[ltp] T40 & USB

[Paul Kaplan]

Here's my setup:

T40, Mandrake 10 (kernel 2.6.3), docking station, external IBM keyboard w/ 
UltraNav, powered external USB2 hub plugged into the docking station, Targus 
wireless mouse (USB 1.1), XFree 4.3

Here's the problem.
Without the wireless mouse, everything's fine.  Both the internal and external 
trackpoint and trackpads are active at boot time.  However when the wireless 
mouse is attached to either the powered USB2 hub or the USB port on the back 
of the keyboard at boot time, neither the internal or external trackpoints or 
trackpads are active when the system finishes booting, but the wireless mouse 
is active.  If, after the system has achieved this state, I unplug both the 
wireless mouse and the external keyboard and then plug the keyboard in first 
followed by the wireless mouse, the trackpoints, trackpads and wireless mouse 
are all active.  This odd behavior doesn't happen if I use a wired USB mouse; 
all pointing devices are active when the system finishes booting.

Any ideas what the cause of the problem is and how it might be corrected so 
that everything is active at boot time?

TIA
Paul