Just a final word now that this is resolved.
Thanks to all who replied.
I have SuSE V9.1 installed and am looking at the possibility of using a wireless mouse and keyboard.
I can obtain a M$ wireless keyboard and optical mouse but cannot find it listed anywhere in the SuSE hardware database. <snip>
We have partial success, I got the M$ wireless keyboard with optical mouse this gives two connection options, using PS/2 or usb. First up I was using the PS/2 connects as the present keyboard and mouse used those ports. Unfortunately, only the mouse worked and despite attempting to change channels the k/b would work. I then tried the usb connection and got the same result. It doesn't help to find you can reboot the system, and have a lovely GUI logon, only to find the mouase workd well but you have no way of entering a password.
I will try the k/b and mouse on a ..dare I say it.. a M$ system to verify if the k/b works If it works OK there then I have a problem!
It turned out that the keyboard was in fact faulty. A replacement set arrived and after inserting the batteries, I plugged the cables into the two PS/2 ports and away it went, both k/b and mouse working well. Thanks to all once again for the advice. John __________ This email has been pre-scanned using the latest Anti Virus software for your peace of mind.