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  1. Bug #548891
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Comment 4 for bug 548891

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote : Re: keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates

I use kvm extensively with lucid, and have so such problem, so I need more information to see in which part of the stack the problem is.

What do you mean exactly with "the keyboard does no longer work"? It does not react at all to key presses, it has the wrong layout and thus entering your password does not work, or something else? Does Caps Lock work and toggle the LED on the keyboard/laptop?

 * Can you do Ctrl+Alt+F1 to go to a text console? (Be sure to grab the keyboard, so that you actually go into the guest's text console, not the hosts')
 * If switching to a text console works, can you type text there? (Try to log in as your user)
 * If switching to a text console does not work, can you boot the 10.04 installation into rescue mode (press shift during boot to get to the menu)? Does the keyboard work there?
 * Does it change anything if you uninstall the vmware guest tools?

Thanks!