Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 18:36:35 -0700 From: Ryan Merrick <rmerrick@heronetwork.com> To: Doug Silver <dsilver@urchin.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.8 psm mouse failing Message-ID: <3F6BAF23.5000202@heronetwork.com> In-Reply-To: <200309191656.17804.dsilver@urchin.com> References: <200309191656.17804.dsilver@urchin.com>
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Doug Silver wrote: > Ok, I'm now getting frustrated and desperate. I have a 4.8-stable desktop, > splitting input devices with a Windoze box from a Belkin Omniview. In the > last few weeks, the mouse (a standard Gateway ps2) is getting stuck on a > fairly consistent basis. Sometime I'm able to lock my desktop, switch over > to the second box, then back and *if* the mouse reactivates, it will jump all > over the place and would open/close windows and apps if the desktop was not > locked (that was a painful lesson). > > Here's what shows up in /var/log/messages: > > /kernel: psmintr: out of sync (0000 != 0008). > /kernel: psmintr: discard a byte (1). > /kernel: psmintr: out of sync (0000 != 0008). > /kernel: psmintr: discard a byte (2). > /kernel: psmintr: out of sync (0000 != 0008). > /kernel: psmintr: discard a byte (3). > /kernel: psmintr: out of sync (0000 != 0008). > /kernel: psmintr: re-enable the mouse. > /kernel: psmintr: delay too long; resetting byte count > > If it gets to here, nothing I can do but reboot: > /kernel: psmintr: discard a byte (19). > /kernel: psmintr: out of sync (0000 != 0008). > /kernel: psmintr: reset the mouse. > /kernel: psm0: failed to reset the aux device. > /kernel: psm0: the aux device has gone! (reinitialize). > reboot: rebooted by dsilver > syslogd: exiting on signal 15 > > Any suggestions?? > > TIA. > > -doug > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > I use to get this and removing the flags on atkbd in the kernel seemed to help cut down on how often it happened. When it would happen in windows I would unplug the mouse from the KVM and plug it back in. -Ryan Merrick
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