Bug#304028: kernel-image-2.6.8-2-generic: No Mouse

[Florian Hars <florian@hars.de>]

maximilian attems wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Apr 2005, Florian Hars wrote:
> > If I boot into 2.6.8-2, I have no mouse.
>
> i presume that you are not using hotplug/discover.

I most definitely use discover, as I found out the hard way
(/etc/rcS/S36discover caused a kernel panic by loading two
conflicting SCSI drivers, see bug #301486).

I have no module mousedev, but modprobe psmouse activated the mouse.
Now, why doesn't it work out of the box?

Yours, Florian.

PS: Here is the cpuinfo:
cpu                     : Alpha
cpu model               : EV56
cpu variation           : 7
cpu revision            : 0
cpu serial number       :
system type             : Miata
system variation        : 0
system revision         : 0
system serial number    : ERSKINE
cycle frequency [Hz]    : 499854464 est.
timer frequency [Hz]    : 1024.00
page size [bytes]       : 8192
phys. address bits      : 40
max. addr. space #      : 127
BogoMIPS                : 992.88
kernel unaligned acc    : 0 (pc=0,va=0)
user unaligned acc      : 0 (pc=0,va=0)
platform string         : Digital Personal WorkStation 500au
cpus detected           : 1
L1 Icache               : 8K, 1-way, 32b line
L1 Dcache               : 8K, 1-way, 32b line
L2 cache                : 96K, 3-way, 64b line
L3 cache                : n/a

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