-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ian Ventura-Whiting wrote: | | I have found on both my laptop (Compaq N160) and my desktop PC (Custom | Built with SOHO Dragon Motherboard) that my MS USB Optical Mice do not | work at first. I have found that the symbolic links from /dev/usbmouse | exist but the destination file and directory do not (/dev/input/mice). | You can correct the problem using the mandrake configuration tools but | it will re-occur on reboot.
Can you see what happens if you set 'MOUSE=yes' in /etc/sysconfig/usb? This fixed it for me on Mandrake 8.2, but it seems to work without this on rc1 with a MS Intellimouse optical USB. - -- |----------------Registered Linux User #182071-----------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE9eIcNrJK6UGDSBKcRAk9/AJ9RUDgksBkXyKaUtiRvXIMVKpZglACgvdl8 NkTAXxVlnCeowGNF0aSwPjY= =49T2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----