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I cant move my mouse or type?

Posted on January 14, 2012 by admin| 4 Comments

Recently, I when I was logged on, my mouse stopped working. Thinking nothing of it (I have a wireless keyboard/mouse), I unplugged the receiver, and tried to re-connect the keyboard/mouse. However, I still couldn’t move the mouse/keyboard. So I tried a corded keyboard/mouse (using PS2) and it still wouldn’t work. I’ve tried rebooting, and it still wont work (I’m using a different computer right now). However, I know that the keyboard/mouse/hardware isn’t defective because I was able to boot onto Ubuntu (Linux) via a live CD, and everything worked just fine (keyboard/mouse). Regardless, I still can’t get into Vista…I get stuck at the log-on screen (I’ve got a password, and safe mode doesn’t work). My only method of input is a media center remote (plugs into USB … but that only ‘types’ numbers (which do, however, appear). I’ve got absolutely no idea what to do.

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Why do people like Linux?

Posted on July 14, 2010 by admin| 1 Comment

I have had it up to here after trying to use a few linux distros and in the end am highly disappointed. I figured it would be fairly easy to put puppy onto an older laptop that does not have a CDROM. First I tried using a USB flash drive via the instructions on how to install puppy onto the usb flash. That fails and the end result from the rude people in the forums (try an older ver of puppy). I then try using a different computer and pulling the hard drive from the older lappy and using a direct connect cord I have. Well it all went well but I get some error in the end (again I ask in the forums with rude remarks in return and the same result (try an older ver.) Why would I want to run an older version. I can understand that maybe there will be some trial and error with installing to a USB flash but to a USB HD come on? Besides I dont want to try an older version, I want the latest release for petes sake.

After that I gave up on Puppy and moved on to trying Xubuntu, another semilite distro that I thought would still not chug on the older p3 laptop. I tried installing direct to the HD but it failed about half way through. OK I thought, so I scrounged through my parts and found a nice 2.5 40gb hd that I could use instead. I formatted to the desired filesystem for xubuntu and set the boot flag and then proceeded through the install. Success, I completed the install or so I thought. I poped the HD into the old lappy and of course it fails of the bat. No OS found, Great well thats enough of trying Linux for the night. I guess the old lappy was better off with Win 98 on there afterall. Whats even better as when I went to restart my computer where I was doing all these installs on its OS (Vista) would not start. For some lame reason Xubuntu decided I wanted to change my MBR on my main pc’s hd even though I was not even installing to that HD. Great so now I get to go look for my vista cd so I can run an MBR repair.

My take on Linux distros so far: Work flawlessly from the live cd’s not so much when trying to do permanent installs

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All right Linux (Ubuntu) masters, can you help me start up? I’m having some major problems.?

Posted on July 8, 2010 by admin| 4 Comments

All right, here’s my situation. I have an Asus Eee PC which does not have a CD drive, so I used an Ubuntu live CD on a different computer, and then installed live onto the flash drive. My computer starts to boot from the flash drive. I can choose my language, and I can choose if I want to try Ubuntu, install it, check for defects, etc. For those 3, I end up with the same error, and the screen looks like this:

Loading, please wait. . .

BusyBox v1.10.2 (Ubuntu 1 : 1. 10.2-1ubuntu6) built-in shell (ash)
Enter ‘help’ for a list of built-in commands.

(initramfs) [ 70.576083] ata1: SRST failed (errno=-16)
[ 75.604078] ata1: SRST failed (erno=-16)
[ 75.604134] ata1: reset failed, giving up
[ 75.764186] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 75.776205] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through

… I’m not very good with computers and all of the things when I search for this online involve people talking about putting in code and such… I have no idea where to put such code, lol.
The other computer that I have access to can not boot from a USB drive, so I can’t test that… D:

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I cant move my mouse or type?

Posted on May 26, 2010 by admin| 4 Comments

Recently, I when I was logged on, my mouse stopped working. Thinking nothing of it (I have a wireless keyboard/mouse), I unplugged the receiver, and tried to re-connect the keyboard/mouse. However, I still couldn’t move the mouse/keyboard. So I tried a corded keyboard/mouse (using PS2) and it still wouldn’t work. I’ve tried rebooting, and it still wont work (I’m using a different computer right now). However, I know that the keyboard/mouse/hardware isn’t defective because I was able to boot onto Ubuntu (Linux) via a live CD, and everything worked just fine (keyboard/mouse). Regardless, I still can’t get into Vista…I get stuck at the log-on screen (I’ve got a password, and safe mode doesn’t work). My only method of input is a media center remote (plugs into USB … but that only ‘types’ numbers (which do, however, appear). I’ve got absolutely no idea what to do.

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