[kde-freebsd] Intermittent problem with mouse not loading

[Franci Nabalanci]

I think it is not a roblem of KDE. A mouse problem started with update of
Xorg. Search  the old post and you will something useful I have the same
problem on FreeBSD 9.0-release.


On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 10:06 AM, Jerry <jerry at seibercom.net> wrote:

> After recently updating to the "8.3" version and updating KDE to the
> latest version in the ports system, I have had nothing but problems
> getting the mouse and occasionally the keyboard to load. Both work fine
> when FreeBSD starts up; however, when starting KDE the mouse has a 50%
> chance of not working. The keyboard error is around 10%. This is a
> Microsoft® Wireless Comfort Keyboard 5000 and Microsoft® Wireless Mouse
> 5000
>
> SYSTEM: FreeBSD 8.3-STABLE amd64
>
> Excerpts form what I believe to be the pertinent data from the Xorg log
> files. The complete logs are available if required.
>
> <When it works>
>
> (II) config/hal: Adding input device Microsoft 2.4GHz Transceiver v7.0
> (II) LoadModule: "mouse"
> (II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/input/mouse_drv.so
> (II) Module mouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
>        compiled for 1.7.7, module version = 1.7.1
>        Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
>        ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 7.0
> (WW) Microsoft 2.4GHz Transceiver v7.0: No Device specified, looking for
> one...
> (II) Microsoft 2.4GHz Transceiver v7.0: Setting Device option to
> "/dev/sysmouse"
> (--) Microsoft 2.4GHz Transceiver v7.0: Device: "/dev/sysmouse"
> (==) Microsoft 2.4GHz Transceiver v7.0: Protocol: "Auto"
> (**) Microsoft 2.4GHz Transceiver v7.0: always reports core events
> (**) Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
> (==) Microsoft 2.4GHz Transceiver v7.0: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout:
> 50
> (**) Microsoft 2.4GHz Transceiver v7.0: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
> (**) Microsoft 2.4GHz Transceiver v7.0: Buttons: 9
> (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Microsoft 2.4GHz Transceiver
> v7.0" (type: MOUSE)
> (**) Microsoft 2.4GHz Transceiver v7.0: (accel) keeping acceleration
> scheme 1
> (**) Microsoft 2.4GHz Transceiver v7.0: (accel) acceleration profile 0
> (II) Microsoft 2.4GHz Transceiver v7.0: SetupAuto: hw.iftype is 4,
> hw.model is 0
> (II) Microsoft 2.4GHz Transceiver v7.0: SetupAuto: protocol is SysMouse
> (II) config/hal: Adding input device Microsoft 2.4GHz Transceiver v7.0
>
> <When it doesn't>
>
> (II) config/hal: Adding input device Microsoft 2.4GHz Transceiver v7.0
> (II) LoadModule: "mouse"
> (II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/input/mouse_drv.so
> (II) Module mouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
>        compiled for 1.7.7, module version = 1.7.1
>        Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
>        ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 7.0
> (WW) Microsoft 2.4GHz Transceiver v7.0: No Device specified, looking for
> one...
> (II) Microsoft 2.4GHz Transceiver v7.0: Setting Device option to
> "/dev/ums0"
> (--) Microsoft 2.4GHz Transceiver v7.0: Device: "/dev/ums0"
> (==) Microsoft 2.4GHz Transceiver v7.0: Protocol: "Auto"
> (**) Microsoft 2.4GHz Transceiver v7.0: always reports core events
> (**) Option "Device" "/dev/ums0"
> (EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/ums0
>        Device busy.
> (EE) Microsoft 2.4GHz Transceiver v7.0: cannot open input device
> (II) UnloadModule: "mouse"
> (EE) PreInit returned NULL for "Microsoft 2.4GHz Transceiver v7.0"
> (EE) config/hal: NewInputDeviceRequest failed (8)
>
> It appears to get confused between "/dev/sysmouse" and "/dev/ums0". I
> have used a Logitech board and mouse also but the problem still exists.
> I installed new batteries into both the keyboard and mouse and made sure
> the USB receiver was properly plugged in. This setup has worked since
> FreeBSD 8.0 with out a problem until now.
>
> When the keyboard craps out I have to either access the machine from
> another terminal or pull the plug.
>
> --
> Jerry ♔
>
> Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored.
> Please do not ignore the Reply-To header.
> __________________________________________________________________
>
> _______________________________________________
> kde-freebsd mailing list
> kde-freebsd at kde.org
> https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-freebsd
> See also http://freebsd.kde.org/ for latest information
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kde-freebsd/attachments/20120603/07106c13/attachment.html>