Installed suse 9.3 mouse was not detected i have a microsoft wheel mouse optical usb. after installing suse and booting up for the first time the mouse was detected and the dialog asked if i wanted to configure it so i selected yes but the mouse still does not work at all.what file do i need to configure to get it to work. i have been trying to find a key board combination to bring up the console but to no avail.also tried to find a keyboard combination to access the desktop menu but i dont know what it is.cant do anything but look at the desktop i am (stuck like chuck) someone enlightend this newbie please.

To switch consoles, use these key combinations:

ctrl-alt-F1 - console 1
crtl-alt-F2 - console 2
crtl-alt-F7 - X, desktop

As far as the mouse issue is concerned, Suse should have no problem detecting the Microsoft Optical Mouse, but in your case it appears that it is.

Try this:
1) use ctrl-alt-F1 to go to console 1
2) log in as root
3) run 'init 3', this will shutdown X so that we can safely check the configurations
4) run 'SaX2', this is the Suse configuration utility for X. Check the mouse configuration options.
5) assuming that works and it is able to find your mouse, once you exit SaX2, type 'init 5' to restart X

If that does not work, you can try this:
1) reboot your computer. Do not just turn off you computer!
1a) hit ctrl-alt-F1
1b) log in as root
1c) type 'reboot' and hit enter, if that does not work, try 'shutdown -r now'
2) go into your bios and enable USB Mouse emulation or Legacy USB Mouse or something similar.

This will allow your bios simulate that a USB mouse is actually PS/2 until the operating system loads the correct drivers. After that, run SaX2 again using the instructions above.

Hope this helps

There is a simpler way to run sax2. From your booted GUI environment with undetected mouse, Alt-F2. A run command window pops up. Enter sax2. A root password window pops up. After entering the root password you're in the GUI version of sax2.

A big thanks to firefox 2501 that was the remedy i set the mouse configuration to emulate a three button mouse in sax2 and a appreciation to george for his input.

Thank You!