USB mouse not working

[blues77]

I have a Microsoft Optical Wheel Mouse that works fine in windows but unfortunately it doesn't work in my Mandrake 9.0 installation. I'm using an IBM R31 ThinkPad. If anyone knows how i can get my mouse to work i would greatly appreciate your help.

P.S. The trackpoint on my laptop is always jumping around in Mandrake. Does anyone know what might be causing this?

Thanks
Mike

 

[franklin97355]

probably wrong drivers for the pad. The USB has to be compiled into the kernel or the module loaded at startup. I don't know Mandrake or I would give you the context.

 

[StarTAC]

enabling USB mouse in the BIOS may also help.. if your BIOS supports that parameter...

good luck...

 

[blues77]

StarTAC
How do i got about enabling the USB mouse in the BIOS? I'm really new to Linux

Mike