[Ubuntu-SG] Help! No mouse no keyboard!
Kelvin Quee
kq at kquee.com
Sat Oct 11 02:55:57 UTC 2008
If you are on a small hdd, you should start with gnome-core and install
component by component as you require.
Kelvin Quee
+65 9177 3635
http://kquee.com/contact
Rykel™ (Aen™) wrote:
> yeah, after these 2 recent episodes with "not enough diskspace" and
> "restart your pc (and bork your system)" i think we need to get ubuntu
> devs to start upgrading ubuntu on EeePC 4GB (ie. SMALL hard disks) so
> that they know that these things actually happen. (I believe they are
> working on super high end PCs with tons of disk space so they will
> probably never come across these problems at all.)
>
> as for deb testing, i am supposed to be Ubuntu-SG leh... hehehe
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> Best Regards,
>
> Rykel™
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> 2008/10/11 Kelvin Quee <kq at kquee.com <mailto:kq at kquee.com>>
>
> I think Rykel brought up a real problem. The "restart your pc"
> icon in Ubuntu is often misleading and tells you to reboot at the
> wrong time.
>
> Does this sound like a possible bug report to you?
>
> Rykel, try to use the commandline for stuff. It saves you a lot of
> trouble down the road. Better yet, switch to Debian Testing.
>
> *hides*
>
> Kelvin Quee
> +65 9177 3635
>
> http://kquee.com/contact
>
>
>
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> Rykel™ (Aen™) wrote:
>> I tried that, didn't work.
>>
>> I now remember what happened... my upgrade manager was doing some
>> "cleaning up" (ie. ldconfig or something) but the "Restart your
>> PC" icon was in the Notification Area and I just rebooted my
>> system accordingly.
>>
>> Tada! There goes the mouse and keyboard. hehee : )
>>
>> The funny thing is - I could use the keyboard properly when I
>> switch to the commandline virtual screens, so I knew something in
>> my xorg has borked.
>>
>> Anyway, I went for a fresh format & reinstall so no more problem
>> already.
>>
>> Thanks gang!!
>>
>>
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Rykel™
>> +65 8400 2102 (Singapore)
>>
>>
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>> 2008/10/11 Kelvin Quee <kq at kquee.com <mailto:kq at kquee.com>>
>>
>> Eh, check your xorg.conf.
>>
>> If it looks wrong, do a -
>>
>> dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
>>
>> Kelvin Quee
>> +65 9177 3635
>>
>> http://kquee.com/contact
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Rykel™ (Aen™) wrote:
>>
>> Guys,
>>
>> I am not sure what's happening but yesterday Ubuntu did
>> an upgrade and
>> next thing I know is, my mouse and keyboard no longer
>> works... :(
>>
>> Without them, I cannot even diagnose the problem... but
>> curiously, I
>> can go into the virtual screens using just Alt-F1~F6
>> (instead of
>> Ctrl-Alt-F1~F6)... so perhaps I can solve the problems
>> through the
>> commandline.
>>
>> Thank you for helping!
>>
>>
>>
>>
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