Check your /etc/environment file ($ sudo gedit /etc/environment) and
make sure that JAVA is in there, both in your regular area and in your
PATH info.
For example, here is my /etc/environment file:
# begin
JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.07/
PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:
For those still having the problem: try something:
In Terminal, type "synclient TouchPadOff=1"
If you're told, "Can't access shared memory area. SHMConfig disabled?",
then I just got through the same problem (on my EEE 1000H running Ubuntu
8.04 hardy). I located a way to get it working:
http://u