Blue lines across boot screen & no mouse movement

I get the blue lines as well, but I'm assuming that part is nothing to worry about, since it will be fixed as they work on this spec: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/slick-boot

The mouse problems, on the other hand, are an obvious issue. Does the system actually finish booting into the desktop (with icons and panels)? If so, you might be able to give us some more information about how your mouse is (not) being detected:
1. Press Alt-F2 to bring up the Run Application dialog
2. Type in `gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf` (case-sensitive, without the `quotes`)
3. Use the arrow keys to navigate within the file and find a section that starts with `Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Configured Mouse"`
4. Write down everything in that section, and post it for us here.

I'm sorry you are having hardware trouble with Ubuntu, but the next few releases of the X Desktop environment should give us some big improvements in hardware detection. Good luck!

I will send you the info when I get back home this evening.

I assume that that alt - F2 combination and the info at xorg.conf will
be from the DESKTOP CD installation that I am attempting to run from the
CD and NOT from my Dapper installation which is installed on my hard
drive.

Thanks.

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-----Original Message-----
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Stu Hood
Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2006 8:01 PM
To: James R. Overstreet
Subject: [Bug 74286] Re: Blue lines across boot screen & no mouse
movement

I get the blue lines as well, but I'm assuming that part is nothing to
worry about, since it will be fixed as they work on this spec:
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/slick-boot

The mouse problems, on the other hand, are an obvious issue. Does the
system actually finish booting into the desktop (with icons and panels)?
If so, you might be able to give us some more information about how your
mouse is (not) being detected:
1. Press Alt-F2 to bring up the Run Application dialog
2. Type in `gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf` (case-sensitive, without the
`quotes`)
3. Use the arrow keys to navigate within the file and find a section
that starts with `Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Configured Mouse"`
4. Write down everything in that section, and post it for us here.

I'm sorry you are having hardware trouble with Ubuntu, but the next few
releases of the X Desktop environment should give us some big
improvements in hardware detection. Good luck!

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Blue lines across boot screen & no mouse movement
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Yes, when a live CD boots, it creates a temporary / file system in the memory of your computer that contains most of the files you would expect in a typical install.

Sorry to make you do this by hand, but while you are at it, could you also:
1. Alt-F1 to open the panel menu, navigate to the `Accessories` section, and select `Terminal`
2. Give us the output of `grep -i "mouse" /var/log/Xorg.0.log` (case-sensitive, no `quotes`)

Thanks

I will give it a whirl when I get home.

Thanks.

James R. Overstreet
Senior Paraprofessional

Cherry, Bekaert & Holland, L.L.P.
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-----Original Message-----
From: <email address hidden> [mailto:<email address hidden>] On Behalf Of
Stu Hood
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 11:17 AM
To: James R. Overstreet
Subject: [Bug 74286] Re: Blue lines across boot screen & no mouse
movement

Yes, when a live CD boots, it creates a temporary / file system in the
memory of your computer that contains most of the files you would expect
in a typical install.

Sorry to make you do this by hand, but while you are at it, could you
also:
1. Alt-F1 to open the panel menu, navigate to the `Accessories` section,
and select `Terminal`
2. Give us the output of `grep -i "mouse" /var/log/Xorg.0.log`
(case-sensitive, no `quotes`)

Thanks

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wpshooter:

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Section "Input Device"
       Identifier "Configured Mouse"
       Driver "mouse"
       Option "CorePointer"
       Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
       Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
       Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
       Option "Emulate3Button" "true"
End Section

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(**) |-->Input Device "Configured Mouse"
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/mouse_drv.so
(II) Module mouse: vendor="x.org foundation"
(==) RADEON(0): Silken mouse enabled
(**) Configured mouse:Device:"/dev/input/mice"
(**) Configured mouse:Protocol:"EXplorerPS/2"
(**) Configured mouse:Core Pointer
(**) Configured mouse:Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout:50
(**) Configured mouse:ZAxisMapping:buttons 4 and 5
(**) Configured mouse:Buttons: 9
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Configured
Mouse" (type:MOUSE)
(II) Configured mouse:ps2EnableDataReporting:succeeded

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> One more thing, I just went back into my Dapper install on the same
> machine that I was trying to run the Feisty DESKTOP CD on and I looked
> at the locations for both of the info sources you asked me for and
> unless I am missing something they are exactly the same on my Dapper
> installation on the hard drive as what I just sent to you from
> supposedly the memory load of the DESKTOP CD of Feisty.

Have you tried 8.04. Is this still an issue for you?

This has been a NON-issue for several versions of Ubuntu now.

I think this one can probabaly be marked off.

Thanks.