On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:15:05 -0500, Raymond Norton <admin at lctn.org> wrote: > My keyboard and mouse do not work once my Ubuntu 9.4 laptop boots up. > I'm sure this problem can be traced back to my experimentation with lirc > last night. > > I booted to recovery mode and disabled everything lirc, using > update-rc.d -f lirc remove > > I still cannot access my desktop with the built in or external keyboard. > Both work fine prior to the laptop booting up fully. > > > Just for good measure I reconfigured X, but that did not help. > > > Any ideas what to look for? > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list You may want to check /var/log/messages after boot. There is also an xorg log file as well that may hold clues. I want to clarify, are you able to use the KB/Mouse prior to X starting, I.e... are you able to get to tty0, or tty1, so on and so forth? -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments