Mike Great to have you as a mentor too. Many thanks! Ken On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 9:16 PM, Mike Holstein <mikeh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 9:46 PM, Kenneth Koym <koy...@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 <koy...@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.mard...@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 <koy...@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. >>>> >>>> spinymo...@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 >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list >>>> Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com >>>> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >>>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users >>>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list >> Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users >> >> 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)... > > > > -- > MH > > http://opensourcemusician.libsyn.com/ > http://wnclug.ourproject.org/ > > > -- > Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list > Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users > >
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