[Ubuntu-SG] Help! No mouse no keyboard!

[Nick HS]

There were reported breakages with evdev and other modules necessary for
mouse/keyboard input in intrepid lately. I find #ubuntu+1is a great
place to ask

Rykel™ (Aen™) wrote:
> yeah, after these 2 recent episodes with "not enough diskspace" and
> "restart your pc (and bork your system)" i think we need to get ubuntu
> devs to start upgrading ubuntu on EeePC 4GB (ie. SMALL hard disks) so
> that they know that these things actually happen. (I believe they are
> working on super high end PCs with tons of disk space so they will
> probably never come across these problems at all.)
> 
> as for deb testing, i am supposed to be Ubuntu-SG leh... hehehe
> 
> 
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Rykel™
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> 2008/10/11 Kelvin Quee <kq at kquee.com <mailto:kq at kquee.com>>
> 
>     I think Rykel brought up a real problem. The "restart your pc" icon
>     in Ubuntu is often misleading and tells you to reboot at the wrong time.
> 
>     Does this sound like a possible bug report to you?
> 
>     Rykel, try to use the commandline for stuff. It saves you a lot of
>     trouble down the road. Better yet, switch to Debian Testing.
> 
>     *hides*
> 
>     Kelvin Quee
>     +65 9177 3635
> 
>     http://kquee.com/contact
> 
> 
> 
>     Rykel™ (Aen™) wrote:
>>     I tried that, didn't work.
>>
>>     I now remember what happened... my upgrade manager was doing some
>>     "cleaning up" (ie. ldconfig or something) but the "Restart your
>>     PC" icon was in the Notification Area and I just rebooted my
>>     system accordingly.
>>
>>     Tada! There goes the mouse and keyboard.  hehee   : )
>>
>>     The funny thing is - I could use the keyboard properly when I
>>     switch to the commandline virtual screens, so I knew something in
>>     my xorg has borked.
>>
>>     Anyway, I went for a fresh format & reinstall so no more problem
>>     already.
>>
>>     Thanks gang!!
>>
>>
>>
>>     Best Regards,
>>
>>     Rykel™
>>     +65 8400 2102 (Singapore)
>>
>>
>>
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>>     2008/10/11 Kelvin Quee <kq at kquee.com <mailto:kq at kquee.com>>
>>
>>         Eh, check your xorg.conf.
>>
>>         If it looks wrong, do a -
>>
>>         dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
>>
>>         Kelvin Quee
>>         +65 9177 3635
>>
>>         http://kquee.com/contact
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>         Rykel™ (Aen™) wrote:
>>
>>             Guys,
>>
>>             I am not sure what's happening but yesterday Ubuntu did an
>>             upgrade and
>>             next thing I know is, my mouse and keyboard no longer
>>             works...   :(
>>
>>             Without them, I cannot even diagnose the problem... but
>>             curiously, I
>>             can go into the virtual screens using just Alt-F1~F6
>>             (instead of
>>             Ctrl-Alt-F1~F6)... so perhaps I can solve the problems
>>             through the
>>             commandline.
>>
>>             Thank you for helping!
>>
>>              
>>
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