booting problem

[James Takac]

Hi Gary

On Sunday 05 September 2010 14:42:28 G. wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 11:32 PM, James Takac <p3nndrag0n at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi Gary
> >
> > On Sunday 05 September 2010 12:36:54 G. wrote:
> >> snip
> >>
> >> > Yep, allow it to get to the login screen but hit ctrl-alt-f1 instead
> >> > of logging in
> >> >
> >> > James
> >> >
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> >> There is no response from they keyboard!
> >>
> >> Any other suggestions?
> >>
> >> gary
> >
> > I'm assuming the kbd works, i.e. if you boot you can get into the bios
> > and such, affect the boot menu, etc. If that is the case I don't really
> > know. Maybe possible to boot a live cd, go into a terminal and fix from
> > there? Others here may know if that's viable. Again assuming you have a
> > live cd even of an earlier version? Alas I'm at a loss here
> >
> > Just to recap this happened after a dist upgrade from 8.04/9.04 to 10.04?
> > Old emails are deleted my end so trying to make sure I have an idea what
> > to google. And didn't you mention some kbd error earlier re it's mapping?
> > the more
> >
> > Do any keys work at all or just certain keys giving errors, like the hot
> > keys, e.g. function keys. Do you have a keyboard you can swap over to see
> > if the prob relates to that specific kbd? Does the mouse freeze?
> >
> > managed to find some of your prev emails so have a lil to go on for
> > nowI'm sure someone will figure it out
> >
> > James
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> This was an the update after a fresh install of 10.04.  I have another
> install of 10.04 and everything works fine.   When I go to log in, I
> hve no mouse and no keyboard.  This happened when I was trying to run
> the update I mentioned in the first sentence of this paragraph.
>
> Thanks
>
> gary


Googling shows it may actually be a fairly common prob. Still looking to see 
if I can find a fix somewhere. Do the kbd and mouse work if you boot the 
affected system from the live cd?

Came across something you may be able to try. I recall you can choose in the 
grub menu so you can try the following

use the arrow keys to choose your boot option. Use the "e" key to edit the 
line. Add "noapic" minus the quotes of course at the end of the initrd line. 
The ctrl-x to boot it. If this works then we need to find were to edit for a 
permanent solution

James