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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
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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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