USB optical mouse issue in x

[Lowell Gilbert]

"Dave" <dmehler26 at woh.rr.com> writes:

>    I've got a 6.2 box with xorg running on it and gnome2. My problem
> is the mouse, it's a usb optical job, and moving it in gnome moves the
> mouse on the screen, but the buttons don't work. I know this is a
> working mouse, any suggestions? I've got moused running if that helps.

No buttons work at all?
Are they working on the console (under moused)?
How about with xev(1)?