dead mouse acer aspire 5517 LT

[Kenneth Koym]

trying this this afternoon.


On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 11:05 AM, Mike Holstein <mikeh789 at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 11:40 PM, Kenneth Koym <koymkg at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Mike, I will sleep and check back. work tomorrow as well. Thanks. Ken
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>> On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 9:47 PM, Kenneth Koym <koymkg at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> Mike
>>> how would I test an older kernel and which one?
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>>> On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 9:15 PM, Mike Holstein <mikeh789 at gmail.com>wrote:
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>>>> What triggered it? ...maybe you can do it into an older kernel to
>>>> test...
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>>>> On Dec 26, 2010 10:09 PM, "Kenneth Koym" <koymkg at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > anyone please advise,,, using 10.04.02 Ubuntu Studio, my wireless went
>>>> dead, followed by a dead mouse. did a workaround in terminal and clicking
>>>> off and on followed by clicking f5, which elicited a wireless connection.
>>>> This let me boot up and log in after a lot of rebellious fighting back. But,
>>>> I could never recover my mouse, which is like a dead Laptop.
>>>> >
>>>> > is there a work around. sure need the laptop.
>>>> >
>>>> > Kenneth
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>>>> What triggered it?... maybe you can boot into an older kernel...
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>> if it were me, i would try and rule out a hardware problem. one easy way
> to do that is get a live CD or make a live USB stick, boot it up, and see if
> the mouse works. if the mouse works, then you know that you have broken
> something in the software somewhere. in that case, i would try booting into
> an older kernel. i would look at what updates have come in, and also, i
> would run lspci in a terminal, and see if the OS is 'seeing' the mouse
> (lspci or lsusb for USB devices). if i had an external USB mouse, i would
> probably plug that in as well to test. you can also 'cast a wider net' as
> far as looking for support. google "ubuntu acer model#" instead of
> "ubuntustudio acer model#". if you want to shutdown without using the
> powerbutton, you can go to control+alt+F2, login, and use the command 'sudo
> shutdown -h now' (without the quotes). feel free to let us know the exact
> model of the unit, and maybe paste the output of lspci here, and also, what
> F5 does on that unit in particular (or what it is supposed to do).
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> ...sorry about that earlier post, i was trying 'reply inline' from my
> droid, and i had an auto-complete fail...
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