2.6 kernel woes, module problems?

[wex]

I have installed knoppix 3.3 and then upgraded to the 2.6.4 debian kernel. I am installing on a dell 8600 laptop. The original knoppix install went great and most everything worked including sound, network, usb mouse. Originally I was having problems with a funky lilo setup but stephen helped me out on that and now I am booting the 2.6 ok. When I boot the 2.6 kernel only some things work though. Network works, my usb mouse doesn't work but my touchpad does. Sound doesn't work, my ati raedon video card don't work. My best guess is that certain modules are not being loaded like the sound and usb. However network does work and it is compiled as a module. I did reinstall and reconfigure modules-init-tools but that didn't help.
Some of my usbmodules are loading but not all like usb-uhci is missing and it is definitely compiled in the kernel as a module. Also my i810_audio is missing as well.

Check out the output of my lsmod:
Module Size Used by
snd_pcm_oss 47524 0
snd_pcm 81060 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_page_alloc 9348 1 snd_pcm
snd_timer 20228 1 snd_pcm
snd_mixer_oss 17152 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd 43108 4 snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mixer_oss
soundcore 7008 1 snd
parport_pc 34496 1
lp 9028 0
parport 34376 2 parport_pc,lp
autofs4 11904 0
af_packet 16136 0
ntfs 95596 1
msdos 8064 0
nls_iso8859_1 3968 2
nls_cp437 5632 1
b44 18564 0
hid 29632 0
usbcore 95708 1 hid
ds 11268 2
yenta_socket 14336 0
pcmcia_core 52800 2 ds,yenta_socket

Any help much appreciated
-wex

[mzilikazi]

Add this to /etc/modules:

ohci-hcd
uhci-hcd

Go here: http://kanotix.com/files/ and get a script to install the Radeon drivers for your card. There is also a script to fix alsa.

The usb modules getting loaded will probably fix your mouse but maybe you need this too for XF86Config-4


Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "USB Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Buttons" "5"
EndSection

The relevant part of /etc/fstab

usbdevfs /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs defaults 0 0
none /sys/bus/usb usbfs defaults 0 0

[arkaine23]

With my logitech mouse and 2.6 kernels, I've found that

sudo /etc/init.d/hotplug restart

will bring the mouse and other USB devices up once I've booted.