Charles Sliger wrote: >And we have a winner!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! >Thank you Craig! > >psmouse.proto=bare > >I tried 5 other solutions that had no effect, but this works great. > >Just so you know I'm not completely clueless, I was aware of the need to >reboot to test the kernel parameters. > >As far as the Belkin switch being of the cheap variety, far from it. This >unit cost around $400.00 several years ago and has been rock-solid with all >systems until this Centos 4.2 install. (my first 2.6.x kernel system) > >My question regarding the Ubuntu solution below had to do with the fact that >/etc/modules does not exist on the CentOS system. I assume it resides >somewhere else in the filesystem. > >Regards, >Chaz > > > You aren't trying to use a Microsoft mouse are you? The new ones have a special shutdown -h now script under the right button, but most of the time the programming just crashes out and causes your mouse to skip about the screen. <tonque in cheek> ;) I'm sorry.. but that just slipped out. John Hinton