I wrote about this about 2 weeks ago with no response. Noew I have more info. Suse 9.3. When I boot up, I have to perform the following each time in order to be able to use the mose: Alt-F1 -> select System -> Select Terminal -> Select Konsole su -> (password) yast select hardware -> select mouse -> select ps2 mouse -> select test (mouse works) -> select accept -> select quit It sounds like the mouse config is no being written to disk. What is the file name. Any ides to solve? tia, -- John R. Sowden AMERICAN SENTRY SYSTEMS, INC. Residential & Commercial Alarm Service UL Listed Central Station Serving the San Francisco Bay Area Since 1967 mail@americansentry.net www.americansentry.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org