psmouse module problems on boot in linux 2.6.0

[Michael Graham <OoberMick@btinternet.com>]

Hi,
   On my laptop I have both a touchpad and a usb mouse. The touchpad 
uses the psmouse module, /etc/modules tells the kernel to load this at 
boot. The usb mouse uses the appropriate usb modules and is loaded using 
hotpluging.

My problem is that if the usb mouse is not connected at boot the 
touchpad doesn't work. The module has been loaded, but doesn't seem to 
notice the touchpad. If I remove the module and reload it works perfectly.

The only difference I can find is that when the usb mouse is plugged in 
on boot and the psmouse module is loaded the line

input: PS/2 Generic Mouse on isa0060/serio1

is printed (this also happens when I reload the module), but if the usb 
mouse is not connected on boot this doesn't get printed.

Any help you can give would be much appreciated.

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OoberMick
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