Thanks for all the ideas, but I still can't get it to work. Here is what I've tried: a) Documentation Did you look at it first before suggesting? It might help grandma, but not me! (Very basic...) b) mouseconfig with: 1) Generic USB Wheel mouse: [Can't use the touchpod when USB is unplugged] 2) No mouse [X fails to start, does not bring up any config options but dumps me to the terminal login] 3) Generic 2-Button PS/2 mouse: [Does not recognize USB mouse when I plug it in] 4) The exact mouse I have (Logitech USB Mouse++ or whatever) [Save as generic USB - no fallback to the touchpad] c) Existing topics: I did check first before writing to the mailing list - perhaps this has been discussed somewhere else? I can't find anything on the shrike list, and all my searches from the redhat wed page turn up blank. ("usb mouse" in the knowlegde base turns up nothing new. How can you search the mailing lists again? Can't seem to find it...direct searches in shrike-list turn up nothing useful...) I have not recompiled the kernel, nor really done anything apart from a vanilla RedHat 9 install on the machine. -Eric __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com