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Keyboard and Mouse frozen on startup

Post by Axfinger »

Hello,

I dual boot Windows 10 and Linux Mint 19.3 Xfce on my Lenovo X1 Carbon (2nd gen). Recently I noticed that when I boot into 19.3, my keyboard and mouse are totally dead on the login screen and I can't do anything but power my laptop down. As soon as I power down I get the message "Started bpfilter" until the computer shuts down. Windows still works fine. I can live boot Linux Mint 20 from USB. I want to make the switch to 20 but before I do I want to get some old files off my 19.3 partition, and I would like to just login to do it. Lots of people have posted about this on Ubuntu but so far none of the fixes have worked. I have tried:

-disabling Fastboot in windows
-removing Nvidia drivers
-booting in recovery mode to autoclean
-updating grubloader

No luck so far. Anyone who can help would be greatly appreciated.
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Re: Keyboard and Mouse frozen on startup

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This happened to me once. Try

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sudo apt install xserver-xorg-input-all
(you'll need to go into recovery mode, enable networking and drop to root shell)
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Re: Keyboard and Mouse frozen on startup

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Tried doing that and I get the message " Package is not available but is referred to by another package. 'xserver-xorg-input-all' has no installation candidate"
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Re: Keyboard and Mouse frozen on startup

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Try

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sudo apt install xserver-xorg-input-libinput
You can also try a bunch of others with

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sudo apt search xserver-xorg-input
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Re: Keyboard and Mouse frozen on startup

Post by Axfinger »

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sudo apt install xserver-xorg-input-libinput
yields this:
E: unable to locate package xserver-xorg-input-libinput

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sudo apt search xserver-xorg-input
gives me synapics. I tried installing synaptics and it told me I already have the newest version.
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Re: Keyboard and Mouse frozen on startup

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OK... there must be a problem with the package manager. It should give you WAY more than just synaptics:

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$ sudo apt search xserver-xorg-input
p   xserver-xorg-input-aiptek                                   - X.Org X server -- Aiptek input driver                                
p   xserver-xorg-input-aiptek:i386                              - X.Org X server -- Aiptek input driver                                
i   xserver-xorg-input-all                                      - X.Org X server -- input driver metapackage                           
p   xserver-xorg-input-all:i386                                 - X.Org X server -- input driver metapackage                           
p   xserver-xorg-input-all-hwe-16.04                            - Transitional package for xserver-xorg-input-all-hwe-16.04            
p   xserver-xorg-input-all-hwe-16.04:i386                       - Transitional package for xserver-xorg-input-all-hwe-16.04            
p   xserver-xorg-input-all-hwe-18.04                            - X.Org X server -- input driver metapackage                           
p   xserver-xorg-input-all-hwe-18.04:i386                       - X.Org X server -- input driver metapackage                           
p   xserver-xorg-input-elographics                              - X.Org X server -- ELOGraphics input driver                           
p   xserver-xorg-input-elographics:i386                         - X.Org X server -- ELOGraphics input driver                           
p   xserver-xorg-input-evdev                                    - X.Org X server -- evdev input driver                                 
p   xserver-xorg-input-evdev:i386                               - X.Org X server -- evdev input driver                                 
p   xserver-xorg-input-evdev-dbg                                - X.Org X server -- evdev input driver (debug symbols)                 
p   xserver-xorg-input-evdev-dbg:i386                           - X.Org X server -- evdev input driver (debug symbols)                 
p   xserver-xorg-input-evdev-dev                                - X.Org X server -- evdev input driver (development headers)           
p   xserver-xorg-input-evdev-dev-hwe-16.04                      - Transitional package for xserver-xorg-input-evdev-dev-hwe-16.04      
p   xserver-xorg-input-evdev-dev-hwe-16.04:i386                 - Transitional package for xserver-xorg-input-evdev-dev-hwe-16.04      
p   xserver-xorg-input-evdev-dev-hwe-18.04                      - X.Org X server -- evdev input driver (development headers)           
p   xserver-xorg-input-evdev-hwe-16.04                          - Transitional package for xserver-xorg-input-evdev-hwe-16.04          
p   xserver-xorg-input-evdev-hwe-16.04:i386                     - Transitional package for xserver-xorg-input-evdev-hwe-16.04          
p   xserver-xorg-input-evdev-hwe-16.04-dbg                      - Transitional package for xserver-xorg-input-evdev-hwe-16.04-dbg      
p   xserver-xorg-input-evdev-hwe-16.04-dbg:i386                 - Transitional package for xserver-xorg-input-evdev-hwe-16.04-dbg      
p   xserver-xorg-input-evdev-hwe-18.04                          - X.Org X server -- evdev input driver                                 
p   xserver-xorg-input-evdev-hwe-18.04:i386                     - X.Org X server -- evdev input driver                                 
p   xserver-xorg-input-evdev-hwe-18.04-dbg                      - X.Org X server -- evdev input driver (debug symbols)                 
p   xserver-xorg-input-evdev-hwe-18.04-dbg:i386                 - X.Org X server -- evdev input driver (debug symbols)                 
p   xserver-xorg-input-joystick                                 - X.Org X server -- joystick input driver                              
p   xserver-xorg-input-joystick:i386                            - X.Org X server -- joystick input driver                              
p   xserver-xorg-input-joystick-dev                             - X.Org X server -- joystick input driver (development headers)        
p   xserver-xorg-input-joystick-dev-hwe-16.04                   - Transitional package for xserver-xorg-input-joystick-dev-hwe-16.04   
p   xserver-xorg-input-joystick-dev-hwe-16.04:i386              - Transitional package for xserver-xorg-input-joystick-dev-hwe-16.04   
p   xserver-xorg-input-joystick-dev-hwe-18.04                   - X.Org X server -- joystick input driver (development headers)        
p   xserver-xorg-input-joystick-hwe-16.04                       - Transitional package for xserver-xorg-input-joystick-hwe-16.04       
p   xserver-xorg-input-joystick-hwe-16.04:i386                  - Transitional package for xserver-xorg-input-joystick-hwe-16.04       
p   xserver-xorg-input-joystick-hwe-18.04                       - X.Org X server -- joystick input driver                              
p   xserver-xorg-input-joystick-hwe-18.04:i386                  - X.Org X server -- joystick input driver                              
p   xserver-xorg-input-kbd                                      - X.Org X server -- keyboard input driver                              
p   xserver-xorg-input-kbd:i386                                 - X.Org X server -- keyboard input driver                              
i A xserver-xorg-input-libinput                                 - X.Org X server -- libinput input driver                              
p   xserver-xorg-input-libinput:i386                            - X.Org X server -- libinput input driver                              
p   xserver-xorg-input-libinput-dev                             - X.Org X server -- libinput input driver (development headers)        
p   xserver-xorg-input-libinput-dev-hwe-16.04                   - Transitional package for xserver-xorg-input-libinput-dev-hwe-16.04   
p   xserver-xorg-input-libinput-dev-hwe-16.04:i386              - Transitional package for xserver-xorg-input-libinput-dev-hwe-16.04   
p   xserver-xorg-input-libinput-dev-hwe-18.04                   - X.Org X server -- libinput input driver (development headers)        
p   xserver-xorg-input-libinput-hwe-16.04                       - Transitional package for xserver-xorg-input-libinput-hwe-16.04       
p   xserver-xorg-input-libinput-hwe-16.04:i386                  - Transitional package for xserver-xorg-input-libinput-hwe-16.04       
p   xserver-xorg-input-libinput-hwe-18.04                       - X.Org X server -- libinput input driver                              
p   xserver-xorg-input-libinput-hwe-18.04:i386                  - X.Org X server -- libinput input driver                              
p   xserver-xorg-input-mouse                                    - X.Org X server -- mouse input driver                                 
p   xserver-xorg-input-mouse:i386                               - X.Org X server -- mouse input driver                                 
p   xserver-xorg-input-mtrack                                   - Multitouch X input driver                                            
p   xserver-xorg-input-mtrack:i386                              - Multitouch X input driver                                            
p   xserver-xorg-input-mtrack-hwe-16.04                         - Transitional package for xserver-xorg-input-mtrack-hwe-16.04         
p   xserver-xorg-input-mtrack-hwe-16.04:i386                    - Transitional package for xserver-xorg-input-mtrack-hwe-16.04         
p   xserver-xorg-input-multitouch                               - Multitouch X input driver                                            
p   xserver-xorg-input-multitouch:i386                          - Multitouch X input driver                                            
p   xserver-xorg-input-mutouch                                  - X.Org X server -- muTouch input driver                               
p   xserver-xorg-input-mutouch:i386                             - X.Org X server -- muTouch input driver                               
p   xserver-xorg-input-synaptics                                - Synaptics TouchPad driver for X.Org server                           
p   xserver-xorg-input-synaptics:i386                           - Synaptics TouchPad driver for X.Org server                           
p   xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-dev                            - Synaptics TouchPad driver for X.Org server (development headers)     
p   xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-dev-hwe-16.04                  - Transitional package for xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-dev-hwe-16.04  
p   xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-dev-hwe-16.04:i386             - Transitional package for xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-dev-hwe-16.04  
p   xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-dev-hwe-18.04                  - Synaptics TouchPad driver for X.Org server (development headers)     
p   xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-hwe-16.04                      - Transitional package for xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-hwe-16.04      
p   xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-hwe-16.04:i386                 - Transitional package for xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-hwe-16.04      
p   xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-hwe-18.04                      - Synaptics TouchPad driver for X.Org server                           
p   xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-hwe-18.04:i386                 - Synaptics TouchPad driver for X.Org server                           
p   xserver-xorg-input-void                                     - X.Org X server -- void input driver                                  
p   xserver-xorg-input-void:i386                                - X.Org X server -- void input driver                                  
p   xserver-xorg-input-void-hwe-16.04                           - Transitional package for xserver-xorg-input-void-hwe-16.04           
p   xserver-xorg-input-void-hwe-16.04:i386                      - Transitional package for xserver-xorg-input-void-hwe-16.04           
p   xserver-xorg-input-wacom                                    - X.Org X server -- Wacom input driver                                 
p   xserver-xorg-input-wacom:i386                               - X.Org X server -- Wacom input driver                                 
p   xserver-xorg-input-wacom-hwe-16.04                          - Transitional package for xserver-xorg-input-wacom-hwe-16.04          
p   xserver-xorg-input-wacom-hwe-16.04:i386                     - Transitional package for xserver-xorg-input-wacom-hwe-16.04          
p   xserver-xorg-input-wacom-hwe-18.04                          - X.Org X server -- Wacom input driver                                 
p   xserver-xorg-input-wacom-hwe-18.04:i386                     - X.Org X server -- Wacom input driver                                 
p   xserver-xorg-input-xwiimote                                 - X.Org Wii remote input driver                                        
p   xserver-xorg-input-xwiimote:i386                            - X.Org Wii remote input driver  
I'm guessing that removing the Nvidia drivers removed a whole bunch of other stuff or messed up something. Happened to me once.

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dpkg --configure -a
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Re: Keyboard and Mouse frozen on startup

Post by Axfinger »

Tried it but unfortunately it doesn't add anything to the list.

running

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dpkg-query -l '*libinput*'
shows libinput-bin and libinput10:amd are both installed, which is weird.
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Re: Keyboard and Mouse frozen on startup

Post by Axfinger »

I'm starting to think this isn't going to be easily solved, I may just bite the bullet and install 20 and lose whatever there was to lose from my old partition.
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