OK, I've fixed this by moving .gconf/desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard up to my home directory. Everything now works just fine, and, of course, I still have all the configuration files if people need them to fix the bug. I can also help by testing things.
This is still a bug, of course. "Upgrading Ubuntu made my computer unusable" is not the user experience you want. -- Keyboard non-functional after upgrade to 08.04 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/223555 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