After successfully completing an upgrade from 11.0 to 11.2 using the DVD, the laptop now boots to login screen but refuses to accept/read/recognise any key presses (incl. ctl-atl combinations etc.).
It recognises the trackpad but not the USB mouse.
This is my main work machine and I need to have it operational ASAP. Any ideas why it has gone strange?
down on that one line there where it says boot options. You can always put in new options as you start up the computer. In this case you put in the number 3 as the previous person stated. This will boot you into run level 3 as a start up option. Placing you at the command line.
After that you can try out the advice you were given
The keyboard works up until the boot sequence completes and the login screen appears. At that time the system just ignores all keypresses (nothing appears at all) and the external USB mouse. The on-board trackpad and keys still work.
I booted in runlevel 3 as suggested and ran âXorg -configureâ. That spent a lot of time loading graphics modules and then aborted with error code 11.
I am having a similar problem, except that I have installed OpenSuSE 11.2 in a VirtualBox instance. For some reason, when I boot in, the mouse works until KDM fires up and I get the login screen. At that point, neither my mouse or keyboard works. If I boot into run level 3, I can run Xorg -configure, and it generates a new config file. However, if I then run X -config <name_of_config_file>, I get a black screen and no keyboard or mouse input.
11.2 no longer totally relies on xorg.conf it may be best to simply try renaming it and run with out the file and see if the new stuff picks up the keyboard. Since you upgraded rather then did a new install the old xorg.conf may not be right. You can always name it back. You can also run yast from the command line and see if you can find a keyboard spec that works.
xconf.org is not needed in the latest X. However, if you have problems auto-detecting everything or if you have problems with the auto-detected configuration, you have to use an xorg.conf file to tweak the settings.
In your keyboard section, just put minimal information and try first:
I upgraded my laptop from 11.1 to 11.2. I had a similar problem until I restarted. Everything was fine then. I went home and did my home machine, and it happened again. Now my home machine will not reply to ps2 keyboard, ps2 mouse, or usb mouse. BTW, I ran the repair options from the dvd, no help. I tried to run in failsafe, no help. I guess the only thing left is reinstall?
Whenever I did upgrade, I had few major issues like this to fix. So, nowadays, I donât do upgrades. I keep a separate home partition and always install fresh by keeping the home partition intact.
From the error messsages, I feel that there is something seriously wrong with X. If your home partition is separate and if you donât have too many other system level configuration, it is better to do a re-install.
yeh if you used the âupgradeâ option in the openSUSE DVD, it will definately cause issues.
It did something similar on my machine so i started over.