[vox-tech] frustrating laptop problem

[Brian Lavender]

On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 12:56:26PM -0800, Norm Matloff wrote:
> 
> So, I recently "inherited" an Acer Aspire One, model 722.  (My daughter
> had been using it but she then bought a Mac.)  Naturally, I wanted to
> install Linux on it.
> 
> I began with my distro of choice, Ubuntu (in this case 12.04).
> Installed fine; didn't even need to fiddle with the WiFi.  But after
> installation, it turned out that the touchpad would freeze after a few
> seconds.  Same when I attached a USB external mouse.  
[snip]
> 
> If anyone has any suggestions, they would be highly appreciated.

Norm,

Perhaps you already found this page.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1811178

My guess is that there is some problem with ACPI. 

brian
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