USB mouse not detected on boot of 7-STABLE

[Luke Dean]

On Thu, 13 Aug 2009, Luke Dean wrote:

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> On Thu, 13 Aug 2009, Warren Block wrote:
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>> On Thu, 13 Aug 2009, Luke Dean wrote:
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>>> 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.
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> 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.
>

Replying to myself...
Upgrading to 8 fixed the problem.