reinstalled Ubuntu 11.04/Linux from usb flash drive and cursor frozen upon start up.
I reinstalled Ubuntu 11.04/Linux from usb flash drive and the cursor frozen upon start up. It worked the day before. I can get in with shift and access some stuff with TAB button also ctrl+alt+T brings me to terminal. I reinstalled 2 more times plus multiple restarts and still frozen. I did some stuff trying to figure this out and came up with the message "Cannot load old kernel image".I tried update manager and it concluded that dkpg couldn't be installed...tried to do it through terminal with the apt commands and either it says 'command cannot be found" or it just goes to the next command line. Should I reinstall on my flash drive and start again?
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Did you check nautilus service is running or not? as:
Code:
example# ps -ef | grep nautilus Code:
example# nautilus & |
Ubuntu 11.04 is end of life and not supported anymore. I recommend to install a supported version.
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outcome of nautlius command
To run a command as administrator (user "root"), use "sudo <command>".
See "man sudo_root" for details. ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo example# ps -ef | grep nautilus sudo: example#: command not found ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo example# nautilus & [1] 3601 ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo: example#: command not found I tried it without sudo and same response. It is frozen as soon as login appears. If I press enter I can enter ubuntu, but cursor is still frozen and most of the keyboard. TAB button works to highlight and open some files and some F keys bring me to a black screen. |
"example#" is command prompt like ubuntu@ubuntu, and it is not a part of the command :-)
Simply run mentioned commands without "example#" as: Code:
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ ps -ef | grep nautilus |
lol...I am obviously a newbie...Okay I did what you said.
To run a command as administrator (user "root"), use "sudo <command>". See "man sudo_root" for details. ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ ps -ef | grep nautilus ubuntu 3059 2414 0 18:27 ? 00:00:01 nautilus ubuntu 3587 3530 0 18:31 pts/0 00:00:00 grep --color=auto nautilus ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ nautilus & [1] 3588 ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ This opened a window that brought me to the Home Folder containing sub-folders, but I am at a loss of what to do from here. |
So what is status of problem now? Any changes appeared after invoking nautilus i.e. is mouse cursor working ok or not? Please share the message you got after invoking nautilus.
If no changes made then similarly check "metacity" service too, as: Code:
ubuntu@ubuntu$ ps -ef | grep "metacity" https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Metacity Code:
ubuntu@ubuntu$ metacity --replace |
I ran both commands again
To run a command as administrator (user "root"), use "sudo <command>".
See "man sudo_root" for details. ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ ps -ef | grep nautilus ubuntu 3105 2498 0 22:07 ? 00:00:02 nautilus ubuntu 5390 4365 0 22:44 pts/1 00:00:00 grep --color=auto nautilus ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ nautilus & [1] 6696 ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ ps -ef | grep "metacity" ubuntu 8187 4365 0 22:46 pts/1 00:00:00 grep --color=auto metacity [1]+ Done nautilus ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ metacity --replace Still frozen after reboot. Do the results of these commands look right? |
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