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genjuro

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Registered: 2009-08-21

Posts: 2

No keyboard or mouse after fresh install

Hi

I'm using Arch for the first time, i was used some other linux distros, without so many manual configs....well no pain no gain

My problem is that, after i have done the install, i enter directly in to X, but i don't have keyboard or mouse to do the login, i read that the hal deamon is not configured, my question is, how do i manage to login in text mode before it enters X, so i can change settings in text mode?

Thx ppl

AdrenalineJunky

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Registered: 2009-05-03

Posts: 149

Re: No keyboard or mouse after fresh install

edit your grub listing at bootup and put a "3" at the end of the line.

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 20,701

Re: No keyboard or mouse after fresh install

A couple suggestions.

Are you running the sshd daemon?  If so, log in from another computer and edit.

Or, boot into runlevel 1 (Single user).  When GRUB starts, Select the edit mode, and add 1 to the end of your kernel command line.  This will place you in "Single user mode"  in which you can edit the configuration.

Or, boot from the install media and edit

I suggest you configure using multiple run levels using the inittab method as described in:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Add … tab_Method

This way you can start in either run level 3 (command line, multiuser) or 5 (GUI)

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genjuro

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Registered: 2009-08-21

Posts: 2

Re: No keyboard or mouse after fresh install

Thkx both of you

I used the solution to add 3 to the grub command line and it worked just great ... its solved.

Thx very much....

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Last edited by genjuro (2009-08-22 22:07:56)