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Date:      Wed, 20 Jun 2001 23:15:28 +0200 (CEST)
From:      "Hartmann, O." <ohartman@klima.physik.uni-mainz.de>
To:        John Merryweather Cooper <jmcoopr@webmail.bmi.net>
Cc:        <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Strange mouse bahviour in FBSD 4.3 and XFree86 4.1.0
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.33.0106202315080.24546-100000@klima.physik.uni-mainz.de>
In-Reply-To: <20010620140718.G14541@johncoop>

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On Wed, 20 Jun 2001, John Merryweather Cooper wrote:

Sorry, forgot the dmesg output:



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FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE #81: Wed Jun 20 21:33:40 CEST 2001
    root@wetter.physik.uni-mainz.de:/usr/local/obj/usr/src/sys/WETTER
Timecounter "i8254"  frequency 1193182 Hz
CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) Processor (807.19-MHz 686-class CPU)
  Origin = "AuthenticAMD"  Id = 0x642  Stepping = 2
  Features=0x183f9ff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MMX,FXSR>
  AMD Features=0xc0440000<<b18>,AMIE,DSP,3DNow!>
real memory  = 268353536 (262064K bytes)
avail memory = 257400832 (251368K bytes)
Preloaded elf kernel "kernel" at 0xc039b000.
Preloaded elf module "agp.ko" at 0xc039b09c.
Pentium Pro MTRR support enabled
apm0: <APM BIOS> on motherboard
apm: found APM BIOS v1.2, connected at v1.2
npx0: <math processor> on motherboard
npx0: INT 16 interface
pcib0: <Host to PCI bridge> on motherboard
pci0: <PCI bus> on pcib0
agp0: <VIA Generic host to PCI bridge> mem 0xe4000000-0xe7ffffff at device 0.0 on pci0
pcib2: <PCI to PCI bridge (vendor=1106 device=8305)> at device 1.0 on pci0
pci1: <PCI bus> on pcib2
pci1: <NVidia Riva TNT2 graphics accelerator> at 0.0 irq 11
isab0: <VIA 82C686 PCI-ISA bridge> at device 4.0 on pci0
isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
atapci0: <VIA 82C686 ATA66 controller> port 0xd800-0xd80f at device 4.1 on pci0
ata1: at 0x170 irq 15 on atapci0
uhci0: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> port 0xd400-0xd41f irq 5 at device 4.2 on pci0
usb0: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> on uhci0
usb0: USB revision 1.0
uhub0: VIA UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhci1: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> port 0xd000-0xd01f irq 5 at device 4.3 on pci0
usb1: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> on uhci1
usb1: USB revision 1.0
uhub1: VIA UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhub2: ALCOR Generic USB Hub, class 9/0, rev 1.10/1.00, addr 2
uhub2: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered
fxp0: <Intel Pro 10/100B/100+ Ethernet> port 0xa400-0xa43f mem 0xdf000000-0xdf0fffff,0xdf800000-0xdf800fff irq 10 at device 11.0 on pci0
fxp0: Ethernet address 00:02:b3:17:99:90
inphy0: <i82555 10/100 media interface> on miibus0
inphy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
atapci1: <Promise ATA100 controller> port 0x8800-0x883f,0x9000-0x9003,0x9400-0x9407,0x9800-0x9803,0xa000-0xa007 mem 0xde800000-0xde81ffff irq 10 at device 17.0 on pci0
ata2: at 0xa000 on atapci1
pcib1: <Host to PCI bridge> on motherboard
pci2: <PCI bus> on pcib1
orm0: <Option ROMs> at iomem 0xc0000-0xc9fff,0xcc000-0xcffff,0xd0000-0xd1fff,0xd4000-0xd57ff on isa0
atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0
atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0
kbd0 at atkbd0
vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
sc0: VGA <8 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
fdc0: <NEC 72065B or clone> at port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa0
fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold
fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0
sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0
sio0: type 16550A
sio1 at port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 flags 0x10 on isa0
sio1: type 16550A
ppc0: <Parallel port> at port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 drq 1 flags 0x8 on isa0
ppc0: SMC-like chipset (ECP-only) in ECP mode
ppc0: FIFO with 16/16/8 bytes threshold
ppbus0: IEEE1284 device found /NIBBLE/ECP
Probing for PnP devices on ppbus0:
ppbus0: <Hewlett-Packard HP LaserJet 1100.1.1> PRINTER MLC,MFPDTF1,PCL,PJL
lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0
lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
DUMMYNET initialized (010124)
IP packet filtering initialized, divert enabled, rule-based forwarding enabled, default to deny, unlimited logging
IPsec: Initialized Security Association Processing.
ata1-slave: ata_command: timeout waiting for intr
ata1-slave: identify failed
ad4: 29314MB <IBM-DTLA-307030> [59560/16/63] at ata2-master UDMA100
acd0: CDROM <CD-ROM 48X/AKH> at ata1-master using PIO4
Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad4s1a
link_elf: symbol splash_register undefined
:>On 2001.06.20 13:58 "Hartmann, O." wrote:
:>> Dear Sirs.
:>>
:>> I posted here several postings about a problem with one of our
:>> FBSD 4.3-STABLE boxes. This machine has been cvsupdated today,
:>> XFRee864.1.0_4 has been installed several days ago (by a fresh
:>> compilation).
:>>
:>> One of the earlier problems is the following:
:>>
:>> I can not shutdown this machine by being remotely loged in
:>> using shutdown -r now. I always have to use shutdown -r -o now
:>> to do the task. On all other maschines that works!
:>>
:>> The machine I speak about is a AMD K7 800 MHz based on ASUS A7V
:>> PCB and IBM DTLA 307030. The videoadaptor is a ELSA Erazor III Pro.
:>> See the following dmesg-output .
:>>
:>> The new problem is hard to describe. It seems one way like a hardware
:>> fault, but another way the fault of some FBSD subsystems.
:>>
:>> Description:
:>>
:>> Using /dev/sysmouse and moused as the basic mouse system, we have a
:>> Logitech optical USB port mouse attached to this machine. The USB
:>> mouse is connected to a HUB located at a Iiyama 18 inch LCD screen
:>> (bit that doesn't matter, I tried the USB port directly or a PS/2
:>> mouse with the same effect).
:>> On the X11 screen, the mouse rushes uncontrollable over the screen,
:>> jumping, shivers around, not reacting on pressed buttons. It looks
:>> like having used the wrong protocol with earlier XFree types. But there
:>> is no misconfiguration, this configuration worked since approximately I
:>> switched over to XFree86 4.1.0 and/or did a cvsupdate.
:>> When leaving the X-session, Xserver drops a core, reporting something
:>> about an
:>> illegal instruction after resetting the mouese!
:>> When in terminal mode (no X), the mouse shivers and jumps also
:>> uncontroleable
:>> on the screen. I exchanged the mouese with a simple PS/2 mouse and
:>> sometimes
:>> I have a pointer, sometimes not (using sysmouse/moused). In X11 the
:>> phenomenon
:>> of a jumping and rushing mouse is not as obvious as with the USB type,
:>> but it
:>> is also faulty. The mouse disappears or is unuseable. The kernel reports
:>> a mouse
:>> at psm0, but in X (chooser) there is no access/movement of it. Sometimes,
:>> while
:>> having luck moving it around, it seems to drop spontanously "button
:>> presses"
:>> around.
:>>
:>> This machine is without graphical device or mouse accessible and works
:>> perfect.
:>> I can use it remotely without problems. It seems really to be related to
:>> something
:>> like sysmouse/moused/mouse/XFree86 or FreeBSD's driver for the mouse
:>> system.
:>>
:>> Does anyone heared about such strange things due a bug of FreeBSD/XFree86
:>> 4.1.0?
:>> If not, this really seems to be a massive hardware related problem.
:>>
:>> On the other hand:
:>>
:>> We have a lot of self-made X11 Terminals around here for our students,
:>> based
:>> on a DFI AK74EC main PCB, Duron 700, Gigabyte GA660+ video board, using
:>> Logitech
:>> 3 button PS/2 mice. They are cvsupdated 7 days ago, XFree86 4.1.0 has
:>> been build
:>> several days ago. These diskless booting terminals do not show any kind
:>> of disruption
:>> of mouse access or movement ...
:>> --
:>> MfG
:>> O. Hartmann
:>>
:>> ohartman@klima.physik.uni-mainz.de
:>> ----------------------------------------------------------------
:>> IT-Administration des Institut fuer Physik der Atmosphaere (IPA)
:>> ----------------------------------------------------------------
:>> Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz
:>> Becherweg 21
:>> 55099 Mainz
:>>
:>> Tel: +496131/3924662 (Maschinensaal)
:>> Tel: +496131/3924144
:>> FAX: +496131/3923532
:>>
:>>
:>I have had similar, but less severe, experiences recently with my mouse--a
:>Logitech MouseMan+.  I don't get the illegal instruction error as above
:>(but this maybe because I use "startx" and OH uses "xdm"?)  But the erratic
:>mouse cursor and the dropping of random clicks makes XFree86-4 operation
:>somewhat more painful than I'd like at the moment.
:>
:>My configuration:
:>
:>Adapter:  Diamond Mutlimedia Viper 770 Ultra (nVidia TNT2 Ultra with 32
:>megs)
:>Mouse:  Logitech MouseMan+ connected to PS/2 port
:>
:>jmc
:>
:>

--
MfG
O. Hartmann

ohartman@klima.physik.uni-mainz.de
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