Re: [foxboro] Replacing a USB mouse or trackball on D/F/G boxes
- From: <Kevin_Fitzgerrell@xxxxxxx>
- To: <foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 13:41:39 +0900
Joseph,
I haven't got an F/G box handy I can try now, but I haven't had problems
in the past unplugging and re-plugging a Sun mouse or keyboard locally
connected to on an F box. =20
If I ran into this problem I'd probably try to stop and restart the PICL
daemon before I rebooted the whole workstation.
# /etc/init.d/picld stop
# /etc/init.d/picld start
You can also print the picl tree with prtpicl or prtpicl -v for verbose.
In Solaris 9 or later there is administrative control over USB, but in
Solaris 8 I can't think of anything other than the above.
Sun has patches on this issue, it'd be interesting to see what patch
level of the USB framework your F/G Foxboro boxes are at. Current is
109896-30 for Solaris 8 I believe.
Also, the post is labeled for D/F/G boxes - are you using USB on D
boxes?
Regards,
Kevin FitzGerrell
-----Original Message-----
From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Joseph M. Riccardi
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 12:09 PM
To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [foxboro] Replacing a USB mouse or trackball on D/F/G boxes
Just FYI, my original inquiry was about direct connected USB mouses and
trackballs on D/F/G boxes. Unless I missed something, there was no
alternative solution to a reboot offered. Having to reboot has sure
complicated the last 3 failures...
Joseph M. Riccardi, Inc.
DCS Services - Industrial Process Control
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-----Original Message-----
From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On
Behalf Of Kevin_Fitzgerrell@xxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 6:28 PM
To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [foxboro] Replacing a USB mouse or trackball on D/F/G boxes
Hi Adam,
The USB Ranger CAT5 extenders (Foxboro part number P0972NZ) have issues
where the mouse/kbd are periodically lost - especially when radios are
in
use. This was recognized by Sun, but it took some time for Sun to
qualify a
reliable replacement. The FO USB extenders (Foxboro part number
P0973AJ/AK)
seem to have fixed my problems with F boxes periodically losing their
kbd/mouse and having to be rebooted. I suspect this would not fix the
problem of needing to reboot the box if the type of mouse or trackball
is
changed. The new extenders cost about the same as the old ones. The
Foxboro part consists of a USB extender and a DLink 4 port USB hub.
See my CAR 1007880 (and many others) for Foxboro's response to problems
on
the original USB Rangers.
The new FO USB extenders may require QF1004695 (an updated PROM for
Blade
150 and Blade 2000 workstations).
Regards,
Kevin FitzGerrell
-----Original Message-----
From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Adam.Pemberton@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 7:55 AM
To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [foxboro] Replacing a USB mouse or trackball on D/F/G boxes
Please expand Kevin. Are these a Foxboro supplied or 3rd party item?
-----Original Message-----
From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Kevin_Fitzgerrell@xxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, 12 February 2007 8:46 AM
To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [foxboro] Replacing a USB mouse or trackball on D/F/G boxes
If you're using the old CAT5 USB extenders, consider switching to the
fiber USB extenders - they seem to help with many of the problems we saw
with F boxes losing their mouse/kbd and having to be rebooted.
Regards,
Kevin FitzGerrell
Adam Pemberton
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