booting problem

[G.]

On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 11:32 PM, James Takac <p3nndrag0n at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Gary
>
> On Sunday 05 September 2010 12:36:54 G. wrote:
>> snip
>>
>> > Yep, allow it to get to the login screen but hit ctrl-alt-f1 instead of
>> > logging in
>> >
>> > James
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>> There is no response from they keyboard!
>>
>> Any other suggestions?
>>
>> gary
>
>
> I'm assuming the kbd works, i.e. if you boot you can get into the bios and
> such, affect the boot menu, etc. If that is the case I don't really know.
> Maybe possible to boot a live cd, go into a terminal and fix from there?
> Others here may know if that's viable. Again assuming you have a live cd even
> of an earlier version? Alas I'm at a loss here
>
> Just to recap this happened after a dist upgrade from 8.04/9.04 to 10.04? Old
> emails are deleted my end so trying to make sure I have an idea what to
> google. And didn't you mention some kbd error earlier re it's mapping? the
> more
>
> Do any keys work at all or just certain keys giving errors, like the hot keys,
> e.g. function keys. Do you have a keyboard you can swap over to see if the
> prob relates to that specific kbd? Does the mouse freeze?
>
> managed to find some of your prev emails so have a lil to go on for nowI'm
> sure someone will figure it out
>
> James
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This was an the update after a fresh install of 10.04.  I have another
install of 10.04 and everything works fine.   When I go to log in, I
hve no mouse and no keyboard.  This happened when I was trying to run
the update I mentioned in the first sentence of this paragraph.

Thanks

gary