4.8 psm mouse failing

[Doug Silver]

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