Did you hot-plug a PS/2 connector at some point? Compaq, Dell and HP stuff can be unforgiving if you do that with the power on.
Also, check that the mouse is in the mouse PS/2 port and the keyboard is in the keyboard one. -----Original Message----- From: Roger Searle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 18 September 2006 10:12 a.m. To: CLUG Subject: mouse and keyboard gone Hadn't planned to start the week like this . . . Last week I plugged in a different (USB) mouse to this box, a much more comfortable one than the existing PS2 one. I looked for a close listing in Control Centre - I forget which I ended up choosing, the closest match for 3 buttons with wheel (though think I had to go with 2 button). Starting the computer again this morning I find that neither the keyboard nor mouse will function. Powering down, plugging the old mouse back in and restarting does not help - the keyboard did function at the point of selecting a boot option in grub. Booting to failsafe mode allows me to log on and do startx, however a desktop will not load - it hangs on a "blue screen" (just a desktop background) without presenting any icons. On attempting to run sax2 it says that an x server isn't running so will start one if necessary (which it then proceeds to attempt to do), and similarly hangs presenting a blue background. I'm stuck at this point - any suggestions for me to try that doesn't involve getting out the install disk to "repair/reinstall"? Cheers, Roger
