I've just installed Fedora Core 2 and the basic system is working correctly but now I have to work on getting all the hardware working right. How do I get the touchpad to respond to "tap" clicks? I know this works in Linux for my computer, as I had it working in Mandrake 10.

I can't seem to find a hardware setup tool in Fedora, where I could select/install the correct mouse. I see there is a project for hardware tools, including a mouse tool. I tried installing the hwbrowser tool, but did not succeed. The initial FC2 install has an older parted version that conflicts with the newer one needed by hwbrowser and I am uncertain how to update this. (It doesn't seem to update with the yum update system.)

You need to find out what chipset you are running, and who made that touchpad, and choose the proper mouse in XF86Config.