*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 334249 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/334249
I applied the Menu.lst options for the i8042 and that also seems to have
fixed it for me.
PS I forgot to mention that I also have a Dell Vostro 1510.
>From my early days in Micros in the 70s/80s I remember that the Intel 8042 was
>the original keyboard controller in the early IBM PCs, now presumably embedded
>or emulated in modern MB chipsets.
Intrigued I found this site
http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
which lists the following i8042 parameters
i8042.debug [HW] Toggle i8042 debug mode
i8042.direct [HW] Put keyboard port into non-translated mode
i8042.dumbkbd [HW] Pretend that controller can only read data from
keyboard and cannot control its state
(Don't attempt to blink the leds)
i8042.noaux [HW] Don't check for auxiliary (== mouse) port
i8042.nokbd [HW] Don't check/create keyboard port
i8042.noloop [HW] Disable the AUX Loopback command while probing
for the AUX port
i8042.nomux [HW] Don't check presence of an active multiplexing
controller
i8042.nopnp [HW] Don't use ACPIPnP / PnPBIOS to discover KBD/AUX
controllers
i8042.panicblink=
[HW] Frequency with which keyboard LEDs should blink
when kernel panics (default is 0.5 sec)
i8042.reset [HW] Reset the controller during init and cleanup
i8042.unlock [HW] Unlock (ignore) the keylock
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keyboard fails to work on boot (Dell Vostro 1510)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/341094
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