Post AZT2shnQRmMSjo9fPM by simon@fosstodon.org
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 (DIR) Post #AZT2shnQRmMSjo9fPM by simon@fosstodon.org
       2023-09-05T20:01:34Z
       
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       What a nightmare. I was trying to fix a jittery touchpad by switching from libinput to synaptics (known good). Wan't getting very far so far removed the libinput package. Upon reboot the keyboard didn't work. I couldn't get past the login screen.Solution: boot a live USB and re-download the necessary .deb files, and put them in my home dir. Boot to recovery mode and install them with dpkg. I make it sound easy but i was faffing around for half an hour before i had a working solution.
       
 (DIR) Post #AZT2skJ37AqUWSxwye by penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
       2023-09-05T20:05:12Z
       
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       @simon I'm surprised you couldn't reboot to console mode and do everything from console mode to reinstall; it *should* work without libinput.  Also from a live usb you should be able to mount your root directory to install stuff.
       
 (DIR) Post #AZT3CwLq2czdfftr96 by simon@fosstodon.org
       2023-09-05T20:08:50Z
       
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       @penguin42 recovery/console mode wouldn't bring up networking. so live usb was my saviour, as you mention.
       
 (DIR) Post #AZT3Km1QKTR5x65Pnc by penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
       2023-09-05T20:10:16Z
       
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       @simon nmcli is a useful command to know for getting networking up.  'nmcli c'  to list connections,  'nmcli c up devicename'
       
 (DIR) Post #AZT4WhsNfXw2WV6v7g by simon@fosstodon.org
       2023-09-05T20:23:37Z
       
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       @penguin42 hmm I'll try that out shortly in case I'm in a similar situation in future