cant install Ubuntu netbook

Asked by JEFF HEMEKE

i,ve down loaded and burned netbook 7 times. i cant get a mouse pointer on any of them except 1. i installed that, and when i restarted my computer and the program loaded i didn't have a mouse pointer. can any one help me PLEASE. im new at this and dont much about the program, except it works on my desktop flawlessly. is there a mirror site where i can download a working program? any help will be very much appreciated. thank you.

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Marc Stewart (marc.stewart) said :
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So the problem isn't that you can't install Ubuntu; it's that you have no mouse pointer?

Can you restore the mouse pointer by switching to a terminal and back, i.e. by pressing Ctrl+Alt+F6, then Ctrl+Alt+F7?

And as a handy bit of info for future installations, you probably could have saved yourself all that downloading and burning by checking the hash and verifying the disc.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToMD5SUM

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Sam_ (and-sam) said :
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JEFF HEMEKE (rokmonstr9) said :
#3

the program i installed dosent work anymore, it wont load, so i,ve got to install a new copy. do you know of a site to download a working copy. i tried to do mdsum on the download and it says directly not found how do i get a pointer? please help, i cant use my laptop anymore. thank you.

--- On Sat, 9/25/10, Marc Stewart <email address hidden> wrote:

From: Marc Stewart <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: [Question #126836]: cant install ubumtu notebook
To: <email address hidden>
Date: Saturday, September 25, 2010, 3:43 PM

Your question #126836 on nautilus in ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+question/126836

    Status: Open => Needs information

Marc Stewart requested for more information:
So the problem isn't that you can't install Ubuntu; it's that you have
no mouse pointer?

Can you restore the mouse pointer by switching to a terminal and back,
i.e. by pressing Ctrl+Alt+F6, then Ctrl+Alt+F7?

And as a handy bit of info for future installations, you probably could have saved yourself all that downloading and burning by checking the hash and verifying the disc.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToMD5SUM

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Sam_ (and-sam) said :
#4

Regarding 10.04, reference workaround about switching tty.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/552214/comments/6

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Sam_ (and-sam) said :
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Sam_ (and-sam) said :
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JEFF HEMEKE (rokmonstr9) said :
#7

i dident ask how to install netbook remix. is that the one i have to install? i just need to find out how to get a mouse pointer.

--- On Sat, 9/25/10, Sam <email address hidden> wrote:

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Subject: [Question #126836]: cant install Ubuntu netbook
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Date: Saturday, September 25, 2010, 3:45 PM

Your question #126836 on Ubuntu Netbook Remix changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/netbook-remix/+question/126836

Summary changed to:
cant install Ubuntu netbook

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JEFF HEMEKE (rokmonstr9) said :
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the ubuntu web site dosent work for netbook.

--- On Sat, 9/25/10, Sam <email address hidden> wrote:

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Subject: Re: [Question #126836]: cant install ubumtu notebook
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Date: Saturday, September 25, 2010, 3:56 PM

Your question #126836 on Ubuntu Netbook Remix changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/netbook-remix/+question/126836

Sam proposed the following answer:
Official download page.
http://www.ubuntu.com/netbook/get-ubuntu/download

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Sam_ (and-sam) said :
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> i dident ask how to install netbook remix

Your topic (before I corrected) said: cant install ubumtu notebook
Your first entry is: i,ve down loaded and burned netbook 7 times.

So would you like to install netbook-remix
or the desktop version of Ubuntu?
http://releases.ubuntu.com/
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LucidLynx/ReleaseNotes/ChangeSummary/10.04.1
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LucidLynx/TechnicalOverview

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MaverickReleaseSchedule
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MaverickMeerkat/TechnicalOverview

> i just need to find out how to get a mouse pointer.

Did you try the suggested workaround from Marc Stewart?

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JEFF HEMEKE (rokmonstr9) said :
#10

i go to find on the netbook download page and every site i go to says phrase not found. what do i do please.

--- On Sat, 9/25/10, Marc Stewart <email address hidden> wrote:

From: Marc Stewart <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: [Question #126836]: cant install ubumtu notebook
To: <email address hidden>
Date: Saturday, September 25, 2010, 3:43 PM

Your question #126836 on nautilus in ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+question/126836

    Status: Open => Needs information

Marc Stewart requested for more information:
So the problem isn't that you can't install Ubuntu; it's that you have
no mouse pointer?

Can you restore the mouse pointer by switching to a terminal and back,
i.e. by pressing Ctrl+Alt+F6, then Ctrl+Alt+F7?

And as a handy bit of info for future installations, you probably could have saved yourself all that downloading and burning by checking the hash and verifying the disc.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToMD5SUM

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JEFF HEMEKE (rokmonstr9) said :
#11

i wrote back to mark again but i think it screwed up. he suggested i go to find on the download page and paste the hash in there. every download site says pharse not found. i dont know what to do. how can i find a download page for netbook 10.10 that will work? im getting very frusterated. i just cant seem to do anything right. please help. thank you. jeff.

--- On Sat, 9/25/10, Sam <email address hidden> wrote:

From: Sam <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: [Question #126836]: cant install ubumtu notebook
To: <email address hidden>
Date: Saturday, September 25, 2010, 4:28 PM

Your question #126836 on Ubuntu Netbook Remix changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/netbook-remix/+question/126836

    Status: Open => Needs information

Sam requested for more information:
> i dident ask how to install netbook remix

Your topic (before I corrected) said: cant install ubumtu notebook
Your first entry is: i,ve down loaded and burned netbook 7 times.

So would you like to install netbook-remix
or the desktop version of Ubuntu?
http://releases.ubuntu.com/
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LucidLynx/ReleaseNotes/ChangeSummary/10.04.1
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LucidLynx/TechnicalOverview

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MaverickReleaseSchedule
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MaverickMeerkat/TechnicalOverview

> i just need to find out how to get a mouse pointer.

Did you try the suggested workaround from Marc Stewart?

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JEFF HEMEKE (rokmonstr9) said :
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i,ve got netbook 10.10 installed now. when go to ctrl-alt-f6 it says to log into the computer so i enter my password and it says wrong password. i use the same password for everything, but if i dident is there a way to get my password? now, remeber, i dont have a mouse pointer. thank you

--- On Sat, 9/25/10, Sam <email address hidden> wrote:

From: Sam <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: [Question #126836]: cant install ubumtu notebook
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Date: Saturday, September 25, 2010, 3:44 PM

Your question #126836 on nautilus in ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+question/126836

    Status: Needs information => Answered

Sam proposed the following answer:
Which netbook version, 10.04?
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UNR
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick

Or the testing version?
http://ubuntutesting.wordpress.com/

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Sam_ (and-sam) said :
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Retrieving the password.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LostPassword
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/resetpassword

You wont see anything when typing a password in a terminal.
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+faq/62
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/passwordinterminal

There is no mouse pointer in a terminal (it's not a GUI (graphical interface), but there should be a cursor (blinking).
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GnomeTerminal

> i use the same password for everything

Which isn't btw. a good idea, if that means really *for everything*.
However, usually the password you setup during installation is the same which you login and for terminal usage, e.g. administration.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Security

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JEFF HEMEKE (rokmonstr9) said :
#14

i found out why i have,nt a pointer. the program docent add my touch pad mouse. it says alps ps/2 alps glidepoint touchpad found, then, adding input device. then applying alps ps/2 alps glidepoint driver 1.2.2. then it says no supported touch pad found, then no synaptics event found, then prelm failed for input device alps ps/2 alps gluidepoint. then finally it says unload module:syntactics. do you know what i have to do know? i know im asking a lot of questions, and im sorry, but i really want this to work.  again im using netbook 10.10. thank you for all your help. jeff

--- On Sat, 9/25/10, Sam <email address hidden> wrote:

From: Sam <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: [Question #126836]: cant install ubumtu notebook
To: <email address hidden>
Date: Saturday, September 25, 2010, 8:19 PM

Your question #126836 on Ubuntu Netbook Remix changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/netbook-remix/+question/126836

    Status: Open => Answered

Sam proposed the following answer:
Retrieving the password.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LostPassword
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/resetpassword

You wont see anything when typing a password in a terminal.
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+faq/62
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/passwordinterminal

There is no mouse pointer in a terminal (it's not a GUI (graphical interface), but there should be a cursor (blinking).
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GnomeTerminal

> i use the same password for everything

Which isn't btw. a good idea, if that means really *for everything*.
However, usually the password you setup during installation is the same which you login and for terminal usage, e.g. administration.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Security

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Best Sam_ (and-sam) said :
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Jeff,
since you now managed to install netbook and in addition there is a duplicate question open
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/126492
I'd suggest to open a new question about synaptics touchpad issue.
This will make it much easier for others to follow which might have the same issue, thanks.

Please also respect the request from Marco not to reply via mail to Launchpad, because the answer gets unreadable and uneasy to follow for others, thanks.

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JEFF HEMEKE (rokmonstr9) said :
#16

Thanks Sam, that solved my question.