[newbie] mouse support

[leslie.hamilton]

I have recently loaded Mandrake 7.1 which was on the cover CD of Linux Magazine.  I wanted to try it out and see if I liked it before buying the full boxed version.  I have tried Red Hat and Caldera but wasn't over keen with those.  I had Mandrake 7.0 on my machine a while ago but cleared it when I formatted the drive. I have loaded the new cover version on my machine and apart from one problem all went well.  Unfortunately the one problem is that it will not accept my mouse.  It works perfectly well for Windows 95 and the other two versions of Linux I've mentioned, but not for Mandrake.  It is a standard serial mouse and I can't understand why it will not accept it. I'm sure you can understand my reluctance to get the boxed version until I can get this sorted out. I also couldn't get passed the front screen using the keyboard.  I thought if I could get into the system I may well be able to re-configure the mouse.  Two questions. 1.  Why won't it accept my standard serial mouse? 2.  How can I use the keyboard to get around without the use of the mouse? I hope you can be of some help.  Many thanks in advance.     Les Hamilton [EMAIL PROTECTED]