ubuntu 10.04 installation problem(mouse and keyboard not working)

[linux_paul]

None of the solutions listed worked for me. This is the most frustrating problem I've ever had with any linux distro.

[bweinel]

Sorry to hear that nothing has worked so far. If I can think of anything else I'll pass it along. Hopefully the developers will have a real solution before too long.

I guess in the meantime (and I know this might sound drastic) you can always retrograde back to the 9.10 release if you really need a working system. I was about to that point on mine when I resolved my issue. Fortunately I had a second system up and running here.. so I could leave the one in question broken for a few days in order to locate the problem.

cheers Bill

[linux_paul]

I've considered switching back, I can't really remember any feature in 10.4 that I had to have, just wanted to latest version.

Just for kicks I tried running a live cd of Fedora 13 and it had the same freezing issues as well. So I don't believe this is an Ubuntu problem.

[Rytron]

I've considered switching back, I can't really remember any feature in 10.4 that I had to have, just wanted to latest version.

Just for kicks I tried running a live cd of Fedora 13 and it had the same freezing issues as well. So I don't believe this is an Ubuntu problem.

Are you using a USB mouse? I switched to a USB mouse from a PS2 mouse but kept my PS2 keyboard. I have had no freezes for almost a week.

[linux_paul]

@Rytron
Thanks for the tip, I am using a USB wireless mouse and keyboard. Only the mouse stops working (then sometimes starts working again.)

[linux_paul]

After restarting the Gnome Display Manager (gdm) I have yet to have any mouse freezes.

[Rytron]

After restarting the Gnome Display Manager (gdm) I have yet to have any mouse freezes.

Did you do this?

sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
startx

[linux_paul]

Did you do this?

sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
startx

No I opened a terminal inside gnome and issued the command:

sudo service gdm restart

Then logged in again and experience no more mouse freezing. To bad I have to do it every time I login.

I thought it odd that other livecd distros (fedora 12,13 & opensuse 11.2) had the same issue. But after issuing the restart command they work just fine too. Running the 9.10 livecd did not have any freezing problems. I guess those distros have some similar issue I'm not ready to investigate.

Paul

[Rytron]

Cheers linux_paul.

[Kansasguy]

FWIW, I'm using 10.04 lucid LTS 2.6.32 Kubuntu on an Asus Netbook, (and love it), have upgraded the Kernel several times, and have had this problem with a USB mouse and a wireless USB mouse. Happens about once a week, but

seems to happen only when I am typing somewhat fast, and I "think" it happens when I mistakenly hit a key in the lower left part of the keyboard, like maybe the ALT or Windows, or Fn, or Ctrl key.

hope this helps