Hi JanetBiggar
Thanks for the suggestion. I have not tried plugging in external devices, but it's certainly worth a shot. I overwrote Lite with MX Linux so it may take a while to get around to giving Lite another go. The problem is particular to this notebook and Lite because Lite installed OK on a desktop and there have been no similar problems recorded in the Forum. So it's an isolated instance.
Before installing MX I tried Lite 3.8 thinking it might be an issue with 4.0, but the same thing happened - unresponsive trackpad and keyboard at the login screen. Also worth noting is that the log in screen is at a low resolution indicating that the Nouveau driver did not load.
UPDATE: The problem is solved. The EFI partition had a few leftovers from previous installs of other distros. One or more of these must have been interfering with the boot.
Not sure how to mark this topic as solved
Thanks for the suggestion. I have not tried plugging in external devices, but it's certainly worth a shot. I overwrote Lite with MX Linux so it may take a while to get around to giving Lite another go. The problem is particular to this notebook and Lite because Lite installed OK on a desktop and there have been no similar problems recorded in the Forum. So it's an isolated instance.
Before installing MX I tried Lite 3.8 thinking it might be an issue with 4.0, but the same thing happened - unresponsive trackpad and keyboard at the login screen. Also worth noting is that the log in screen is at a low resolution indicating that the Nouveau driver did not load.
UPDATE: The problem is solved. The EFI partition had a few leftovers from previous installs of other distros. One or more of these must have been interfering with the boot.
Not sure how to mark this topic as solved