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

[Stephen]

Heck you might be able to check the keyboard config via ash. That's what it
sounds like is wrong
On Oct 23, 2010 3:43 AM, "kitepilot at kitepilot.com" <kitepilot at kitepilot.com>
wrote:
> I plugged another keyboard.
> Nuttin...
>
> In ssh(ed) into and looked at /var/log/Xorg.0.log
> Found (what I believe to be) some unrelated errors about a missing
/dev/fb0
> (video stuff). Still looking at that one...
>
> I haven't boot a life CD cuz I didn't have one available, I will most
likely
> grab the 10.10 install today and bite the bullet and install it again.
>
> Hate when that happens... :(
> THANKS!
> ET
>
>
>
> Dazed_75 writes:
>
>> A couple of things to try:
>> - If it is a wireless keyboard, try resyncing it (connent button). I do
not
>> know if the GUI can exert any influence over that sync-up or not but it
is
>> easy to try.
>> - plug in an ADDITIONAL keyboard such as a USB one to see if a second
>> keyboard will work.
>> -try booting into single user mode with no GUI to look at those logs.
>> - the LiveCD is a good test too, I don't think you have replied to that
one
>> yet
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 3:01 PM, Steve Phariss <sphariss at gmail.com>
wrote:
>>
>>> Did you try a diffrent keyboard? They are pretty resiliant, but maybe
the
>>> cord got crushed or crimped at some point...
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 2:30 PM, Brian Cluff <brian at snaptek.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> You could get a list of every file that doesn't come from a package
>>>> (using a combination find and dpkg -S) and take a good look at what is
left
>>>> over. I have seen the little bit of junk that gets left over on an
upgrade
>>>> cause some serious problems. The most recent was on a couple of
machines
>>>> that had been upgraded repeatedly having an old version of flash 7
stranded
>>>> on the machine that got loaded first, so a lot of flash stopped
working.
>>>> Deleting the older flash fixed the problem.
>>>>
>>>> You might be able to just run computer-janitor on the system and have
that
>>>> clean up the problem, but I'm guessing the easiest fix would be to
backup
>>>> the home directory and pull a list of packages from the system, then do
a
>>>> fresh install and feed the old list of packages back into the system.
>>>>
>>>> Did you upgrade via apt or with upgrade-manager, if the former, then
>>>> computer janitor will probably help a lot.
>>>>
>>>> Brian Cluff
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 10/22/2010 11:13 AM, kitepilot at 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 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
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> 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 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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>> --
>> Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry
>>
>> The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain
occasions,
>> that I wish it always to be kept alive.
>> - Thomas Jefferson
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