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2009/12/14 kevin <kevin.lucas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > 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. A’Lee || mail: bma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> > web: http://bma.subvert.org.uk/ || gpg: 0x166891C7 >> > “Ignorance 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.” — 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 > First check I would do would be starting in network no x mode - this is runlevel 3 in RH/Fedora may vary and running X via startx rater than KDM/GDM and see if problem persists -- 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