| IveBeenBit | Does anyone feel like talking me through some installation problems for 12.10? | 05:17 |
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| histo | !details | IveBeenBit | 05:56 |
| ubot2 | IveBeenBit: Please give us full details. For example: "I have a problem with ..., I'm running Ubuntu version .... When I try to do ..., I get the following output: ..., but I expected it to do ..." | 05:56 |
| duanedesign | ikonia: | 08:11 |
| duanedesign | oops sorry | 08:11 |
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| JonEdney | Im planning to build a new PC, to run Ubuntu 12.10 on primarily. I've done a lot of looking around in regards to hardware compatibility. I'm currently looking at an Intel i5 CPU, but due to cost, I need to downgrade that. Anyone have any exp running on some of the Pentium or Celeron processors? | 20:04 |
| holstein | JonEdney: you get what you pay for | 20:46 |
| holstein | JonEdney: if i were not going to drop some cash on some nice new hardware, i would just get something used | 20:46 |
| holstein | i got a dual core box for free a couple years ago and maxed out the ram | 20:47 |
| JonEdney | yeah thats what I was assuming, but building is new to me. | 20:47 |
| userubuntu | hi I have a problem when installing ubuntu, my mouse does not work, during the installation and after that It used to work previously and it does in other operative systems. I tried some workarounds but I am stuck | 21:23 |
| holstein | userubuntu: you can really only search around, and try different live CD's | 21:27 |
| userubuntu | holstein I tried to reboot Ubuntu from a pendrive (that is how I re install it) and the mouse is not detected. Previously it was but had some problems, so I decided to reinstall the version 12.04 | 21:29 |
| holstein | userubuntu: if its not working on the live CD, it wont work | 21:31 |
| holstein | userubuntu: not "out of the box" anyways | 21:31 |
| holstein | userubuntu: what would i do? make sure its not a hardware issue | 21:32 |
| holstein | if it worked for certain in a verion of ubuntu, load that live CD | 21:32 |
| userubuntu | holstein it is not, I checked in other computer and it used to work previously | 21:32 |
| holstein | check the bios, check hardware switched | 21:32 |
| userubuntu | (albeit with problems) | 21:32 |
| holstein | switches* | 21:32 |
| userubuntu | ok will go to bios | 21:32 |
| holstein | userubuntu: you'll need to entertaion that it is one of 2 things | 21:32 |
| holstein | hardware or software | 21:32 |
| holstein | if its hardware, it could be a switch, or broken hardware, or disbled | 21:33 |
| holstein | if its software, it could be software support for the device is lacking in linux | 21:33 |
| holstein | those are really all the options.. you just troubleshoot and rule them out, one at a time | 21:33 |
| userubuntu | how can I see if the mouse is enabled through the terminal (as I cannot really use the mouse) | 21:33 |
| holstein | userubuntu: it is enabled in the terminal | 21:34 |
| holstein | userubuntu: you dont get a mouse in a terminal | 21:34 |
| holstein | you didnt "disable" it in a freshly booted live CD | 21:34 |
| holstein | so, you dont need to troubleshoot "did i disable it" | 21:34 |
| holstein | you need to determine if the hardware is working | 21:34 |
| userubuntu | ok | 21:35 |
| userubuntu | will got to bios | 21:35 |
| holstein | go to *any* live CD that used to work with it | 21:36 |
| holstein | take your current OS out of the equation | 21:36 |
| holstein | then, if it did work with that live CD in the past, and you are *certain* of that, then its safe to assume its either disabled, or broken | 21:36 |
| userubuntu | ok will try this | 21:37 |
| userubuntu | mouse work in bios so it is safe to assume it is not a hardware issue | 21:39 |
| userubuntu | and somehow it is now working | 21:39 |
| userubuntu | this is odd, but thank you holstein for your help | 21:40 |
| holstein | userubuntu: cool.. then you can move on to software | 21:42 |
| holstein | try a live CD, and take your current OS out of the equation | 21:42 |
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