reinstalled Ubuntu 11.04/Linux from usb flash drive and cursor frozen upon start up.
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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?
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.
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.
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:
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