On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 1:10 AM, Kenneth Koym <[email protected]> wrote:
> Daryl, Mike & Ralph: > Thanks Daryl, your experience adds what I learned after having a total > reversal today. I called in to Acer presuming my laptop is defective. Reason > I say your experience is very valid, is this. The acer tech walked me > through a trip the system default mechanism. As I see it, when you removed > the battery, knowingly or unknowingly you too had forced your Aspire into > default. > > To any and all, if your Aspire 5517 model's mouse dies, boot up once more > pressing the F2 till it allows you to spring the default steps. Then shut > down and boot up. Then click the button to the left of the power on button. > Wah la,,, if there is no actual defect, the mouse on your touch pad will > reactivate promptly. So Daryl, what I make of you removing the battery is > this. Your method breaks the jammed circuit by removing the "weak battery" > and booting up without the battery and running solely with the power cord. > > Mike, would not my situation and the situation Daryl has explain both > amount to bringing the OS into a default start up? I believe so and sure was > glad I do not have to do without my laptop. > > Keh > > On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 3:01 PM, Daryl Haataja <[email protected]>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 <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Mike >> > Great to have you as a mentor too. Many thanks! >> > Ken >> > >> > On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 9:16 PM, Mike Holstein <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 9:46 PM, Kenneth Koym <[email protected]> >> 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 <[email protected]> >> 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 <[email protected]> >> >>>> wrote: >> >>>>> >> >>>>> On Mon, 2010-12-27 at 23:37 -0500, Mike Holstein wrote: >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> > On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 11:33 PM, Kenneth Koym <[email protected]> >> >>>>> > 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 >> >>>>> [email protected] >> >>>>> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> >>>>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users >> >>>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> -- >> >>> Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list >> >>> [email protected] >> >>> 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 >> >> [email protected] >> >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users >> >> >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users >> > >> > >> >> -- >> Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users >> > > > -- > Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users > > HEY, even better.. yeah, whatever it takes to rule out a hardware problem i say... -- MH http://opensourcemusician.libsyn.com/ http://wnclug.ourproject.org/
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