hi sorry for the dirty word, but i loaded r/h 7.1 and *everything* (mouse included) worked perfectly.
guess i will wait for woody. i chose deb over r/h because it has a future and r/h alpha is at a dead end. thanks to everyone for their most generous help. dave -- Dave Mallery, K5EN PO Box 520 Ramah, NM 87321 no gates no windows... running GNU/Linux free at last! Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds
