Problem solved. Somehow, I had got 'Slow Keys' enabled in the Accessibility options.
** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/869901 Title: Keyboard not enabled at login screen Status in “gdm” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: I an using an Asus EEPC 1015PEM running Natty for some months. Everything was OK until a few days ago. Now the keyboard is not enabled at the login screen. I can use the touchpad and its mouse keys to select myself from the list of users, but I cannot type my password. Only the Esc key seems to be working. Pressing other keys gives nothing. The same situation is found with a USB keyboard plugged in and with the on-screen keyboard enabled. The physical keyboard is OK. It has been tested at the GRUB boot screen, in Windows 7, using a live 11.04 on a USB stick (which has a login screen) and in Recovery Mode, which is being used now to create this bug report (via netroot > su tony > strartx > terminal > ubuntu- bug gdm). ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: gdm 2.32.1-0ubuntu3.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.50-generic 2.6.38.8 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: wl Architecture: i386 Date: Fri Oct 7 11:53:52 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB:en LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gdm UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm/+bug/869901/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp