dead mouse acer aspire 5517 LT

Tue Dec 28 04:37:21 GMT 2010

On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 11:33 PM, Kenneth Koym <koymkg at gmail.com> wrote:

> Mike, I was able to log off and log back on using the external mouse but
> not the inbuilt mouse. reception is off and on via unassisted wireless and
> my keyboard works without prodding the F5 which had been the crude means I
> used to get wireless to indicate it would cooperate and restore the
> keyboard. will get out of here and handle my job for a bit and turn in for
> the night. Ken
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 9:30 PM, Kenneth Koym <koymkg at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> here's lspci and will follow with lsusb as I am using the external mouse.
>> koym at koym-laptop:~$ lspci
>> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 Host Bridge
>> 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge
>> (int gfx)
>> 00:04.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge
>> (PCIE port 0)
>> 00:05.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge
>> (PCIE port 1)
>> 00:11.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 SATA Controller
>> [AHCI mode]
>> 00:12.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0
>> Controller
>> 00:12.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller
>> 00:12.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI
>> Controller
>> 00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 3c)
>> 00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
>> 00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 LPC host controller
>> 00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
>> 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
>> HyperTransport Technology Configuration
>> 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
>> Address Map
>> 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
>> DRAM Controller
>> 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
>> Miscellaneous Control
>> 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS780M/RS780MN
>> [Radeon HD 3200 Graphics]
>> 02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g (rev
>> 01)
>> 08:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Atheros AR8132 / L1c
>> Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (rev c0)
>>
>> koym at koym-laptop:~$ lsusb
>> Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
>> Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:c019 Logitech, Inc. Optical Tilt Wheel Mouse
>> Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
>> Bus 001 Device 003: ID 13b1:0020 Linksys WUSB54GC 802.11g Adapter [ralink
>> rt73]
>> Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
>> koym at koym-laptop:~$
>>  sure have a lot of on and off line notices that I never observed before
>> this started. am backing up the wireless with a linksys stick. so I do not
>> know if am running off of wireless via my 2wire041 modem or from the stick.
>> will do some testing to know if this comes from a Vonage modem tied in to
>> AT&T high speed internet or the 2wire AT&T modem. AT&T said it would not
>> work but once I saw that the speed was sufficient, I've managed to do what
>> they said would not work more than 20 months until an AT&T substation rework
>> was done a mile away. Am a guinea pig amidst the AT&T and Vonage conflict.
>> Vonage liked me being involved on that.
>>
>> Again many thanks on making me think a bit. Sorry I have not really said
>> anything but it feels good to be talking about results.
>> Kenneth
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 9:01 PM, Kenneth Koym <koymkg at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 11:05 AM, Mike Holstein <mikeh789 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 11:40 PM, Kenneth Koym <koymkg at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Mike, I will sleep and check back. work tomorrow as well. Thanks. Ken
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 9:47 PM, Kenneth Koym <koymkg at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Mike
>>>>>>> how would I test an older kernel and which one?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 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).
>>>>>
>>>>> ...sorry about that earlier post, i was trying 'reply inline' from my
>>>>> droid, and i had an auto-complete fail...
>>>>>
>>>>>
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> yeah, i would try a live CD... any buntu live CD really. see if the
computer acts the same... then you can go on from there

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