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keyboard & mouse freeze

Asked by Amy

i used wubi to install ubuntu 10.04.
after the installation process, when i reach the login screen, the mouse and keyboard seem to freeze.
i know its not the entire system that has frozen because the system time continues to change.
so now i restarted the system and selected the ubuntu recovery mode->low graphics.
here the mouse & keyboard work perfectly.
please help.
i want to be able to use the normal ubuntu.

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Amy (cooldevelopers3) said : 		#1

System information:
ubuntu:
release 10.04(lucid lynx)
kernel linux 2.6.32-21-generic
gnome 2.30.0

hardware:
memory: 432.3 MiB
processor 0: intel(r) pentium(r) D CPU 2.80ghz
processor 1: intel(r) pentium(r) D CPU 2.80ghz

system status:
available disk space: 26.5GiB

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

Lucid is EOL in little over one month. After that it will get zero support and zero updates. I recommend you abandon the Lucid install and make a fresh install of Precise. Preferably not using Wubi.

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Amy (cooldevelopers3) said : 		#3

ok i will try installing the new version but can you please tell me what is causing this problem? so that i can know if there is something wrong with my machine or if its a faulty installation.

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Amy (cooldevelopers3) said : 		#4

and y not using wubi? the thing is its extremely easy to install and uninstall using wubi.

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Amy (cooldevelopers3) said : 		#5

and will precise work well with my system configurations?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#6

yes Precise will work well. Wubi is very fragile and hard to fix if it refuses to boot (if you are a new user). It is also affected directly by the shortcomings of NTFS, especially fragmentation. Even it's developers state it is a quick "try before you buy" rather than a long term solution.

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Amy (cooldevelopers3) said : 		#7

i burned the iso of ubuntu 12.04.2 on a disk and booted with that.
just to be sure it will work fine, i selected try ubuntu option. however it gets stuck at the orange screen.
totally frustrated now

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#8

What video chip do you use?

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Amy (cooldevelopers3) said : 		#9

ATI RADEON XPRESS 200

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#10

Try the boot option:

radeon.nomodeset=1

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Amy (cooldevelopers3) said : 		#11

i am sorry, i dint understand. how do i try this boot option?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#12

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootOptions

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Amy (cooldevelopers3) said : 		#13

so i press f6, and then edit the boot command and append "radeon.nomodeset=1" at the end of the line after --
is that right?
and can i knw what wil this command do?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#14

It adds an option to the module being loaded, making it behave differently

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