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Ubuntu 12.04 Toshiba satellite L875D keyboard, mouse issues on login

I just bought a new laptop and then tried installing ubuntu 12.04 on it and ran into all sorts of issues from first wireless not working and then keyboard or mouse not working after installing the software updates.

The keyboard and mouse works fine on initial listing of operating systems but when the login prompt comes I cant enter anything on the screen. I was like WTF man.  Googling around gave me an idea of pluggin in an external mouse and usb keyboard and it worked. So I was even more frustrated.  Finally after combining things from various posts I figured out that I have to change grub2 config and add some more settings to it.

Open a terminal and enter

sudo vi /etc/default/grub

and then change the line GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="" to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="i8042.nomux=1 i8042.reset"

then run

sudo update-grub

reboot the system and all issues were gone.

Comments

  1. AnonymousJune 9, 2013 at 6:03 AM

    With a laptop Packard Bell
    AMD E1-1200 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics × 2
    the keyboard and mouse problems were solved as well.
    Thank you !

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  2. AdminMarch 24, 2014 at 4:44 PM

    OMG this was bugging me for quite some time now, and this solution was the one that worked, I am really thankful to you right now, random stranger :)

    ReplyDelete
  3. TrivelatoApril 26, 2015 at 7:12 AM

    Man, I just want to thank you!!!
    With this article, you save my life!!!
    Works for me!!!
    Solved my problem...

    ReplyDelete
  4. Franco AcostaAugust 8, 2017 at 4:44 PM

    How can I do that if my keyboard doesn't work? Haha

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    1. Kalpesh PatelAugust 8, 2017 at 7:05 PM

      Franco I forgot to mention that it was the laptop's native keyboard and mouse that weren't working, I plugged in an external keyboard to make change to the grub file.

      Delete
  5. UnknownMarch 5, 2018 at 2:36 AM

    How do I run once I've changed the code?

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    1. Kalpesh PatelMarch 5, 2018 at 8:06 AM

      Run the below command in a terminal and restart your machine.
      sudo update-grub

      Delete

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