john, try using gpm for your optical mouse... 

--mat

On Thu, 2002-08-22 at 13:50, John Hebert wrote:
> My company bought me a Sony Vaio PCG-FX390P. It has
> WinXP on it. I put RedHat 7.2 and then put Gentoo 1.0
> on it. I can't get my USB optical mouse working on it.
> 
> I didn't have any say over the purchase of the laptop,
> so I would agree with you to not buy Sony.
> 
> John Hebert
> 
> --- Kory Wnuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I just started looking around IBM's web site but did
> > not see an option to purchase a Thinkpad w/o a M$
> > OS. 
> > I have sent an inquiry to IBM.
> > 
> > Anyhow...I guess I was asking for recommendations. 
> > What brands (and models) of laptops/notebooks are
> > any
> > of the group using in conjunction with Linux?  I am
> > curious about likes/dislikes and
> > features/deficiencies.
> > 
> > -K
> > 
> > --- Mat Branyon &lt;[EMAIL PROTECTED]&gt; wrote:
> > &gt; i think ibm is selling computers with freedos
> > (its
> > &gt; free)... they should
> > &gt; work well with linux... computer exchange now
> > sells
> > &gt; computers with
> > &gt; linux, or at least older ones... if you want a
> > new
> > &gt; one wiht linux, i
> > &gt; could set you up with that though.  i just
> > started
> > &gt; working there, so i
> > &gt; dont know if they sell laptops as well :(
> > &gt; 
> > &gt; --mat
> > 
> > 
> > =====
> > Failure is NOT an option!  That is why I use
> > Linux...
> > 
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