From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 21 10:55: 9 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.ztlaw.com (ztlaw.com [166.70.106.34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C401D37B405 for ; Wed, 21 Nov 2001 10:54:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from Goku (goku.ztlaw.com [166.70.106.35]) by mail.ztlaw.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 90A2529994; Wed, 21 Nov 2001 11:57:38 -0700 (MST) Message-ID: <00c901c172be$434fa3d0$236a46a6@ztlaw.com> From: "Clayton Tycksen" To: "Daniel Frazier" Cc: References: <004d01c172a7$1a89ade0$236a46a6@ztlaw.com> <3BFBF6A0.3080304@magpage.com> Subject: Re: psmintr out of sync Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 11:56:44 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Daniel, you're right i didn't look hard enough. i did look some more, searching "psmintr: out of sync" doesn't yield results, but "psmintr" does. and i tried changing the line in my kernel to read: device psm0 at atkbdc? irq 12 flags 0x100 with a recompile of the kernel and a restart, but no success. oh and one more thing: i usually do send plain-text email. i had forgotten to switch back after needing to send an HTML mail to a friend, but i appreciate the reminder. -clay ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Frazier" To: "Clayton Tycksen" Cc: Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 11:46 AM Subject: Re: psmintr out of sync > Clayton Tycksen wrote: > > > hey all, > > > > > > > > yes, i'm getting the "psmintr out of sync" error when i try to use my > > mouse. stopping/starting/adjusting the mouse daemon doesn't help. > > > > > > > > i'm running FreeBSD 4.2. > > > > > > > > the mouse is a Microsoft USB Intellimouse Explorer (5 button) with a > > USB->PS/2 adapter. i'm using the mouse through a switch (Belkin > > OmniView Pro), so i'm using the PS/2 adapter. i've got a similar setup > > at home, similar mouse/switch/cables, etc... with no problems. but my > > machine at home is running FreeBSD 4.4. i'm guessing that the problem > > was fixed in/before 4.4. > > > > > > > > from searching archives, i have seen that a possible fix for this is to > > use a serial adapter on the mouse and connect it to a serial port. > > since i need to use my switch, that really isn't an option. > > > > > > > > does anyone have any other solutions/suggestions as to a workaround for > > this problem? i'm a newbie, so you may have to be somewhat detailed in > > your response. > > > > > > > > thanks, > > > > > > > > clay > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > you didn't search hard enough. I've personally answered this question > at least a couple of times in the last year or so. what you need to > do is make the psm line in your kernel config file look like this... > > device psm0 at atkbdc? irq 12 flags 0x100 > > ...and then compile/install a new kernel. "man psm" would have > answered this for you as well. > > one last thing... Just Say NO! to HTML email. 'nuff said. > > > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Daniel Frazier Tel: 302-239-5900 Ext. 231 > Systems Administrator Fax: 302-239-3909 > MAGPAGE, We Power the Internet WWW: http://www.magpage.com/ > > "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary > safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." > - Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message