dead mouse acer aspire 5517 LT

Daryl Haataja daryl.haataja at gmail.com
Wed Dec 29 21:11:05 GMT 2010 

 Regarding my previous post, FYI. I run a Dell laptop and its
bluetooth/wifi needs to be enabled/disabled in the MS environment.
Otherwise it works fine in linux. Just no enable/disable. I suspect MS
partnering with manufacturers (attempting to proprietor-ize hardware)
is our common foe.
 I'm paranoid that way.
On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 3:01 PM, Daryl Haataja <daryl.haataja at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>  This may be unrelated, but my parent owns an Acer Aspire. Its
> keyboard stopped responding. She runs MS so I'm suspecting it was one
> of those MS/Manufacturer deals. It seems the MS os has some hardware
> triggered disabling that came from the battery getting too old or
> weak. It was unaffected in linux, so it took me a while to figure it
> out. I'd finally found a similar report online. Similar only. Removed
> battery so runs on power cord only. Problem solved. This was an MS os
> only condition, but felt I should make it known.
>
> On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 10:24 PM, Kenneth Koym <koymkg at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Mike
>> Great to have you as a mentor too. Many thanks!
>> Ken
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 9:16 PM, Mike Holstein <mikeh789 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 9:46 PM, Kenneth Koym <koymkg at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Mike & Ralf:
>>>> Did the trial run with two separate live DVDs and got no response on the
>>>> internal mouse so I checked with Frys Electronics where I bought my Acer.
>>>> They confirmed the date of sale and invoice # on file, then I drove out
>>>> where a diagnostic test was done. The test revealed a defect in the touch
>>>> pad and top cover; and, that this merited returning the Acer to the
>>>> manufacturer under their warranty. Though the laptop must be away, this
>>>> suggests no causative software issue.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for helping me verify the trouble.
>>>> Kenneth
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 2:26 PM, Kenneth Koym <koymkg at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Ralf thanks for assisting me.
>>>>> If I understand your recommendation, the terminal lsmod report is below
>>>>> but I do not know how to interpret the results :
>>>>> soundcore               8052  1 snd
>>>>> psmouse                64576  0
>>>>> serio_raw               4918  0
>>>>> shpchp                 33711  0
>>>>> k8temp                  3944  0
>>>>> snd_page_alloc          8500  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
>>>>> atl1c                  32975  0
>>>>> i2c_piix4               9639  0
>>>>> edac_core              45423  0
>>>>> edac_mce_amd            9278  0
>>>>> arc4                    1473  2
>>>>> b43                   182322  0
>>>>> mac80211              238896  1 b43
>>>>> cfg80211              148725  2 b43,mac80211
>>>>> video                  20623  0
>>>>> led_class               3764  1 b43
>>>>> output                  2503  1 video
>>>>> lp                      9336  0
>>>>> parport                37160  2 ppdev,lp
>>>>> usbhid                 41084  0
>>>>> hid                    83472  1 usbhid
>>>>> ssb                    45395  1 b43
>>>>> ahci                   37870  4
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 2:26 AM, Ralf <ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, 2010-12-27 at 23:37 -0500, Mike Holstein wrote:
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > 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
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [snip]
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > 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
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Good morning :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> pardon, I didn't read the complete thread, so just 2 cents.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> spinymouse at ubuntu:/boot$ cat config-$(uname -r) | grep ACER
>>>>>> CONFIG_ACER_WMI=m
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 'lsmod | grep acer' to see if the modul is loaded, perhaps it's called
>>>>>> acerhk or acer_acpi, but acer_wmi.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hth,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ralf
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>> HEY, thats great news... still under warranty... its a good idea to rule
>>> out a hardware issue when possible so you dont go beating your head up
>>> against the wall with the software (and i speak from at least quite a few
>>> hours of experience wasted doing just that)...
>>>
>>>
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