On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 11:56 PM, sugantha <[email protected]> wrote: > It is a PS2 keyboard and my motherboard does have PS2 settings enabled. The > problem occurs randomly but its irritating enough to restart it once, in > order to get the keyboard working.
It could be a random hardware problem that manifests randomly. > Also, I dont think its a problem with my keyboard not getting detected as > such. Since, on the LILO prompt I am able to choose the desired OS to boot > into and press the <ENTER> key. It is just that, by the time I reach the > Ubuntu login prompt, my keyboard input is not accepted anymore. Try another distro like Debian or Fedora (Live CD will do) and see if the problem persists. > As for more info, my machine runs on an AMD Athlon x64 dual core processor > with M2N-MX SE mobo, and my keyboard is a very old compaq model - SK-2800C > (if that helps). Considering that, Do any of you experience similar problems > with Ubuntu, or is it just my keyboard wearing out ? With old keyboards I have experienced problems with certain key strokes nothing like your problem. -- Arun Khan _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
