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Subject: Re: USB mouse not detected on boot of 7-STABLE
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On Thu, 13 Aug 2009, Warren Block wrote:

> On Thu, 13 Aug 2009, Luke Dean wrote:
>
>> 
>> I'm tracking 7-STABLE.
>> Recently.. within the last month or so..  my simple USB mouse stopped
>> being detected at boot time.
>> The /dev/ums0 device simply does not appear unless I unplug the mouse
>> and plug it back in again.  Then it is detected.
>> 
>> I don't even know where to begin looking for answers to this one.
>> 
>> Is there something I can do to force the system to rescan for my mouse
>> to save me from crawling around on the floor whenever I reboot?
>
> Do you have "Legacy USB support" enabled in the BIOS?  If so, try turning it 
> off.

I tried it both ways.
I get some "waiting for BIOS to give up control" messages for some of my
/dev/usb devices in the dmesg now too, even with legacy USB support
disabled in the BIOS.
Thanks for the suggestions.  Maybe I'll try upgrading to 8 soon.