Hi,

On 10/30/07, H.J. Lu wrote:
> The bug report is at
>
> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2082
>
> Problem Description: When switching to another machine with a KVM
> switch and back, the mouse is out of control, with X.Org. To recover,
> I have to unplug the mouse cable and plug it back.
>
> Steps to reproduce: Have a wheel mouse connected and X.Org. Keyboard,
> Mouse and Video are connected to a KVM switch. Switch to another
> machine and back. You have lost the usage of wheel on mouse.
>
> This patch for 2.6.23 tries to reconnect the mouse after KVM switch.
> It doesn't completely solve the problem. Mouse still got a few random
> bytes after KVM switch.

Have you tried psmouse.resync_time=5 option?

Any change you coudl do

echo 1 > /sys/module/i8042/parameters/debug

before switrching KVM back and forth and send me dmesg?

> But it recovers with kernel message:
>
> psmouse.c: Wheel Mouse at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost synchronization, issuing reconnect request.
>
> instead of
>
> psmouse.c: Wheel Mouse at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost synchronization, throwing 3 bytes away.
>
> and never recovering from it.
>

I am hesitant queuing reconnect immediately - if the byte was delayed
because embedded controller was busy doing something else and we start
querying mouse at the wrong time we might lose mouse altogether.

--
Dmitry
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On Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 12:53:17PM -0400, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 10/30/07, H.J. Lu wrote:
> > The bug report is at
> >
> > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2082
> >
> > Problem Description: When switching to another machine with a KVM
> > switch and back, the mouse is out of control, with X.Org. To recover,
> > I have to unplug the mouse cable and plug it back.
> >
> > Steps to reproduce: Have a wheel mouse connected and X.Org. Keyboard,
> > Mouse and Video are connected to a KVM switch. Switch to another
> > machine and back. You have lost the usage of wheel on mouse.
> >
> > This patch for 2.6.23 tries to reconnect the mouse after KVM switch.
> > It doesn't completely solve the problem. Mouse still got a few random
> > bytes after KVM switch.
>
> Have you tried psmouse.resync_time=5 option?

My psmouse is kernel builtin. I tried "psmouse.proto=imps" and
it worked. But I don't want to change kernel boot option for each
kernel on each machine behind KVM.

>
> Any change you coudl do
>
> echo 1 > /sys/module/i8042/parameters/debug
>
> before switrching KVM back and forth and send me dmesg?

I will try it when I get home.

>
> > But it recovers with kernel message:
> >
> > psmouse.c: Wheel Mouse at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost synchronization, issuing reconnect request.
> >
> > instead of
> >
> > psmouse.c: Wheel Mouse at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost synchronization, throwing 3 bytes away.
> >
> > and never recovering from it.
> >
>
> I am hesitant queuing reconnect immediately - if the byte was delayed
> because embedded controller was busy doing something else and we start
> querying mouse at the wrong time we might lose mouse altogether.
>

As it stands now, my Microsoft wheel mouse isn't usable at all after
KVM switch without my patch. I had to reset mouse cable to get it back.


H.J.
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