linux-kernel - Re: [BUG] 3.0.0-rc2 usb mouse not working

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Date:	Wed, 15 Jun 2011 23:56:21 -0500
From:	Bob Tracy <rct@...rkin.frus.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [BUG] 3.0.0-rc2 usb mouse not working

On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 08:15:44AM -0500, Bob Tracy wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 10:23:18PM -0500, Bob Tracy wrote:
> > Note: 3.0.0-rc1 hung during boot (right after parport initialization),
> > so the best I can do at the moment is say the bug first showed up after
> > 2.6.39.  Processor is an AMD K6-III/450.
> > 
> > Symptoms: Microsoft Intellimouse (corded USB optical) non-functional.
> > 	Red LED comes on when mouse is plugged in, but movement and
> > 	clicks are not seen.

To make a long story short, the required "usbhid" module is not being
loaded automatically in 3.0-rcX as it was in 2.6.39 and earlier kernels.
A simple "modprobe usbhid" got the mouse working again.

--Bob
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