[Bug 67734] Re: Mouse pointer freezes in Dell Dimension E521 / nForce 430

[just-generic]

Complete LINUX newb here - learning on the fly:)

I am also using Ubuntu 8.10 newly installed on a Dell Dimension E521.

My mouse will also freeze regardless of which USB port I have it plugged
into and unplugging it and plugging it back in have no effect. The
Keyboard will also freeze (USB as well).

ALL USB ports freeze completely and requires a reboot.

I did attempt to change the menu.lst however for the life of me could
not figure out how to save the changes in terminal.

I was attempting to add: acpi=force irqpoll at the "#kopt= "  kernal
description in menu.lst. It was suggested on another foum and seemed to
have worked for several people.

I also took a look at the BIOS on this machine to disable "legacy USB
support" however this bios does not have it. It shows four ports total
(2 in front and two in rear) but no legacy support. So I don't think any
changes to the BIOS will be effective.

I will try updating the bios version and see if that makes any
difference as Andrew suggested above.

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Mouse pointer freezes in Dell Dimension E521 / nForce 430
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/67734
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