[ubuntu-us-mn] Weird keyboard input failure

[Steve Tripp]

Have you tried a different keyboard?

On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 6:45 AM, Fred H Olson <fholson at cohousing.org> wrote:

> On Sun, 21 Sep 2014, Jeff Rasmussen wrote:
>
> > Since the keyboard works to type in the password, it sounds like there is
> > something in the user profile that might change the keyboard. Does the
> Caps
> > lock or number lock light up and change when you pressed those keys?
>
> The caps lock led and num lock led are off and don't change.
>
> >Can you press ctrl-alt-f1 and get to a full screen command area that
> >asks for a username and password?  Does the keyboard work after typing
> >in the username and password? (Ctl-f7 or ctrl-f8 will get you back to
> >the desktop
>
> I can not get into virtual terminals (it does not respond to ctrl-alt-f1).
>
> > I'm guessing that the use profile has somehow associated a different
> > language keyboard after you log into the desktop. There is a system
> control
> > panel called keyboard to manipulate those settings. Click on the upper
> > right corner and choose System. Then you should see all the System
> controls
> > with one being keyboard.
> >
> > You could try creating another account or try deleting the current
> profile.
>
> From within the account, I can not create or change accounts since (at
> least)
> one must enter the account password and that does not work.
> Is there a way to change Ub 14.04 files from Ub 12.04 that changes Ub 14.04
> accounts?
>
> There are lots of catch 22 situations with this problem. It seems like
> I cant fix the keybard problem because the keyboard does not work...
>
> Fred
>
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