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Subject: Re: FreeBSD-4.0S/psmintr out of sync/Synaptics Touchpad
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> > The psm driver isn't suffering from this problem in -stable, thank
> > god, and can still be used safely in the upcoming 4.1-RELEASE.
> 
> Actually, it is here, on a UP system, if this is the message you mean:
>   Jul 18 14:21:18 hamlet /kernel: psmintr: out of sync (00c0 != 0000).
> 
> The symptoms are as you describe.   The mouse in question is a
> ``Cordless MouseMan Pro''.  The problems are /much/ worse with a
> Microsoft Optical Intellimouse -- so bad as to be unusable.  See also PR
> misc/16969.
> 
> This is a new system, and the first time I've noticed the problem.  I'm
> just trying to ignore it for the moment :-)

FWIW, I have these problems on a UP system with a Cordless Mouseman, but
if I plug in my old-reliable logitech ps/2 mouse and have it probed at
bootup, *then* switch to my wireless mouse (I know, I could blow up my
controller that way), everything works fine.


Nate


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