Possible mouse/ATA problems in -STABLE

[Daniel O'Connor]

On Thursday 23 October 2003 23:45, Mike Harding wrote:
> My mouse has been losing sync several times a day and then eventually
> disappearing, requiring, AFAIK, a reboot to make the system usable.
> It's possible that this is hardware on my end, but I did change mice
> and I still have the same problem.  This may be related to some recent
> mfc ATA changes at this only seems to happen during periods of high
> disk activity.  Also, the mouse seems to generate almost 300
> interrupts per second at times.
>
> I am going to back my system down to sept. 1 and see if I get the
> problem again, and will advise if this seems to 'fix' it.
>
> When the mouse goes it looks like this:
>
> Oct 22 08:53:58 netcom1 /kernel: psmintr: reset the mouse.
> Oct 22 08:53:58 netcom1 /kernel: psm0: failed to reset the aux device.
> Oct 22 08:53:58 netcom1 /kernel: psm0: the aux device has gone!
> (reinitialize).

Personally..
I'd either buy a PS/2 to USB converter or a USB mouse :)

PS/2 is a pain in the ass after you've used USB mice..

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