Mouse troubles in Slackware 9
 

I just installed Slackware 9.0 onto an older Gateway Solo 5150 laptop.

When I get to the GUI (using gdm, startx doesn't work, could this be related?) the mouse doesn't work at all. I've tried both with external PS/2 mice and the built-in touchpad.
Installation appeared to go off without a hitch, but
I also get two other errors on startup, one saying xscreensaver can't execute, and another saying it can't open the mixer device /dev/sound/mixer.

Perhaps my installation wasn't as clean as I thought?

Load Linux under init level 3, by typing: linux init 3 , at LILO.

then run xf86config again and pick a different mouse driver. Try using the Microsoft Mouse driver (even if your mouse isnt by MS) as this tends to work when picking a more generic driver doesnt work.

if it is a touchpad try using a generic 3 button mouse driver that is what I had to load for my touchpad on my laptop