Doug Silver wrote:
> Ok, I'm now getting frustrated and desperate. I have a 4.8-stable
desktop,
> splitting input devices with a Windoze box from a Belkin Omniview. In the
> last few weeks, the mouse (a standard Gateway ps2) is getting stuck on a
> fairly consistent basis. Sometime I'm able to lock my desktop, switch
over
> to the second box, then back and *if* the mouse reactivates, it will jump
all
> over the place and would open/close windows and apps if the desktop was not
> locked (that was a painful lesson).
>
> Here's what shows up in /var/log/messages:
>
> /kernel: psmintr: out of sync (0000 != 0008).
> /kernel: psmintr: discard a byte (1).
> /kernel: psmintr: out of sync (0000 != 0008).
> /kernel: psmintr: discard a byte (2).
> /kernel: psmintr: out of sync (0000 != 0008).
> /kernel: psmintr: discard a byte (3).
> /kernel: psmintr: out of sync (0000 != 0008).
> /kernel: psmintr: re-enable the mouse.
> /kernel: psmintr: delay too long; resetting byte count
>
> If it gets to here, nothing I can do but reboot:
> /kernel: psmintr: discard a byte (19).
> /kernel: psmintr: out of sync (0000 != 0008).
> /kernel: psmintr: reset the mouse.
> /kernel: psm0: failed to reset the aux device.
> /kernel: psm0: the aux device has gone! (reinitialize).
> reboot: rebooted by dsilver
> syslogd: exiting on signal 15
>
> Any suggestions??
>
> TIA.
>
> -doug
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I use to get this and removing the flags on atkbd in the kernel seemed
to help cut down on how often it happened. When it would happen in
windows I would unplug the mouse from the KVM and plug it back in.
-Ryan Merrick