Keyboard won't accept input

[Scott Blair]

On Sun, 2014-12-14 at 07:37 -0500, CenturyLink Customer wrote:
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "CenturyLink Customer" <ctres at grics.net>
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2014 6:14:48 AM
> Subject: Re: Keyboard won't accept input
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> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "william drescher" <william at TechServSys.com>
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2014 5:45:03 AM
> Subject: Re: Keyboard won't accept input
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> <snip>
> >
> > Where/how do I begin sorting this out?
> Start with simplifing.
> Does it work with the kbd adaptor plugged directly into the machine?
> if not, does another kbd work?
> if so, try reversing the connections from the kvm to the boxen.
> 
> You need to figure out if it is the kbd, the kvm or the ubuntu box.
> 
> I get the same result with the kbd attached directly to the Ubuntu box and with another kbd mouse directly attached - mouse works not the kbd.
> 
> edit:
> Second kbd/mouse works plugged into the Windows box.
> 
> So the problem is somewhere in Ubuntu I think.
> 

I have a similar setup, through a KVM switch. My keyboard stopped
working intermitantly also. I change the batteries and it was fine.
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Scott Blair

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