Hi all I am a newbie as far as linux is concerned, and Im looking for some general help. I have just obtained and installed SUSE 9.0 and I am very very proud to say it ran without a hitch. Needless to say I have bottle of wine open. What I am looking for is specific instructions in how to update drivers for the OS and I miss my wheel mouse !!! Specificly for the wireles optical mouse and keyboard. And does any one know a real good browser for this os, or is the base Konqueror good enough ? I have installed all the available updates and kernel through the gizmo manager whatevr it is LOL but cant seem to get them setup and woring correctly. And after the firts 2 hours I must say I am impressed. So far XP Power user but a Linux newbie. IF IT AINT BROKE, DONT FIX IT - SIGNATURE COURTESY OF BUZZ187

The first bit of help is cap the bottle of wine... if you're a newbie you'll get into more trouble than enough with Linux without the grog helping you along. Cheers (hic) Once I thought I was wrong, now I'm not so sure!

Thanks for the reply Ewen ( hic ) Just darn proud I got it loaded and running first pop. Thats enough to throw a party on its own. But not exactly what I was looking for. This is a world on its own, but I think i can understand why those who know how to use it rave about it. For open source OS its fabls, I think there will be a few late nights with the some manuals when I can get them. Actualy im on the secod bottle and almost no hair left. HIC ahhhhhhhhhhhhh helppppppppppp IF IT AINT BROKE, DONT FIX IT - SIGNATURE COURTESY OF BUZZ187

Cogratulations Janos... like you I have recently migrated to Linux and I am enjoying it too, but beware you will need more than a bottle of good wine to get you out of some of the problems which will inevitably arise. If only it was as easy as Windows (sigh). Regards Once I thought I was wrong, now I'm not so sure!

HIC Tell me something i havent noticed, LOL Holy mozez Its like going back to school, I havent left windows as yet, but I do like to learn and I am keen to find out what all the fuss is about. I do admit one thing SUSE is huge in its form, almost 2 gig in size, but gee wiz is it strong. And it looks awsome, the dsktop is just fantastic. I also have the full cut server version as well, Im not brave enough to try that just yet. Just cal me mc chicken. Did you say as easy as windows !! Gees I wish XP was easy, but I do know what you mean. I havetn had this much fun since win 3.1 Regards IF IT AINT BROKE, DONT FIX IT - SIGNATURE COURTESY OF BUZZ187

I like your signature... the alternative is "keep on fixing it until it is broke." Click on my name if you feel like the odd bit of correspondence... I'm not much help in this system but a good yarn goes s long way. I use MD10 and I like it (so far). Regards. Once I thought I was wrong, now I'm not so sure!

Wheelmouse for newbies: Log in as root; open the file etc/X11/XF86Config with a simple texteditor. And add the following line to the section "inputdevice" where the mouse is defined: Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" Save the file and log out as root; The wheel should work fine after a restart of the x server. A good webbrowser is firefox, which you can find at www.mozilla.org. When you got it working, don't forget to enable the "autoscrolling" option, which can be found at the menu tools -> options. Just see what happens when you press on the wheel and move the mouse over the screen.