Not enthused with the convergence of the live and install CDs

[Brian Lunergan]

Greetings:

This is as much a follow on to my previous question about USB problems as it is 
a new question.

I tried switching the mouse to the ps2 port. Didn't work so I came round again 
and used the 'safe graphics' choice. That did work although the partion program 
is somewhat clumsy when compared against my experience with using the straight 
install cd for 5.10 (the badger) of ubuntu. It still fails to see usb hardware 
and no apparent way to fix that. Now, after one attempt to setup and connect to 
the internet it jams at the login screen and fails to recognize either the mouse 
OR the keyboard.

Flat out. Is there a way to get the cd to behave like the previous style of 
install disk? The apparent defaults for the 'graphic' approach obviously clash 
with my hardware. The help option does detail the command line options available 
although live and memtest are the only choices for start. No install choice is 
given that I could see. I really want to give kubuntu a fair trial but 
convergence of the two disks is making that difficult. If a solution is not 
possible I will go back to the older ubuntu version (it, at least, installs 
comfortably and sees my usb gear) or seek out another distro to try out that 
uses the kde desktop.

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Brian Lunergan
Nepean, Ontario
Canada