Quote Originally Posted by Loper
Quote Originally Posted by beforewisdom
When I log out of a desktop/window manager(icewm,gnome,kde) and return to a gui lilo dialog I lose control of the mouse... Thanks in advance.
Is it a PS/2 mouse or USB mouse? I suspect USB; what brand? One of the problems with inexpensive mice (and even some expensive ones, I suspect) is that they are only tested under Windows. There are hardware timing issues with some peripherals -- remember, a USB mouse has a microcontroller in it and has to "shake hands" with the PC hardware on a continuing basis. It may well be "losing its grip" while in command-line interface (CLI) mode. This has happened to me.
Okay, here is where I show my hardware ignorance .

If by "USB mouse" you mean having tiny little holes for tiny little rods at the connection point, then yes, it is a "usb mouse".

It is a 5 year old microsoft mouse I got with the gateway machine I have been using ( with Suse 7.2 ) until I got my new pc this weekend.

I also noticed that the middle mouse button ( a clickable mouse wheel ) doesn't seem to work.

Steve