lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2004]   [Feb]   [9]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [more markup]  [less markup]  [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
DateMon, 9 Feb 2004 17:49:51 +0800
FromIsaac Claymore <>
SubjectRe: psmouse.c, throwing 3 bytes away
On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 10:09:55AM +0100, Vojtech Pavlik wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 02:15:32PM +0800, Isaac Claymore wrote:
> 
> > > >   I saw the same here yesterday, using a logitech wheel mouse:
> > > > 
> > > > Feb  4 18:19:46 vega kernel: psmouse.c: Wheel Mouse at isa0060/serio1/input0 
> > > > lost synchronization, throwing 2 bytes away.
> > > > 
> > > >   Before this happened the mouse in X just went nuts with random clicks in 
> > > > many windows, but after that it's been ok up to now.
> > > > 
> > > I've been suffering this same problem ever since upgrade to 2.6 kernel.
> > > 
> > > FYI, here is an article giving some possible solutions to this, but I
> > > failed to fix my mouse problem by any method it suggests:
> > > 
> > > http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2199
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > Just FYI:
> > 
> > This annoying mouse problem hasn't shown up for 3 days, after I did a 
> > 'hdparm -u1 /dev/hda'. But be sure to read the hdparm man page before 
> > doing this on your box.
> 
> I think you're looking for 'hdparm -d1 /dev/hda', if your mainboard is
> not very very old. That'll have a better effect.
> 

using_dma was already turned on, before I tried that '-u1'. At least in
my case, turning on using_dma alone didn't seem to help much.

Thanks for the hint.


> -- 
> Vojtech Pavlik
> SuSE Labs, SuSE CR
> -
> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
> the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
> More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
> Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/

-- 

Regards, Isaac
()  ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail
/\                        - against microsoft attachments
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2005-03-22 13:00    [from the cache]
©2003-2008