Re: Mouse problems on my FreeBSD desktop

Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> That's not enough. Someone with more intimate knowledge of how the
> kernel works will probably need to see the *ENTIRE* dmesg.boot output.

Okay here goes the dmesg.boot output:
http://www.fluffles.net/freebsd/troubles


Furthermore, i spent about 3 full hours on this problem, with no result.
Quite now i'm really disappointed that a simple mouse can give so much
trouble. :(

Okay here's what i tried:
- flash motherboard BIOS to latest 1007 version
- disabling ACPI
- trying to force the BIOS to re-distribute interrupts

Furthermore i read quite a bit on problems people has with Asus
motherboards regarding to mouse problems. In particular i read a note
about the newest 1007 BIOS:
"13. Fix IRQ12 not reserved when setting PS/2 Mouse Function Control to
Enabled."

Also in /boot/device.hints i saw two lines regarding PS/2 mouse control:
hint.psm.0.at="atkbdc"
hint.psm.0.irq="12"

It seems that the IRQ for PS/2 mouse is kind of hardcoded to IRQ12 in
the BIOS, but with the BIOS option called "PS/2 Mouse Function Control"
you force the PS/2 mouse to use another IRQ. I tried this and set the
hint.psm.0.irq to various IRQ-settings, as displayed by my BIOS after
POST like "Serial Bus Controller IRQ 11". But then i got the following
message during FreeBSD bootup:
psm0: current command byte:0047
psm0: failed to reset the aux device.

All in all, i tried quite a few things i guess. But it does not work. I
really want to teach my computer who's the boss in this house, but i
still have valuable data on my HDDs so.. :)



FURTHERMORE i tested:
- connecting my mouse to another motherboard and loading FreeSBIE (live
cd) does recognice my PS/2 mouse as IntelliMouse. It works out-of-the-box.
- when i try to boot FreeSBIE on my current system (Asus P4PE
motherboard), the same problem persists.

To me this means:
- problem is not with my FreeBSD settings
- problem is not with my mouse
- problem is with motherboard/BIOS.

Oh god i'd love to set my motherboard into fire..
Maybe anyone feels pitty and has other clues? :)

- veronica
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Relevant Pages

  • Re: Mouse problems on my FreeBSD desktop
    ... about the newest 1007 BIOS: ... but with the BIOS option called "PS/2 Mouse Function Control" ... connecting my mouse to another motherboard and loading FreeSBIE (live ...
    (comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc)
  • Re: IRQ-Nutzung
    ... Mein Floppy-Interface auf dem Motherboard ist hin - ein Stift abgebrochen. ... Dieser Port ist IRQ 5 zugeordnet. ... Schalte in diesem Fall im BIOS den Floppy-Controller - "die Floppy" - ab ...
    (microsoft.public.de.german.win98.allgemein)
  • Re: BIOS error 8603
    ... It dumps you into the BIOS configuration which shows "MOUSE " I can toggle that to ..or just exit, and the boot continues merrily along with no further problems. ... USB mouse is unaffected, of course, but the boot error will return next time the machine is shut down. ... Unreserve PS/2 IRQ 12 in BIOS ...
    (comp.os.os2.misc)
  • Re: 2.6.25-rc5.git4 regression PS/2 mouse not detected/working
    ... HPET in my BIOS. ... I am not sure if the PS/2 code is misbehaving though.. ... If PCI side tries to grab the IRQ then ISA side will never ...
    (Linux-Kernel)
  • Re: PS2 mouse problem
    ... PS/2 mice require IRQ12 in order to run. ... another IRQ will be assigned in most cases. ... Enter the BIOS ... setup and see if there is an option to reserve IRQ12h for the PS/2 ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
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