From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 4 19:28:39 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC6F81065731 for ; Tue, 4 Aug 2009 19:28:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@bertram-scharpf.de) Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de (moutng.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.171]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 721F38FC12 for ; Tue, 4 Aug 2009 19:28:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@bertram-scharpf.de) Received: from marge.bs.l (e180052205.adsl.alicedsl.de [85.180.52.205]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mreu2) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0MKv5w-1MYPgb36GY-000bVY; Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:28:37 +0200 Received: from bsch by marge.bs.l with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MYPgb-0005Sj-7p for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:28:37 +0200 Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 21:28:37 +0200 From: Bertram Scharpf To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20090804192837.GA20793@marge.bs.l> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20090804112624.GB19171@marge.bs.l> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090804112624.GB19171@marge.bs.l> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Sender: Bertram Scharpf X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX18FE1FupjYbNxn0mYjIrKXuS+L8sCrwlzJRFoa S6Cih3LHi6tjHHS8agp9nTD+8VvPFTChBpk+J5737DeW7h7iPM oAB6gwfbHkhg/L8FJTukuOAnvUUS7pI Subject: Re: Moused crashes with Synaptics X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:28:40 -0000 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