Don't reconfigure the mouse when USB mouse not present

[Douglas Royds]

My Mandrake 9.2 install successfully runs both my touchpad and a USB 
mouse at the same time. During operation, I can unplug the USB mouse, 
and the system carries on without complaint, using the touchpad. When I 
plug it in again, it works again. So far so good.

If I start up without the USB mouse plugged in, the system says "Argh! 
No USB mouse. Time to reconfigure!" or some such drama, and I have to 
tab through to the Cancel option (or wait a further 25 seconds for it to 
time out).

All I want to do is tell the system that if the USB mouse isn't present 
when I boot up, don't worry about it - just carry on silently. No need 
to reconfigure. The system is already doing this for the 1394 PCMCIA 
card - if it isn't in, an error is displayed, but the boot-up continues 
unabated.

I've trawled the net without success on this one.
Any suggestions?
Douglas.
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