kernel modules not loaded after dist-upgrade

hi, i'm using the unstable distribution and with the last dist-upgrade (about 440mb of packages) i chose xorg as replacement for xfree. everything went fine except that it wouldn't start because the mouse was not recognized. just a short nvidia logo and - boom - text console. this was because

Re: module-init-tools not being executed?

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module-init-tools not being executed?

hello, running unstable, after my latest dist-upgrade xorg (as replacement for xfree) would't start because the mouse wasn't found. i found out that this was because of the psmouse and mousedev modules not being loaded on bootup. so i added them to /etc/modules, but it didn't help, module-ini