[ltp] T40P docking problem

[Bill Wohler]

Peter C Davis <peter.davis@neustar.biz> writes:

> When I boot my laptop while it is not in the docking station (port
> replicator really), My touchpad and any USB mouse i insert works fine...
> but when i place it in the docking station (which has a USB port with a
> IR mouse attached), I cannot seem to get it to work... i've tries
> reinserting the USB device, modprob'ing and restarting the USB
> services... none of which do the trick

"/etc/init.d/hotplug restart" does the trick for me.

See http://www.newt.com/debian/thinkpad-t40p/#mice for details.

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