I have the same problem on my laptop and I've been too lazy to figure out
a permanent fix.  The temporary fix for me is to switch to a console, and
then back to X.  My mouse is miraculously found again.

Ctrl-Alt-F1
Alt-F7



On Fri, 25 Oct 2002, Scott H wrote:

> On my Dell Inspiron 4000 I can hit a key
> combination to put the unit into "suspend" mode.
> This works fine, and the unit goes down and comes
> back fine -- except... the USB mouse I use never
> comes back.  So after a suspend, I'm left with
> the mousepad.  Does anyone know how to get
> Mandrake 8.2 to see the mouse again?  Or is this
> just too much suspense for Mandrake?  (sorry  :)
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
> .
>
>
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