[ltp] USB mouse

[Simon Wong]

On Tue, 2004-04-13 at 12:36, Hector Socas Navarro wrote:
> 	Sometimes (but not always) I use a USB mouse attached to my thinkpad 
> T30. If I start the computer with the mouse plugged in, it works just 
> fine and gets along nicely with the touchpad. However, if the computer 
> boots without the mouse and then I plug it in, it doesn't work. I've 
> found a way to make it work, but it requires restarting X. It's the 
> following: boot without the mouse, plug the mouse in, execute 
> /etc/hotplug/usb.rc restart, modprobe the appropriate modules (I believe 
> it's hid, usb-core, usb-uhci, mousedev and input), restart X.

I have the same problem on my T40.  I don't do anything with the modules
but restart hotplug before starting gdm/X and it works.

I wonder whether it works better if it's not a core pointer?