Keyboard problem after 10.04 upgrade

[etwietmeyer]

Hello,

I just upgraded my 9.10 x64 Server to 10.04 using the standard Update Manager (I have the GNOME desktop installed). The installation went very smoothly, no errors or problems that I noticed.

However, after reboot I get the main log in screen, but I can't enter my password because the keyboard seems to be ignored. The mouse is fine, no problems there. I looked at the various keyboard possibilities, and it has choosen the basic "USA" keyboard. It doesn't matter which keyboard type I choose though, it still fails to respond to any keyboard keypress.

To be clear, there were no issues with the keyboard before the upgrade.

I don't know where to start. Any pointers would be very helpful. Thanks.

-Eric

[etwietmeyer]

As an addendum to the first post: They keyboard is recognized in the grub menu thing, i.e. I can successfully hit "ESC" during startup and am presented with the boot selection screen and I can use the keyboard to interact with this.

It is just when it gets to the main, normal, log in screen that the system has problems getting keyboard input.

[etwietmeyer]

And further: The keyboard works if I boot to the basic root command line interface and don't bring up GNOME.

[etwietmeyer]

Ok, here is a work around:

http://communities.vmware.com/message/1515622#1515622 (http://communities.vmware.com/message/1515622#1515622)

I don't know why it should be necesary to modify this console-setup default, as the original version works on my 9.10 installs.

-Eric