>From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
>>  "Robert.V.Baron" writes:
>> Why doesn't the GENERIC kernel include pms0 -- how can you run X.

>The probe sometimes caused trouble as I recall. If you need the
>driver, well, you *should* be building your own kernels
>anyway. GENERIC is really just to get you started.

I'm pretty sure that the problem with pms.c is the dubious lines:
that do
       pms_pit_cmd(PMS_INT_DISABLE);
in match and close.  Once you eliminate them, I don't seem to see any
problems with the mouse.