Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2000 12:46:58 +0900 From: Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> To: Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/isa psm.c Message-ID: <200012020346.MAA13647@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 01 Dec 2000 12:11:52 CST." <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012011154240.35224-100000@mail.wolves.k12.mo.us> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012011154240.35224-100000@mail.wolves.k12.mo.us>
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>> Modified files: >> sys/isa psm.c >> Log: >> - Add a hack for "psmintr: out of sync.." This is NOT a fix, >> but a hack! Add `flags 0x8000' to the psm driver to enable it. >> The psm driver will try to get out of out-of-sync situation >> by disabling the mouse and immediately enable it again. >> >> If you are seeing this out-of-sync problem because of an >> incompetent(?!) KVM switch, this hack will NOT be good >> for you. However, if you are occasionally seeing the >> problem because of lost mouse interrupt, this might help. > >I have one of those incompetent KVM switches, and to get out of the >out-of-sync situations I usually can just kill moused and then restart >it. Does that accomplish nearly the same thing? Yes, almost. >If so, it might help >with my particular KVM switch (Belkin OmniCube 4-Port). Not sure. But, worth a try. >My main problem is, I think, that I have a Microsoft Wheel Mouse >attached to this KVM switch, which is then hooked up to yet another >dual-user KVM switch, which has a regular old Logitech mouse for the >other user station. If I switch between user stations on my primary >Windows NT server, it also has sync problems, but it fairly quickly >detects the problem and adjusts accordingly (Event Log entries >actually show up to this effect). Now, if I switch back to using my >workstation here with the Microsoft Wheel Mouse, and Windows NT still >thinks it is talking to a Logitech mouse, it is going to screw with >this mouse until it resets it again. At that point, if I switch back >to my FreeBSD desktop is usually when I get the out-of-sync problems. Um, it's difficult to see exactly what configuration you have here. Would you show me some sort of diagram showing how all these things are connected? Kazu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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