Might be silly, but you tried safe mode? And got the same result? Tom Ostlund tom@ostlundgroup.com EMAIL INSECURITY NOTICE Unless encryption and/or digital security measures have been employed to this or any email, the contents should never contain any private information. Use of any email system should be viewed as non-protected information. If you or your business require private communications, you should consult with your IT department to implement security measures. On Oct 22, 2010, at 11:13 AM, kitepilot@kitepilot.com wrote: > Did the keyboard work for a bit then suddenly stop working? I installed Ubuntu 10.10 some week ago (he's been running Ubuntu since 6.04) Everything worked as advertised. Then I don't what happened, his recollection is far from clever (he is 96). All I know is that now the GUI ignores the keyboard. As usual, I was just handed out the mess. ET PS: And yes, the hardware is OK... :) mike@mjv.com writes: > Oops - I take that back - you were able to get into the command prompt and > actually type stuff... Doh. > Did the keyboard work for a bit then > suddenly stop working? Be well, > Mike in Zone 8, Texas > -- > http://www.taroandti.com/ Exotic Plant Info and More... > http://www.organichomesteading.com/ Organic Homesteading > http://www.naturalbeefarm.com/ Mike's Bee Farm On Fri, > October 22, 2010 11:04 am, mike@mjv.com wrote: >> May not be the keyboard - but the plug on the computer. Is it PS2 > or USB? >> If one, try a keyboard for the other and see if it > works. ie - if it's >> PS2, give a USB keyboard a try. --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss