[ltp] USB mouse

[Hector Socas Navarro]

Hi folks,

	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.

	Is there any simple way to get my mouse to work without rebooting or 
restarting X (I wouldn't mind entering a few commands for that)? I have 
RedHat 7.3 with a lot of updated packages and kernel 2.4.22. Below are 
some excerpts from some of my configuration files that may be helpful.

Thanks!

Hector
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                       Hector Socas-Navarro
                     High Altitude Observatory
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Phone: 303 497 1543, Fax: 303 497 1589, E-mail: navarro@hao.ucar.edu

 From /etc/X11/XF86Config-4:

# USB Mouse
	Identifier	"Mouse1"
	# Modified by mouseconfig
	Driver		"mouse"
	Option		"Device"		"/dev/psaux"
#	Option		"Device"		"/dev/input/mice"
#	Option		"Protocol"		"IMPS/2"
	Option		"Protocol"		"PS/2"
	Option 		"Buttons"		"5"
	Option		"Emulate3Buttons"	"true"
	Option		"ZAxisMapping"		"4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
# Touchpad
	Identifier	"Mouse0"
	# Modified by mouseconfig
	Driver		"mouse"
	Option		"Device"		"/dev/mouse"
	Option		"Protocol"		"PS/2"
	Option		"Emulate3Buttons"	"yes"
	Option		"ZAxisMapping"		"4 5"
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
         Identifier     "Anaconda Configured"
         Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
         InputDevice    "Mouse0" "AlwaysCore"
         InputDevice    "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
         InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection


Modules loaded (when I boot without the mouse):

Module                  Size  Used by    Tainted: P
binfmt_misc             7104   1
cisco_ipsec           400128   1
autofs                 11156   0  (autoclean) (unused)
ds                      8360   2
yenta_socket           12736   2
pcmcia_core            52064   0  [ds yenta_socket]
irlan                  23916   0  (unused)
irda                  112304   0  [irlan]
orinoco_pci             4036   1
orinoco                35372   0  [orinoco_pci]
hermes                  7204   0  [orinoco_pci orinoco]
eepro100               20564   0
mii                     3784   0  [eepro100]
ide-scsi               10736   0
ide-cd                 32064   0
sr_mod                 16144   0
cdrom                  31872   0  [ide-cd sr_mod]
scsi_mod              105460   2  [ide-scsi sr_mod]
i810_audio             25288   0
ac97_codec             15336   0  [i810_audio]
soundcore               6180   2  [i810_audio]
nfs                    73848   0  (unused)
lockd                  55504   0  [nfs]
sunrpc                 77692   0  [nfs lockd]
vfat                   11820   1
fat                    36376   0  [vfat]
usb-uhci               24428   0  (unused)
usbcore                71904   1  [usb-uhci]

Modules loaded (when I boot with the mouse)

Module                  Size  Used by    Tainted: P
binfmt_misc             7104   1
cisco_ipsec           400128   0  (unused)
autofs                 11156   0  (autoclean) (unused)
ds                      8360   2
yenta_socket           12736   2
pcmcia_core            52064   0  [ds yenta_socket]
irlan                  23916   0  (unused)
irda                  112304   0  [irlan]
orinoco_pci             4036   0  (unused)
orinoco                35372   0  [orinoco_pci]
hermes                  7204   0  [orinoco_pci orinoco]
eepro100               20564   1
mii                     3784   0  [eepro100]
ide-scsi               10736   0
ide-cd                 32064   0
sr_mod                 16144   0
cdrom                  31872   0  [ide-cd sr_mod]
scsi_mod              105460   2  [ide-scsi sr_mod]
i810_audio             25288   0
ac97_codec             15336   0  [i810_audio]
soundcore               6180   2  [i810_audio]
nfs                    73848   0  (unused)
lockd                  55504   0  [nfs]
sunrpc                 77692   0  [nfs lockd]
vfat                   11820   1
fat                    36376   0  [vfat]
keybdev                 2464   0  (unused)
mousedev                4980   2
hid                    23204   0  (unused)
input                   5568   0  [keybdev mousedev hid]
usb-uhci               24428   0  (unused)
usbcore                71904   1  [hid usb-uhci]