Unresponsive keyboard and trackpad after installing Lite 4.0

[mystery]

Hi all

The reviews of Lite 4.0 are great and it looks terrific running live. The install went without issue except that on reboot there is no keyboard and no trackpad/mouse at the login screen. The cursor flashes a few times then stops. I can't get to a command line to try a fix. The notebook is essentially bricked.

Specs
Asus U31S
CPU Intel Core i3 380M / 2.53 GHz
Nvidia graphics card but using the Nouveau video driver. Nvidia driver was not installed.
Four GB memory.

I have had no similar problem with any other recent distro (Ubuntu Mate, Solus Mate, Archlabs).

Any help would be appreciated.

Many thanks.

[JanetBiggar]

Hi Mystery,
I see no one else has replied so thought I’d ask:

have you tried plugging in an external keyboard and mouse to see if this allows you to get into terminal or even lite tweaks where I think there are some keyboard and mouse options?

[mystery]

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 

[Searchernow]

Hi,

glad you got this solved. To mark it Solved go to your initial post, click Modify, then Select Prefix, Solved.

[Paul74]

Hello,

Track problem are know with Asus computer, I had same kind of problem in the past with a Debian version.