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If you haven't accidently disconnected you mouse cable from the computer, you can use your keyboard to open yast-> hardware->mouse and select the correct settings for your mouse.
alt-F4 opens the kde application menu, I assume it will also open the Gnome menu. Once you have the menu open, just use the arrow keys to scroll through the list until you get to System. Once the System Submenu opens, scroll down to yast and hit enter.
You should be able to work the rest out. If not, reply to this with a specific question.
The mouse was working fine but ever since I did the yast->hardware->mouse thing, I have to set the mouse in yast every time I sign on.
The mouse works besides the fact that the mouse cursor doesn't show up. I can still click stuff and things will get highlighted when I mouse over. I'm guessing it's graphical.
What video card are you using? I've had some trouble with the Nvidia driver and I've heard ATI cards are problematic.
Here is what I would investigate, in YAST: Monitor settings and video card selection. In KDE, I'd check Control Center -> Display.
Further, I'd want to look to see which of the following is being initiated at start up: xdm, gdm, or kdm. This matters for a number of reasons. You should use the display manager of your favorite desktop as a default. To discover this information type in at the terminal:
I changed the driver to unknown card, and mouse started showing up.
Well since I have a Geforce 6800 which I spent $200 on, I would like to be able to use it.
I just downloaded the driver off nVidia's site. It links to a note on nVidia's site for SuSE users.
It is recommended to use YOU (YaST Online Update) for (re)installation
of the nvidia driver. There are several reasons for this. First, it's
simple. Second, and this is the most important one, you won't need to
recompile the nvidia kernel module after a kernel update.
Inside YOU enable "Installable and Installed Patches" for "Show Patch
Category" and select "Download NVIDIA(r) Graphics Driver" from the
patches list (usually at the bottom of the list). Note, that you need
to mark it as "Update" (right mouse click) if you already installed it
before and the driver was uninstalled - for any reason. Proceed as
usual now. After YOU has finished restart your Xserver (i.e. logout
from your Xsession) and you're fine.
People who aren't afraid of recompiling the nvidia kernel module or
even reinstalling the nvidia driver each time the kernel has been
updated and want or need to use the latest and greatest nvidia driver
can use the following steps 1-3. The others should use the
instructions above using YOU and skip the steps below.
1) Kernel sources must be installed and configured. Usually this means
installing the 'kernel-source', 'make' and 'gcc' packages with YaST2.
Update it - if not already done - via YaST2 Online Update (YOU).
2) Use the nvidia installer for 1.0-8178.
sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg1.run -q
3) Configure X.Org with
sax2 -m 0=nvidia (0 is a digit, not a letter!)
NOTE: There is no need to try to enable 3D support. It's already
enabled, when the nvidia driver is running.
I don't want to touch anything until I know I have everything ready to install.
When I installed SuSE, I checked everything except "mobile computing" and "laptop". I would just use YOU, but I can't internet access on my Linux partition until I get DSL (I have a winmodem).
Is there anything I have to do before running the driver?
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