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luvbugbby 11-18-2012 09:32 PM

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?

shivaa 11-18-2012 09:55 PM

Did you check nautilus service is running or not? as:
Code:

example# ps -ef | grep nautilus
If it is not running then open a terminal and once invoke it using:
Code:

example# nautilus &
Also specify at which point it has stuck and mouse isn't working?

TobiSGD 11-18-2012 10:04 PM

Ubuntu 11.04 is end of life and not supported anymore. I recommend to install a supported version.

luvbugbby 11-19-2012 12:01 PM

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.

shivaa 11-19-2012 12:16 PM

"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
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ nautilus &

And you don't need "sudo" everytime with every command. Sudo is required only before some admin (i.e. root) level commands/tasks. Whenrver it warns you with message like "you do not have root privilages" then only use sudo, else it's not needed for every command.

luvbugbby 11-19-2012 12:45 PM

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.

shivaa 11-19-2012 01:24 PM

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"
If it is not running, then invoke it as well (but first read it's documentation):
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Metacity
Code:

ubuntu@ubuntu$ metacity --replace

luvbugbby 11-19-2012 05:27 PM

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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