Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 13:51:50 +0200 (IST) From: Roman Shterenzon <roman@harmonic.co.il> To: "Corey G." <cgaff@flashcom.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ps2 mouse errors (solution) Message-ID: <972388310.39f577d68c212@webmail.harmonic.co.il> In-Reply-To: <20001024003206.C35579@flashcom.net> References: <200008182038.NAA10998@relay.ultimanet.com> <39A0E829.B183E24C@cequrux.com> <20001024003206.C35579@flashcom.net>
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Quoting "Corey G." <cgaff@flashcom.net>: > I installed three new installations of FreeBSD 4.1.1 in the last 8 days. > All three systems entirely different. One system with a Logitech 3 > button mouse, one with a Microsoft 2 button and another off brand 2 > button mouse. All three machines have seen the psmintr: out of sync > error. Each machine needed to be rebooted to alleviate the problem. > One thing in common, the Enlightenment window manager was being used on > all three systems. I also noticed that one of the machines displayed > the behavior shortly after increasing the mouse sensitivity via the KDE > control panel in Enlightenment. The default kernel was in place during > these errors except for the Athon system. > > Machine 1: PIII 500 - Compaq > Machine 2: Athon 800 > Machine 3. PIII 300 - Compaq I've the same problem with some simple P2 machine which started recently. I was pretty sure it's a hardware problem, e.g. plugging unplugging mouse made it go bad, so I didn't bother mailing the list. It worked fine with 4.1-STABLE from mid-september I think. It begins after some time, and power-cycling is needed to make it work. The mouse begins acting like it's using different protocol - i.e. jumping all over the screen and selecting and pasting. I use windowmaker there, but the problem exists in the terminal mode as well. I need to check the cvs to see what was changed recently... > On Mon, Aug 21, 2000 at 10:28:25AM +0200, Graham Wheeler wrote: > > Randy Primeaux wrote: > > > > > > In my opinion, I do not see this as a flaw in psm, as the flag is > > > documented in the man page, and FreeBSD psm is not the only software > > > with this issue. Other mouse software, on other OS platforms, also > > > lose ps/2 sync through a keyboard-video-mouse switch. > > > > [Sigh] I'll say it again. There are TWO separate problems here, both > of > > which will manifest as lost sync and the `out-of-sync' error message. > > One of them is due to the use of KVM boxes. The other isn't - it > occurs, > > for example, on my Compaq laptop using the built-in touchpad, and has > > affected other people as well. I maintain that the latter is due to a > > bug or oversight in the psm driver, as tweaking the code in this > driver > > has allowed me to circumvent the problem. However, my tweaks deal with > > the symptoms; I have not identified the underlying cause other than > that > > it seems to be related to spurious data (rather than lost data). > > > > gram > > -- > > Dr Graham Wheeler E-mail: gram@cequrux.com > > Director, Research and Development WWW: > http://www.cequrux.com > > CEQURUX Technologies Phone: +27(21)423-6065 > > Firewalls/VPN Specialists Fax: +27(21)424-3656 > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > ---end quoted text--- > > -- > Best Regards, > Corey > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > --Roman Shterenzon, UNIX System Administrator and Consultant [ Xpert UNIX Systems Ltd., Herzlia, Israel. Tel: +972-9-9522361 ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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