Hi,
First, take this information for what you paid for it. There are many experienced users in this group. I am only 1/2 experienced.
Did you run
dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
to set up the gui?
Did you install from cd or did you do a netinstall?
After you installed did you run
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
That'd be the first thing I would do with Sarge.
Then as root try
apt-get install mdetect discover
dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
The package mdetect is to detect the mouse. The program discover is to detect your other hardware.
I honestly thought Sarge didn't use xorg.
The hardware is compatable as per
http://www.keylabs.com/linux/results...undit-pe3.html
But they tested use newer distros/kernels.
My guess is it would work fine if you were installing unstable (sid), or even using a 2.6.X kernel. The newer kernels have things built in that the old ones needed special patches and modules for.
What kernel did you install? uname -a
Good luck,
Steve