kernel 2.6: USB Mouse won't work :/

[Bob Jones]

On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 04:25:56 -0500 (EST), Robert P. J. Day 
<rpjday at mindspring.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Naoki wrote:
>
>> Robert,
>>
>> I have the same problem. But it's my USB keyboard and mouse that don't
>> work. It's because the modules were not included in my 2.6 RPM. Are you
>> building from source?  Also the names of these devices have changed
>> which will mess up your old init scripts.
>
> i build from source, and keep up to date with each BK release from
> kernel.org.  i've also made changes in /etc/rc.sysinit to reflect 2.6, 
> but
> that file regularly gets reverted back, probably due to my nightly yum
> updates.  that said, at the moment, even with an unmodified
> /etc/rc.sysinit, the mouse still works.  go figure.
>
> what would be nice is an updated /etc/rc.sysinit file that's 2.6-ready.
> it's ***really*** annoying to talk about moving up to the 2.6 kernel, and
> yet have an init file that simply isn't ready for it. and if you *do*
> change that file, it won't be appropriate for a backup 2.4 kernel, just 
> in
> case.
>
> what's the solution here?  what are others doing?
>

Look at this link for an explanation/fix/workaround.

http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/1587

HTH
Bob Jones