Keyboard stops working suddenly - HP DV7

[Jeremy Stockmans]

Description: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Release: 10.04

I have been using linux for about 15 years now, 8 on my personal machine but this one seems to be cooking my noodle to figure it out. It doesn't seem to matter whether I in any particular program, suddenly I will have no keyboard input except of course old faithful (Control - Alt - Backspace). Mouse input continues to work just perfectly.

I have created a text doc on my desktop using the mouse and opened it... typed (blindly) and did a save with my mouse, restarted x and checked to see if the file was updated and that I couldn't see the updates occurring but the file remained empty after x restart so I don't believe its a screen update issue with Nvidia. Desktop effects (compiz) are disabled as well.

Does anyone have any ideas.

---Some relevant and irrelevant info shown below----
-Computer-
Processor : 8x Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU Q 720 @ 1.60GHz
Memory : 4050MB (879MB used)
Operating System : Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
User Name : jstockmans (Jeremy Stockmans)
Date/Time : Thu 10 Jun 2010 09:28:36 AM EDT
-Display-
Resolution : 1600x900 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : GeForce GT 230M/PCI/SSE2
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Multimedia-
Audio Adapter : HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
Audio Adapter : HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia
-Input Devices-
 Power Button
 Lid Switch
 Sleep Button
 Power Button
 Macintosh mouse button emulation
 AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
 HP Webcam
 Logitech USB Receiver
 Logitech USB Receiver
 ST LIS3LV02DL Accelerometer
 Video Bus
 HDA Digital PCBeep
 HDA Intel Mic at Ext Front Jack
 HDA Intel Line Out at Ext Front Jack
 SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad
-Printers (CUPS)-
Canon-GP-220
HP-LaserJet-1020 : <i>Default</i>
HP-LaserJet-P1505
Lexmark-C534
-SCSI Disks-
ATA Patriot Warp V2
hp DVDRAM GT30L
ATA WDC WD6400BEVT-6

-xorg.conf-
Section "Screen"
 Identifier "Default Screen"
 DefaultDepth 24
EndSection

Section "Module"
 Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "Device"
 Identifier "Default Device"
 Driver "nvidia"
 Option "NoLogo" "True"
EndSection

xorg:
  Installed: 1:7.5+5ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1:7.5+5ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1:7.5+5ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

[Leo Arias (elopio)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This bug did not have a package associated with it, which is important for ensuring that it gets looked at by the proper developers. You can learn more about finding the right package at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage. I have classified this bug as a bug in xserver-xorg-input-keyboard.

When reporting bugs in the future please use apport, either via the appropriate application's "Help -> Report a Problem" menu or using 'ubuntu-bug' and the name of the package affected. You can learn more about this functionality at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs.

[Leo Arias (elopio)]

Please provide the general information requested at [1] as separate attachments, and also the files requested "In case some keys of your keyboard don't work (as expected)".

If your keyboard doesn't work at all you could use the Gnome On-screen Keyboard or try to attach another one.

thanks.

[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingKeyboardDetection

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

We're closing this bug since it is has been some time with no response from the original reporter. However, if the issue still exists please feel free to reopen with the requested information. Also, if you could, please test against the latest development version of Ubuntu, since this confirms the bug is one we may be able to pass upstream for help.