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Re: lost mouse functionality in 2.6.x kernel upgrade



On Tue, Apr 13, 2004 at 09:46:26AM -0500, James Miller wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Apr 2004, Ralph Crongeyer wrote:
> 
> > In /etc/modules add the line:
> >
> > psmouse
> >
> > Then restart X.
> 
> Unfortunately this did not change anything.  Even after putting the entry
> psmouse in the file /etc/modules, the mouse cursor remains frozen when the
> computer gets into gui mode.  It does not respond to anything I do with
> the physical mouse.  Incidentally, gpm also does not work in the console
> (i.e., no cursor appears when I move the mouse around, as it does when I
> am in a console when using the 2.4.25 kernel).  Perhaps I need to
> uncomment the generic mouse entry in XF86Config-4 again?  I don't really
> see how that could apply though, since it's not a USB mouse (unless my
> understanding of the generic mouse stanza as referring to USB mice is
> mistaken).

Adding the line to /etc/modules is right, but it won't do anything
until you reboot. But you don't need to reboot just to get it working,
because you can load it by hand:

# modprobe psmouse

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