On Sun, 23 May 2010 12:08:46 +1200, jtorrance(a)xtra.co.nz wrote:
I have a very strange problem.
I had Ubuntu 9.10 working well on my desktop - after updating to 10.04, it would not recognise my mouse or keyboard - they are not usb, they are the older plug in types (?ps2). When I plugged in a usb mouse, and rebooted, both the usb and old devices worked intermittently. I then plugged in a usb wireless keyboard and mouse and all was well for a while but now both have ceased to function - I just get a stationary arrow and no way of accessing anything. They all work perfectly if I boot into windows as this is a dual boot computer. Any ideas?
It looks like an issue with udev or xorg not properly detecting your mouse/keyboard. I just added AutoAddDevices Off in xorg.conf under the ServerFlags section to get my mouse working again in Debian, like so: Section "ServerFlags" Option "Xinerama" "0" Option "AutoAddDevices" "off" EndSection The 'proper' solution seems to be adding entries to xorg files for your specific devices: http://blog.ichinmay.com/2010/05/03/ubuntu-10-04-upgrade-from-9-10-usb-keybo... hth, Dean