I played Skyrim via Wine, then it started lagging so hard that I rebooted computer holding Power button. Then, when I turned it on, on a login page keyboard and mouse were working. I typed password, and after logging in noticed that keyboard and mouse are not working. I tried to reboot (same situation), tried recovery mode. Nothing worked. What I need to do? Ubuntu 18.04

3

2 Answers

If you can type on the login screen, then there should be a way to workable shell.

This article has more on it.

From the description of the error, I would doublecheck for hardware problems, like e.g. a dying SSD. I would look for I/O errors in system logs.

If there are indeed signs of significant disk problems, then, before anything else, I would backup all important documents/files/etc from the disk, while being booted from a live USB.

After important files are backed up, I would also consider a filesystem check and possibly repair with fsck (on the unmounted / partition), again, from a live USB.

Then, regarding the keyboard / mouse:

Recently I have seen a few places that recommended

sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-all

or

sudo apt-get install --reinstall xserver-xorg-input-all

read these: Keyboard and mouse unresponsive after suspend,

and the aforementioned article.

I have no personal experience with this procedure, just offering for consideration.

Finally, regarding "rebooted computer holding Power button", I recommend googling and learning how to reboot with the "REISUB" method. It's not always effective, but when it is, it's nicer on the (file)system.

3

To complete the answer provided by Levente, the following commands may come in handy:

1. Enable a disabled input device

• Get the ids of the devices: xinput --list
• Enable the device with id=n: xinput enable n

2. Remove/add modules to Linux kernel

• Remove touchpad driver: modprobe -r psmouse
• Add it again: modprobe psmouse
• For keyboard, I think you must use atkbd instead of psmouse

NOTE that you need to run the commands as super user, I mean, sudo.

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Sign up using Google Sign up using Facebook Sign up using Email and Password Submit

Post as a guest

Post Your Answer Discard

By clicking “Post Your Answer”, you agree to our terms of service, privacy policy and cookie policy