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[SOLVED] Unable to use keyboard and mouse on lightdm login screen

Background:

I was trying to do my regular
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sudo pacman -Syu
which I typically run when I boot my system (artix linux, runit). Unfortunately power went out while this was running.

Problem:

When I restarted the system after the power outage, I can't seem to get my keyboard and mouse working at all on the login screen (I'm using lightdm as my login mgr).

Solutions I've tried so far:

I tried
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artix-chroot /mnt
after doing
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mount /dev/xxxxxxx /mnt
and reinstalled udev and linux hoping that might fix it. Furthermore I tried doing
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mkinitcpio -P
from the chroot environment. Both methods didn't work either.


I'd appreciate any advice on getting back to a working system. I would like to avoid reinstalling the whole system if I can. Thanks!

Re: Unable to use keyboard and mouse on lightdm login screen

Reply #1 –
Things I might try in no particular order
  • reinstalling all packages
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    pacman -Qqn | pacman -S -
  • disabling lightdm and seeing if errors occur running it from a terminal and also starting X without a display manager i.e. startx
  • checking the logs for X and lightdm and dmesg
  • switching VT(if possible) and seeing if the keyboard was working there
 

Re: Unable to use keyboard and mouse on lightdm login screen

Reply #2 –
Thank you for the reply. I couldn't get it to work and ended up reinstalling the OS, it's a minor hassle but quick enough to get back to work.