[ltp] T30 - RH8: Docking station blows away my mouse wheel (a lso Port Replicator)

[D. Sen]

Hotplug detects the re-insertion of the mouse (after step 4 below). Here 
are the messages:

Mar 17 11:15:40 localhost /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: Setup usbmouse hid for 
USB product 461/4d03/550
Mar 17 11:15:40 localhost /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: Setup mousedev for USB 
product 461/4d03/550




Allen, Michael B (RSCH) wrote:
> Does hutplug detect anything? Man hotplug(8) see /etc/hotplug or see http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net/.
> 
> 
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From:	D. Sen [SMTP:dsen@ieee.org]
>>Sent:	Sunday, March 16, 2003 3:55 PM
>>To:	linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
>>Subject:	Re: [ltp] T30 - RH8: Docking station blows away my mouse wheel (also Port Replicator)
>>
>>To get the mouse working through the USB port on my port replicator, I 
>>have to go through the following cycle everyday:
>>
>>1) Connect the laptop to the port-replicator and bring it out of 
>>suspend/sleep mode
>>
>>2) Disconnect the mouse from the port-replicator's USB port
>>
>>3) Type 'modprobe -r usbmouse'
>>
>>4) Reconnect the mouse to the port replicator's USB port
>>
>>5) Once in a while I have to switch back to a virtual terminal 
>>(cntrl+alt+Fx) and back to X (cntrl+alt+F7) to get the mouse working on 
>>X again.
>>
>>Its a hassle, I would ideally like to avoid but I havent found a way 
>>around it yet. I have thought of adding 'modprobe -r usbmouse' to my apm 
>>scripts....
>>
>>
>>
>>Whil Hentzen wrote:
>>
>>>>The wheel does not work when you connect it to the ps2 port of the docking
>>>>station because you are expecting a normal 3 button mouse there (e.g.
>>>>normally the built-in mouse) and not a 5/7 button intellimouse.
>>>
>>>
>>>Hmmmm, bummer, bummer. Guess I'll have to call up IBM to see about
>>>getting a new docking station.
>>>
>>>So if I configured the PS2 port to see a 5/7 button intellimouse? Do you
>>>know which of the two mice - mouse0 or mouse 1 - in my etc config?
>>>Neither of them make much sense to me....
>>>
>>>Whil
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>-- 
>>D. Sen,
>>http://www.auditorymodels.org/~dsen
>>
>>
>>
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> 

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D. Sen,
http://www.auditorymodels.org/~dsen