From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Nov 8 12:47:30 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from www.gactr.uga.edu (www.gactr.uga.edu [128.192.37.88]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5093837B41A for ; Thu, 8 Nov 2001 12:47:24 -0800 (PST) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.gactr.uga.edu (8.11.4/8.11.4) id fA8Kl9x94341; Thu, 8 Nov 2001 15:47:09 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from robin@gactr.uga.edu) X-Authentication-Warning: www.gactr.uga.edu: nobody set sender to robin@gactr.uga.edu using -f To: Robert L Sowders Subject: Re: intellimouse explorer woes Message-ID: <1005252429.3beaef4d74dea@www.gactr.uga.edu> Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2001 15:47:09 -0500 (EST) From: "Robin P. Blanchard" Cc: stable@freebsd.org References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: IMP/PHP IMAP webmail program 2.2.7-cvs X-Originating-IP: 10.10.10.180 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD qat.noc.nat 4.4-STABLE FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE #0: Thu Nov 8 15:33:54 EST 2001 root@qat.noc.nat:/usr/src/sys/compile/qat i386 with installed world from earlier today. relevant kernel snippet: # atkbdc0 controls both the keyboard and the PS/2 mouse device atkbdc0 at isa? port IO_KBD device atkbd0 at atkbdc? irq 1 flags 0x1 device psm0 at atkbdc? irq 12 flags 0x100 microsoft intellimouse explorer through omnicube 4-port kvm still erratic/unusable after switching between machines. any more ideas? Robin Quoting Robert L Sowders : > I don't know if you can add the flags to /boot/loader.config or not. > I've > rebuilt so many kernels in the past I find it easier to just make a new > > kernel. You may be able to just get the diff from > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sys/isa/psm.c and just > recompile the mouse driver. Check you revision level in your > psm.c and make sure you apply all the preceeding diffs up to the level > you > need. Or you could cvsup the new sources and make buildworld since the > > fix for this was three days after your last buildworld. > > If you need any help with the cvsup and buildworld and such, let me > know. > I wrote a simple script to do everything is one shot, cvsup, buildworld, > > installworld, buildkernel, installkernel. It writes everything to a log > > and notifies you by email if something breaks or succeeds. > > > > > > "Robin P. Blanchard" > Sent by: robin > 11/08/2001 05:09 AM > > > To: Robert L Sowders > cc: stable@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: intellimouse explorer woes > > > i've searched through the lists and haven't found an acceptable > > solution so > > far...i just got a new intellimouse explorer as my damn wrist is > > beginning to > > die from the prolonged use of the old basic intellimouse. i run it > > through a 4- > > port belkin omnicube. i now get the dreaded "psm out of sync" > > messages. is > > there a fix for this? > > > >Yes there is a fix. It's a flag on the mouse driver in the kernel. > > google is > > your friend. > > > try adding "flags 0x100" to the device line in the kernel config > file > > > > > > The above fixed my belkin problems. But that was a while ago, since > > then I > > > believe Mr. Yokota committed a fix for this on Oct 13 to > psm.c > > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sys/isa/psm.c > > > > > > What date was your last cvsup? > > [~]$ uname -a > FreeBSD qat.noc.nat 4.4-STABLE FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE #0: Wed Oct 10 > 16:01:04 EDT 2001 root@qat.noc.nat:/usr/src/sys/compile/qat i386 > > installed world is from same date. i haven't tried adding those flags > to > my kernel config, though. is there a way to add it to > /boot/loader.conf > rather than rebuilding the entire kernel? > > > -- > ------------------------------------ > Robin P. Blanchard > IT Program Specialist > Georgia Center for Continuing Ed. > fon: 706.542.2404 fax: 706.542.6546 > email: Robin_Blanchard@gactr.uga.edu > ------------------------------------ > > > ------------------------------------ Robin P. Blanchard IT Program Specialist Georgia Center for Continuing Ed. fon: 706.542.2404 fax: 706.542.6546 email: Robin_Blanchard@gactr.uga.edu ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: www.gactr.uga.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message