There are two others confirming this bug so I'm changing the status to confirmed.
To disable irqbalance you can edit /etc/default/irqbalance and set ENABLED=0. Also, I think it's safe to just uninstall it. ** Changed in: irqbalance (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- Keyboard stuck with irqbalance https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/528720 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs