Bug 124371 – Intellimouse PS/2 disconnects cause erratic mouse behavior (KVM switch)

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Bug 124371 - Intellimouse PS/2 disconnects cause erratic mouse behavior (KVM switch)

Summary:	Intellimouse PS/2 disconnects cause erratic mouse behavior (KVM switch)

Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 111161

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Product:	Fedora
Classification:	Fedora
Component:	kernel (Show other bugs)
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Version:	2
Hardware:	All Linux

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Assigned To:	Arjan van de Ven
QA Contact:	Brian Brock
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Reported:	2004-05-25 21:01 EDT by Brian "netdragon" Bober
Modified:	2007-11-30 17:10 EST (History)
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Last Closed:	2006-02-21 14:03:47 EST
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Description Brian "netdragon" Bober 2004-05-25 21:01:17 EDT

I'm not sure whether to report this upstream or to you. I guess its
best if you have a look at it first so as to determine whether this is
Fedora-specific or not.

Description of problem:

http://bugs.xfree86.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34

When you disconnect the mouse, then reconnect it... For instance when
using an electronic KVM switch that simulates a PS/2 mouse but not an
Intellimouse, you get permanent erratic mouse behavior.

The desynch was detected, but it still seems unable to re-synchronize.

May 25 20:27:27 localhost gpm[2440]: imps2: Auto-detected intellimouse
PS/2
May 25 20:27:35 localhost kernel: psmouse.c: Explorer Mouse at
isa0060/serio1/input0 lost synchronization, throwing 3 bytes away.
May 25 20:27:46 localhost kernel: psmouse.c: Explorer Mouse at
isa0060/serio1/input0 lost synchronization, throwing 3 bytes away.

After this, you have to reboot. That means you cannot use, for
instance, a Belkin SOHO2 PS/2 KVM switch with an Intellimouse.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
2.6.5-1.358

Are there any workarounds?

Comment 1 Brian "netdragon" Bober 2004-05-25 21:14:25 EDT

	if (psmouse->state == PSMOUSE_ACTIVATED &&
	    psmouse->pktcnt && time_after(jiffies, psmouse->last + HZ/2)) {
		printk(KERN_WARNING "psmouse.c: %s at %s lost synchronization,
throwing %d bytes away.\n",
		       psmouse->name, psmouse->phys, psmouse->pktcnt);
		psmouse->pktcnt = 0;
	}

Should this part do a full mouse reset if the mouse is intellimouse? I
think that's what Windows does.

Comment 2 Bill 2004-06-06 13:51:45 EDT

I see this problem using an optical Intellimouse and an ICS-124 KVM.

Workaround for me is to add 'psmouse.proto=bare' to the kernel 
options when booting (or in grub.conf).

Comment 3 David R. Van Sandt 2004-06-19 01:45:15 EDT

FYI - I had the same issue w/ a Belkin Optical mouse setup as a 
Generic Wheel mouse. Adding the "'.proto=bare' to the kernel 
options when booting" seems to have resolved the issue. I had this 
same issue with RH 9 and I have to always run mouse-config -noui to 
get it back.

Comment 4 Brian "netdragon" Bober 2004-06-21 03:21:51 EDT

Dupe of bug 111161?

Comment 5 Dave Jones 2004-06-21 08:08:57 EDT


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 111161 ***

Comment 6 Red Hat Bugzilla 2006-02-21 14:03:47 EST

Changed to 'CLOSED' state since 'RESOLVED' has been deprecated.

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