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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. AâLee || mail: bma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > web: http://bma.subvert.org.uk/ || gpg: 0x166891C7 > > âIgnorance 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.â â Charles Darwin > > > How do I get HAL to run? > > Thanks > Simon > > Regards Kevin Lucas Minions Post Master(Sub) reprieved repressed(possibly!Definitely!) Po House, Minions, Liskeard Cornwall PL14 5LE 01579363386 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html