dead mouse acer aspire 5517 LT

[Kenneth Koym]

Mike, am on line and using an external mouse. let me see how long I can get
this to run. Picked up a logitech mouse $6.99. tis a bit irratic but
working. Many, many thanks. Ken

On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Kenneth Koym <koymkg at gmail.com> wrote:

> trying this this afternoon.
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> 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:
>>>>
>>>>> What triggered it? ...maybe you can do it into an older kernel to
>>>>> test...
>>>>>
>>>>> 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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>> MH
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