kernel upgrade made caused USB mouse not working

[Man-wai Chang]

Man-wai Chang wrote:
>>> (II) Keyboard "keyboard" handled by legacy driver
>>> (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "usbmice" (type: MOUSE)
>>> (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "mouse" (type: MOUSE)
>>> (EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/input/mouse0
>>>          No such device.
>> 
>> Your error is right here.  You don't have a /dev/input/mouse0.  Going from
>> 2.4.2 to 2.4.29 is a HUGE jump.  *ALOT* has changed.
> 
> what is the device name for the USB mouse in 2.4.29?
> 
> 
> 
problem solved. the module input and hid was not bounded in my original 
build of kernel 2.4.29. I modified the kernel config and now the USB 
mouse worked.

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