booting problem

[James Takac]

Hi Gary

On Monday 06 September 2010 09:25:28 G. wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 3:11 PM, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > On 09/05/2010 07:53 AM, G. wrote:
> > ...
> >
> >> mouse and keyboard works in live cd as well as another install I am
> >> using to write this.
> >>
> >> What is the 'e' key?  Do not understand the instructions.
> >
> > It's the key between 'w' and 'r'. 'e' as in 'edit'.
> >
> > From the liveCD look at /var/log/apt/history.log and
> > /var/log/dist-upgrade/apt.log to see if you can find out what packages
> > were being upgraded & their status. You may also find info in
> > ~/.xsession-errors that may be of use.
>
> Thanks for the clarification.  So doing did not help.  Still no mouse
> or keyboard once at the login screen.
>
> gary


Did some googling and came across the following link that might re your 
problem

http://blog.ichinmay.com/2010/05/03/ubuntu-10-04-upgrade-from-9-10-usb-keyboard-mouse-problem/

Maybe worth a try

James