[SOLVED] Lucid automatic update, then can't use keyboard or mouse

[brindafella]

I allowed 9.10 (Karmic) to automatically update to 10.04, but when I boot to the login screen the keyboard does not allow me to do anything, and the mouse pointer can not be moved (USB mouse and touchpad). I have to power down to reboot. Everything works with a 10.04 Lucid Live CD.

This is an Acer laptop (Aspire 5000 series -- fairly recent); dual boot with Wondoze XP.

I could:
a. poke around inside config folders, starting with the Live CD;
b. try booting an older kernel from GRUB (but then what?);
c. re-install from the Live CD, but lose other software that I'd downloaded and is presumably still there;
d. give up (not an option ;

Suggestions, please, for un-"bricking" Lucid.

Looking for inspiration,
Peter

[The Liquidator]

Re: Lucid automatic update, then can't use keyboard or mouse

A possible issue is that there is a problem with xserver.

Reboot your machine and select recovery mode. Select the xfix option. However it's so long since I needed to boot into recovery mode I can't remember if that option is there in 10.4. If it isn't select command prompt and type

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

Once that is done select resume normal boot.

Any joy?

[brindafella]

FIXED: Lucid automatic update, then can't use keyboard or mouse

Thanks for the pointers.

1. I copied down your suggested sudo instruction.

2. From GRUB I booted into the most recent kernel's recovery mode. (All the options showed v9.04.)

3. I accepted the options to 'fix' issues. Quite a few MBs of download later, it said I could finally boot in a normal manner. It did not, but I then powered down and it booted perfectly.

Just "one of those things", and I learned to love the Recovery option.

With my thanks,
Peter

[brindafella]

Re: Lucid automatic update, then can't use keyboard or mouse

For: The Liquidator

I should have mentioned that when booting back in, GRUB shows all the options as 10.04 now (was 9.04, which is why I mentioned it in the earlier post.) I have also installed a real-time version and it was among the options seemingly updated this time.

All good!

Thanks,
Peter

[The Liquidator]

Re: [SOLVED] Lucid automatic update, then can't use keyboard or mouse

Great stuff!

Once point - upgrades of more than 1 version (in your case 9.04 to 10.04 - missing out 9.10) can quite often be a bumpy ride

If the issue is now solved, could you please modify the title of your first thread to include solved in the title?

Thanks

ian