Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 10:28:25 +0200 From: Graham Wheeler <gram@cequrux.com> To: Randy Primeaux <randy@Cloudfactory.ORG> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ps2 mouse errors (solution) Message-ID: <39A0E829.B183E24C@cequrux.com> References: <200008182038.NAA10998@relay.ultimanet.com>
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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
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