Bug#338347: psmouse driver keeps losing synchronization

[dann frazier <dannf@dannf.org>]

On Wed, 2005-11-09 at 18:03 +0000, David Hugh-Jones wrote:
> Package:linux-image-2.6.12-1-686
> Version:2.6.12-10
> 
> This is an intermittent bug that has just got worse. I have a Toshiba
> Portege 7020CT with a builtin trackpoint and a PS/2 mouse that I
> connect via the PS/2 port in a port extension. The trackpoint is
> working fine but the PS/2 mouse behaves strangely (moves at random,
> gives out random mouse click events) and I get this in my kern.log:
> Nov  9 17:45:49 portege kernel: psmouse.c: Mouse at
> isa0060/serio1/input0 lost synchronization, throwing 1 bytes away.
> 
> I have "psmouse proto=bare" in my /etc/modules, and have tried the
> solutions suggested at
> http://www.kerneltraffic.org/kernel-traffic/kt20040212_252.html,
> including stopping apmd. I also have speedstep_lib in my /etc/modules.

hi David,
  Can you see if this is still the case under 2.6.14 (the latest in
unstable)?