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Since last night I have this weird issue; I can't use my mouse and keyboard after I boot up Ubuntu. What happens is I get to the desktop normally, and I can't do anything. The cursor stays in place, my keyboard doesn't do anything. I tried using other mice and keyboards but that didn't work.

When I boot in recovery mode through Grub however, my keyboard and mouse work just fine. Is there anyone who has a suggestion? Thanks!

EDIT

I fixed the issue by purging all Nvidia drivers.

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  • Did you try connecting another keyboard and/or mouse via USB after booting?
    – Elias
    Apr 7, 2019 at 8:49

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I've faced this problem before and the problem was xserver-xorg-input-all package , so run the recovery mode and enable the network (better to use cable instead of wifi) and in terminal just type sudo apt install xserver-xorg-input-all and reboot the system

Hop it'll work

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    Thanks Afshin, but I fixed it in the meantime by purging all Nvidia drivers, since the problem occured after updating them.
    – Douwe
    Apr 8, 2019 at 9:05
  • Worked for me using i3 on a newly upgraded 19.04.
    – Adam D.
    Sep 27, 2019 at 22:44
  • Worked for me on Ubuntu 20 Jan 7, 2021 at 8:14

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