[Techtalk] Corrupted Mouse Driver

[Michael Fisher]

On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 2:13 PM, Carla Schroder <carla at bratgrrl.com> wrote:

> On Monday June 8 2009 10:21:16 am Michael Fisher wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 1:02 PM, Carla Schroder <carla at bratgrrl.com>
> wrote:
> > > On Monday June 8 2009 09:51:22 am Michael Fisher wrote:
> > > > Hi Natalee,
> > > > The bug you referred to certainly looks familiar and still could be
> the
> > > > problem. I tried to run:
> > > >
> > > > sudo apt-get install hal
> > > >
> > > > but got the message back that 'hal is already the newest version.'
> > >
> > > Most times the best first diagnostic step is to boot a liveCD,
> preferably
> > > one
> > > that is a different distro that what is installed. Knoppix is a great
> > > all-around troubleshooting liveCD. If the mouse/trackpoint works with
> the
> > > liveCD then you know you have a software problem. If they don't, it
> > > points to
> > > hardware.
>
> >
> > I did boot to a LiveCD but used an Ubuntu 8.04, because I thought it
> might
> > be easier to compare. With the LiveCD the mouse/trackpoint worked fine as
> > did everything else. Would I gain any additional knowledge if I booted
> > using Knoppix? I do have a version around and could do that.
> >
>
> Oh, sorry, and I even read that in your original post. well I think that's
> good enough, since you already confirmed that it works with a liveCD.
>
>  It's not like Ubuntu isn't known for weird bugs in fundamental functions.
>
> Does this help?
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-evdev/+bug/292047
>
> Carla
>
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I tried the various 'fixes' on the launchpad link you sent me with no luck.
Thank you for them.
I am now considering the *nuclear *option.

If I booted up using the Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD and then opted for the install
option, will it fdisk my hard drive thereby removing all data (which I can
live with as most of my important stuff is on various file servers)? Or will
it see the installation and just add on and/or replace what is already
there? Or at the very least, keep my /home directories?


Thanks,

Mike
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