Thanks migs, frustratingly searches for "usb mouse" lead to this thread instead of to the wiki article, so I wanted to get a summary that would help people get the stuff they needed. Your link to the wiki will help even more... I am trying to use the mouse in Easy Debian, in LXDE. It mostly works, but there are two problems that make it unusable in practice. (1) The screen keeps dimming when typing or using the mouse, I have to keep tapping the screen, and (2) The mouse doesn't work for cut and paste, if I try to highlight a word with the mouse, it starts putting "qqqqqq" into the text.