[ltp] Hotplugging USB Keyboard

[D. Sen]

I am trying to hotplug a USB Keyboard into my thinkpad (running linux 
2.4.20, Mandrake 9.0)

I see all the relevant modules (usbcore, usb-uhci, keybdev, usbkbd) load 
up but the keyboard remains dead.

If I power-up the thinkpad with the keyboard plugged in then the 
keyboard works.

Is there a workaround to this? I dont always have my external keyboard 
when I am starting the laptop and I dont want to have to reboot just to 
make the keyboard functional.

Thanks,
DS