mouse and keyboard lock up

From: Francois (francois.rappaz_at_unifr.ch)
Date: 05/27/05

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    Hi all
    Since I have set up some 2.6.9 kernel configs and the
    Kernel-image-2.6.9-k7_i386.deb package, I have mouse (on ps/2) and
    keyboard lock up on a Compaq PC (Athlon K7): the mouse pointer
    disappear, and the keyboard does not respond. The mouse is a Dell with
    a wheel and 2 buttons.
    I have tried to reproduce these locks up with clicking the mouse,
    without success up to now. I was using a 2.4.18 kernel without troubles
    before, but now I experience the some problem with that version too.

    With the debian 2.6.9-k7_i386 package, I can recover with the reset
    button and dmesg gives then "psmouse.c: wheel mouse at
    isa0060/serio1/input0 lost synchronization, throwing 3 bytes away" but
    most of the time I must restart the pc (and there is no indication in
    the syslog)

    I have seen posting saying which protocol to use with psmouse and I
    have create a /etc/modprobe.d/mice with "options psmouse proto=exps"
    in it (or should I have put this line in a modprobe.conf file ?)

    I have also upgrade procps to version 3.2.0. but I still have that
    problem. I put below some more info from dmesg, and I would appreciate
    any help to trace and solve the problem !

    Francois Rappaz

    Here are dmesg lines which could be relevent

    es lignes de dmesg qui pourraient être utiles:

    my own 2.6.9 config:

    ACPI: Subsystem revision 20040816
    ACPI: Interpreter enabled
    ACPI: Using PIC for interrupt routing
    serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
    serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
    Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 8 ports, IRQ sharing
    disabled
    ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
    mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
    input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard on isa0060/serio0
    input: ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse on isa0060/serio1

    config from the 2.6.9-k7_i386 package:

    ACPI: Subsystem revision 20040816
    ACPI: Interpreter disabled.
    serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
    serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
    Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 48 ports, IRQ sharing
    enabled
    mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
    input: ImPS/2 Logitech Wheel Mouse on isa0060/serio1

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