What in the World happened to the %#$&! keyboard? (Ubuntu 10.10)

[kitepilot at kitepilot.com]

> 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?  
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> On Oct 22, 2010, at 11:13 AM, kitepilot at kitepilot.com wrote: 
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>> 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...   :)  
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> mike at 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
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>> October 22, 2010 11:04 am, mike at 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.
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