Hello... I bought a microsoft wireless optical mouse 2.0, and somehow i have ended up with the following situation: when I boot linux (suse 9.3) and log in... the mouse does not work, but as soon as I load yast\hardware\mouse module... the mouse suddenly responds... I don't even have to change any settings... just load the module and then close it... and then the mouse works for the rest of the session OR it stops working if the system goes to the screen saver for too long (seems like about 3 HRS or so)... then I have to go into yast again. Any ideas? =(

hi there, i just had the same problem which i resolved as follows: after the mouse works again, check the end of your 'X' log file i.e. tail /var/log/Xorg.0.log and have a look at what the mouse device ( /dev/something-or-other ) should really be. then look at the start of this log i.e. more /var/log/Xorg.0.log to see where your X config file is ( e.g. Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" ). edit this X config file to use the correct "Device" entry in 'Section "Input Device"' 'Driver "mouse"' e.g. Section "InputDevice" Driver "mouse" Identifier "Mouse[1]" Option "Buttons" "5" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "Name" "ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse" Option "Protocol" "explorerps/2" Option "Vendor" "Sysp" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection hth