booting problem

[G.]

On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 3:11 PM, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> On 09/05/2010 07:53 AM, G. wrote:
> ...
>> mouse and keyboard works in live cd as well as another install I am
>> using to write this.
>>
>> What is the 'e' key?  Do not understand the instructions.
>
> It's the key between 'w' and 'r'. 'e' as in 'edit'.
>
> From the liveCD look at /var/log/apt/history.log and
> /var/log/dist-upgrade/apt.log to see if you can find out what packages
> were being upgraded & their status. You may also find info in
> ~/.xsession-errors that may be of use.
>
>

Thanks for the clarification.  So doing did not help.  Still no mouse
or keyboard once at the login screen.

gary