Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 22:10:36 -0500 (EST) From: Jeff Roberson <jroberson@chesapeake.net> To: Eirik Oeverby <ltning@anduin.net> Cc: Morten Johansen <mail@morten-johansen.net> Subject: Re: Was: More ULE bugs fixed. Is: Mouse problem? Message-ID: <20031104220929.M10222-100000@mail.chesapeake.net> In-Reply-To: <3FA845C6.1030807@anduin.net>
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On Wed, 5 Nov 2003, Eirik Oeverby wrote: > Eirik Oeverby wrote: > > Just for those interested: > > I do *not* get any messages at all from the kernel (or elsewhere) when > > my mouse goes haywire. And it's an absolute truth (just tested back and > > forth 8 times) that it *only* happens with SCHED_ULE and *only* with old > > versions (~1.50) and the very latest ones (1.75 as I'm currently > > running). 1.69 for instance did *not* show any such problems. > > > > I will, however, update my kernel again now, to get the latest > > sched_ule.c (if any changes have been made since 1.75) and to test with > > the new interrupt handler. I have a suspicion it might be a combination > > of SCHED_ULE and some signal/message/interrupt handling causing messages > > to get lost along the way. Because that's exactly how it feels... > > Whee. Either the bump from sched_ule.c 1.75 to 1.77 changed something > back to the old status, or the new interrupt handling has had some major > influence. > All I can say is - wow. My system is now more responsive than ever, I > cannot (so far) reproduce any mouse jerkiness or bogus input or > anything, and things seem smoother. > > As always I cannot guarantee that this report is not influenced by the > placebo effect, but I do feel that it's a very real improvement. The > fact that I can start VMWare, Firebird, Thunderbird, Gaim and gkrellm at > the same time without having *one* mouse hickup speaks for itself. I > couldn't even do that with ULE. > > So Jeff or whoever did the interrupt stuff - what did you do? This is wonderful news. I fixed a few bugs over the last couple of days. I'm not sure which one caused your problem. I'm very pleased to hear your report though. Cheers, Jeff > > /Eirik > > > > > Greetings, > > /Eirik > > > > Morten Johansen wrote: > > > >> On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > >> > >>> On (2003/11/04 09:29), Eirik Oeverby wrote: > >>> > >>> > The problem is two parts: The mouse tends to 'lock up' for brief > >>> moments > >>> > when the system is under load, in particular during heavy UI > >>> operations > >>> > or when doing compile jobs and such. > >>> > The second part of the problem is related, and is manifested by the > >>> > mouse actually making movements I never asked it to make. > >>> > >>> Wow, I just assumed it was a local problem. I'm also seeing unrequested > >>> mouse movement, as if the signals from movements are repeated or > >>> amplified. > >>> > >>> The thing is, I'm using 4BSD, not ULE, so I wouldn't trouble Jeff to > >>> look for a cause for that specific problem in ULE. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Me too. Have had this problem since I got a "Intellimouse" PS/2 > >> wheel-mouse. (It worked fine with previous mice (no wheel)). > >> With any scheduler in 5-CURRENT and even more frequent in 4-STABLE, > >> IIRC. Using moused or not doesn't make a difference. > >> Get these messages on console: "psmintr: out of sync", and the mouse > >> freezes then goes wild for a few seconds. > >> Can happen under load and sometimes when closing Mozilla (not often). > >> It could be related to the psm-driver. Or maybe I have a bad mouse, I > >> don't know. > >> I will try another mouse, but it does work perfectly in Linux and > >> Windogs... > >> > >> mj > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >> "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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