Ok, more info about my issue : The above workaround seemed to work for me, but actually does not .
1. I moved the keyboard folder to my home directory. 2. i logged out and logged in, opened the gnome terminal : great my keyboard was working again ! 3. i tried to configure my network, i opened the network setting stuff, clicked on "unlock", and entered my password 4. i tried to add a new DNS and ... WTF ? My keyboard just broke again ! It seems something happened when i unlock this panel ... I reproduced this steps several times, to be sure, and the keyboard layout is broken each time after unlocking this panel. Then i tried to be smarter, as root, i removed the writing rights on the .gconf/desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard folder (for all user including root), then i replayed the steps again, and damn, the keyboard still breaks after pressing the unlock button :-/ I didn't try to unlock other configuration dialogs, because honestly, i was a bit furious, and now i am writing this using Windows XP. -- 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