On 5/25/05, vegetableblood@aol.com <vegetableblood@aol.com> wrote:
> Hey, that's funny.
>
> I just went out and bought a usb cordless optical mouse (cause I don't
> like the touchpad on my laptop, and it doesn't have ps/2 support) with
> only windows drivers. Figured that Linux would do the rest.
>
> I'm running SuSE 9.2 FTP and after plugging it in, I could not get it
> to work (modified YaST, ran hardware detection, searched the web,
> etc.). I finally got frustrated and shut the pc off. After rebooting
> a dialogue came up and said "new hardware found". So if he ever has
> that problem tell him to reboot. That's always worth a try at least ;)
>
> Anyway, I was just curious as to how old your nephew is, because my mom
> thinks it's strange for a 17-year-old such as myself to be "obsessed"
> with Linux as opposed to buying into Microsoft's corporate propaganda.
>
He has joined the list so I will let him talk for him self...
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