[ubuntu-za] Touchpad suddenly stopped working
Leon Marincowitz
lmarincowitz at gmail.com
Thu Apr 12 06:18:24 UTC 2012
Dear All
My touchpad suddenly stopped working.
It has never given problems before through Natty and now Oneiric. I've
always use a mouse but sometimes not, in the last few days it suddenly
stopped working.
I've a 32 bit Oneiric on a Acer Aspire 5610z. It has a special option
(function key + F7) to usually disable/enable the touchpad. Now it does
this, that it show activation or deactivation in the top right (as when
songs play, or volume control), but nothing happens.
Please help?
Kind Regards
Leon
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> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:33:54 +0200
> From: Bill Cairns <cairnsww at gmail.com>
> To: Ubuntu South African Local Community <ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] Nautilus "open with"
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> On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 4:07 PM, Hilton Gibson <hilton.gibson at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi Bill
> >
> > One old guy to another.
> > Install "Ubuntu Tweak" then open Ubuntu Tweak by clicking on the Dash and
> > typing "Tweak".
> > Then click on "Admins" -> "File Type Manager".
> > There you can set all the MIME types you want.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > hg
> >
> Hey, you are only as old as you feel and I don't feel a day older that 68!
>
> I am still running 10.04 and so I don't think Ubuntu Tweak is an
> option. Or is it?
>
> Bill
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:01:39 +0200
> From: Hilton Gibson <hilton.gibson at gmail.com>
> To: Ubuntu South African Local Community <ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] Nautilus "open with"
> Message-ID:
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> Not sure. See:
>
> http://blog.ubuntu-tweak.com/2010/02/02/ubuntu-tweak-0-5-1-released-support-10-04-lucid.html
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>
> On 11 April 2012 16:33, Bill Cairns <cairnsww at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 4:07 PM, Hilton Gibson <hilton.gibson at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > Hi Bill
> > >
> > > One old guy to another.
> > > Install "Ubuntu Tweak" then open Ubuntu Tweak by clicking on the Dash
> and
> > > typing "Tweak".
> > > Then click on "Admins" -> "File Type Manager".
> > > There you can set all the MIME types you want.
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > >
> > > hg
> > >
> > Hey, you are only as old as you feel and I don't feel a day older that
> 68!
> >
> > I am still running 10.04 and so I don't think Ubuntu Tweak is an
> > option. Or is it?
> >
> > Bill
> >
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> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 20:48:54 +0200
> From: Bill Cairns <cairnsww at gmail.com>
> To: Ubuntu South African Local Community <ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] Nautilus "open with"
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> The answer is, yes you can install Ubuntu tweak on 10.04. Follow the
> instructions on this web site:
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> On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 5:01 PM, Hilton Gibson <hilton.gibson at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Not sure.
> > See:?
> http://blog.ubuntu-tweak.com/2010/02/02/ubuntu-tweak-0-5-1-released-support-10-04-lucid.html
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> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 21:07:02 +0200
> From: Marius Kruger <amanic at gmail.com>
> To: Ubuntu South African Local Community <ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] Ubuntu South African Local Community
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> Yes, AFAIK the plan is to do it on Saturday morning the 5th of May.
>
> On 10 April 2012 19:51, Leon Marincowitz <lmarincowitz at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Dear Nico
> >
> > I like your ideas, but in particular the "week later". As in SA the 27
> > April and the 1 May is a Public Holiday, so some of us will take the long
> > weekend of.
> >
> > So this is just a reminder to all prospective people that would be
> willing
> > to attend that the release I think which is 26 will coincide when many
> are
> > away. i.e. don't set expectations or confirm, only then to drop out.
> >
> > The weekend for the 5/6 May should be good in PTA.
> >
> >
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> Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 21:16:10 +0200
> From: Jan Greeff <jan at verslank.net>
> To: Ubuntu South African Local Community <ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: [ubuntu-za] Launcher icons
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> Someone please help! The workspace switcher and trash icons in my
> launcher keep on dragging themselves into almost oblivion below the
> screen, so I have to go looking for them every time I need them by
> opening the launcher and then dragging the cursor to the bottom of the
> launcher panel, then only will they pop up even if there is plenty space
> in the visible section of the launcher.
>
> This is a nuisance but no amount of drag and drop or jiggling seems to
> make any difference except to make them hide even deeper down.
>
> Jan
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> Message: 6
> Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 21:51:18 +0200
> From: Marius Kruger <amanic at gmail.com>
> To: jan at verslank.net, Ubuntu South African Local Community
> <ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] Launcher icons
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> On 11 April 2012 21:16, Jan Greeff <jan at verslank.net> wrote:
>
> > Someone please help! The workspace switcher and trash icons in my
> launcher
> > keep on dragging themselves into almost oblivion below the screen, so I
> > have to go looking for them every time I need them by opening the
> launcher
> > and then dragging the cursor to the bottom of the launcher panel, then
> only
> > will they pop up even if there is plenty space in the visible section of
> > the launcher.
> >
> > This is a nuisance but no amount of drag and drop or jiggling seems to
> > make any difference except to make them hide even deeper down.
>
>
> That's weird, this has never happened to me.
> Are you using unity 2d or 3d? (echo $DESKTOP_SESSION
> It is "ubuntu-2d" for Unity 2D and "ubuntu" for Unity.
> http://askubuntu.com/a/80320/7166 )
>
> Things you can try:
> * Make sure your system is up to date, changes are coming in fast
> and furious for 12.04 to get it precise (100-500mb per day!).
> * Try to make the icons bigger/smaller to see if it makes your experience
> better.
> * Send us a screenshot of what you are seeing.
> * Try to report a bug (include the screenshot).
>
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> Message: 7
> Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 23:18:43 +0200
> From: Marius Kruger <amanic at gmail.com>
> To: jan at verslank.net
> Cc: Ubuntu South African Local Community <ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] Launcher icons
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> On 11 April 2012 22:42, Jan Greeff <jan at verslank.net> wrote:
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> > Thanks Marius, my system is up to date, 11.10.
> >
>
> Oh, I thought you upgraded to 12.04 already. I think you are still better
> off on 11.10 though, for example my brother has been having issues with
> Xiphos Bible Guide(visible on your screenshot) crashing.
>
>
> > How do I change the icon sizes?
> >
>
> I think the safest way is to install Ubuntu Tweak, that people have been
> talking about on the list:
> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tualatrix/next
> sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt-get install ubuntu-tweak
> http://www.noobslab.com/2011/09/install-ubuntu-tweak-on-ubuntu-1110.html
>
> Here's a screenshot showing the workspace switcher scrunched up at the
> > bottom and the trash can below it, but these icons only show when the
> > cursor is near, otherwise the icons at the bottom disappear altogether.
> >
>
> The way they 'scrunch' up is sort of a feature, but you must be hitting
> some bug because it is only supposed to happen if you have too much stuff
> in the launcher. From the screenshot I assume that you are running unity3d
> (sometimes unity2d is a little more buggy).
>
> Has this only started happening recently, or did you just upgrade recently?
>
> I googled a little to see if I can find others that have the same problem,
> without success.
>
> I don't think it's worth reporting a bug on 11.10, because it will probably
> be fixed in 12.04 already.
>
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Leon
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