Hello, folks.
Hopefully those here can help me. Please be advised before-hand that I am EXCEEDINGLY new to using Kubuntu, and haven't touched a command line since the DOS days, plus I am almost COMPLETELY unfamiliar with the commands and layout of Linux.
Here's the problem, however:
I recently installed the most recent release of Kubuntu, with the version 3.? KDE Desktop.
Everything SEEMS to work well, even sound (which took some finagling). However, when opening various programs, the mouse will lock up completely. The keyboard still works fine, though. When these lock-ups happen, they also prevent effective shutdown or restarting, halting the shutdown process with a black screen but with the machine not shut down or re-starting. At this point, it requires a physical reset or power-down.
This happens with wildly disparate pieces of software. It can happen any time I open a second tab in Firefox, or if I bring up the add/remove programs function (I cannot currently remember its' name). It may happen 75% or 80% of the time, then it won't happen, then it'll happen again. The mouse itself isn't to blame, as it has been rock solid on other machines (An older-model USB Logitech LX3 Optical mouse.)
If anyone has a suggestion or a solution, I would appreciate it as I have not seen similar when searching and I am unsure of where to begin to troubleshoot this.
With many thanks aforehand,
Mika Kyubi
Hopefully those here can help me. Please be advised before-hand that I am EXCEEDINGLY new to using Kubuntu, and haven't touched a command line since the DOS days, plus I am almost COMPLETELY unfamiliar with the commands and layout of Linux.
Here's the problem, however:
I recently installed the most recent release of Kubuntu, with the version 3.? KDE Desktop.
Everything SEEMS to work well, even sound (which took some finagling). However, when opening various programs, the mouse will lock up completely. The keyboard still works fine, though. When these lock-ups happen, they also prevent effective shutdown or restarting, halting the shutdown process with a black screen but with the machine not shut down or re-starting. At this point, it requires a physical reset or power-down.
This happens with wildly disparate pieces of software. It can happen any time I open a second tab in Firefox, or if I bring up the add/remove programs function (I cannot currently remember its' name). It may happen 75% or 80% of the time, then it won't happen, then it'll happen again. The mouse itself isn't to blame, as it has been rock solid on other machines (An older-model USB Logitech LX3 Optical mouse.)
If anyone has a suggestion or a solution, I would appreciate it as I have not seen similar when searching and I am unsure of where to begin to troubleshoot this.
With many thanks aforehand,
Mika Kyubi
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