[NBLUG/talk] Ubuntu 12.04 upgrade didn't go smoothly

Michael Dooley mdooley at sonic.net
Tue Apr 16 19:43:30 PDT 2013


On 04/16/2013 11:06 AM, Mitch Patenaude wrote:

> Even though I had a perfectly functional 10.04LTS ubuntu install (Lucid), I
> decided to try the upgrade to 12.04LTS just for kicks.  It didn't go well.
>
> The biggest problem right now is that X won't accept input from my keyboard
> most of the time.
>
> When I press a key, I get the alert bong.  If i hold it down, it will
> eventually start repeating that letter.  I've got it partially working by
> turning off typematic repeating, and now when I hold it down I get a single
> instance of that letter.  When I am not in X, the keyboard works fine
> (single user mode, if I manage to get it out of X by sshing in and killing
> X.
>
> Nothing useful in /var/log/Xorg.0.log.  Anyplace else I should be looking?
>
> Thanks,
>    -- Mitch

Try logging in as Guest and see if the problem persists? If it doesn't, 
examine your .config files.

-- 
Michael Dooley



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