd stops without reporting an error. Obviously the moused > doesn't work properly any more. In the meantime I learned that there is /dev/bpsm0 and I wrote a litte Ruby script that reads /dev/psm0. Both devices refuse to supply anything after a very short period of time. What could this be? Thanks in advance. Bertram -- Bertram Scharpf Stuttgart, Deutschland/Germany http://www.bertram-scharpf.de
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