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Re: [LUG] cannot enter via keyboard

 

2009/12/14 kevin <kevin.lucas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Can you do an interactive boot?
>
> press i after the boot starts
> It should tell you if hal fails. ( assuming the kb works at this stage)
>
> report back if you can boot like this without starting the X server.
>
>
> On Mon, 2009-12-14 at 19:52 +0000, Simon Robert wrote:
>> On Mon, 2009-12-14 at 12:59 +0000, Benjamin M. A'Lee wrote:
>> > On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 06:57:51PM +0000, Simon Robert wrote:
>> > > I was trying to update my laptop, with mandriva 2010. This was no good
>> > > as it had random freezing. So I tried other distros, openSUSE, kubuntu,
>> > > ubuntu and so on.
>> > >
>> > > When I use a live disk all is fine. However when I install the distro I
>> > > end up with the mouse working but not able to enter any text. This does
>> > > not always happen, sometimes keyboard entry works, but mostly not.
>> >
>> > I've had this with recent versions of Xorg when HAL isn't running.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Benjamin M. A’Lee || mail: bma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > web: http://bma.subvert.org.uk/ || gpg: 0x166891C7
>> > “Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those
>> > who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or
>> > that problem will never be solved by science.” — Charles Darwin
>> >
>> How do I get HAL to run?
>>
>> Thanks
>>   Simon
>>
>>
> Regards
>
> Kevin Lucas
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First check I would do would be starting in network no x mode - this
is runlevel 3 in RH/Fedora may vary and running X via startx rater
than KDM/GDM and see if problem persists

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