[Techtalk] Corrupted Mouse Driver

[Michael Fisher]

On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Carla Schroder <carla at bratgrrl.com> wrote:

> On Monday June 8 2009 01:19:04 pm Michael Fisher wrote:
> > 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?
>
> If your /home is on a separate partition you can preserve it. If it's on
> the
> same partition as your root filesystem then a new installation will
> overwrite.
>
> One more thing-- did you try the --reinstall option? Like sudo apt-get
> install --reinstall foo?
>
> Grasping at straws here... :)
>
> Carla
>
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I reinstalled several packages and so far no luck. Next I will try some of
the kernel images and headers and if that doesn't work I will do a full
install tomorrow.
This is certainly a strange bug. Probably a simple fix but it's knowing the
issue that take the most time. Thanks again for your help.

Mike
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