Problem
i8042: No controller found
Article is specific to NVIDIA drivers
Possible causes
- NVIDIA driver corrupted when updating kernel
- Sometimes rebooting causes the updated kernel to load
- If you update the kernel you will break the NVIDIA driver
Solution
Reach a terminal and re-install NVIDIA driver.
How to reach Terminal
Ctrl+alt+F2 (or F3/F4)
Ctrl+(left/right)Arrow key
Method 1
Reach terminal
rm -rf /etc/X11/xorg.conf
nvidia-xconfig
reboot
Method 2
From existing .run file that is initially included with your system
2 possible destinations:
/usr/local/CUDA_Install_Files/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-384.59.run
or
search your /root directory
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