> I am making progress in installing Red Hat Linux 9.0 on my laptop. What kind of laptop? Generally, for help & examples related to your specific model, see http://www.linux-laptop.net/ > During the installation phase my Microsoft optical mouse (USB) worked > perfectly. BUT after the boot process occured, I neither had my You might have better luck with something newer than RH9. Fedora Core 2 (http://www.redhat.com/fedora/) seems to have much better configuration tools for things like USB hardware. Maybe try the install without the USB mouse, and hopefully the touchpad will just work. Then, after you get that verified (in X), try adding in the USB mouse. Actually, before doing that, I'd install apt and make sure all packages were updated (since, e.g., the kernel has changed 2x since the release of FC2). Good luck, Andy Scherrer _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list