I had something similar happen on a SLES install. It worked fine for a little while, then all of the sudden, right after post, the keyboard was completely dead, and networking was dead too. CTRL+ALT+Fx didn't work either. I ended up reinstalling, and it is now working without incident. This was on an HP Proliant ML110 G5 On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Stephen wrote: > you try a livecd yet? this will tell you if its the config on the > machine or some other flavor of gremlin. > > On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 11:29 AM, kitepilot@kitepilot.com > wrote: >>> Might be silly, but you tried safe mode? And got the same result? >> >> I guess, we're both silly...   :) >> I tried safe mode and got the same result... >> ET >> >> >> Tom Ostlund writes: >>> >>> 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 >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> 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 >> > > > > -- > A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from > rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. > > Stephen > --------------------------------------------------- > 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 > -- Benjamin Francom Information Technology Executive http://www.benjaminfran.com --------------------------------------------------- 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