It can be temporary resolved by adding this at the end of the kernel line in /boot/grub/menu.lst
i8042.reset And then : sudo update-grub My kernel line in /boot/grub/menu.lst is like this : kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=a227e05a-2b8d-498f-a548-95bf582656e2 ro quiet splash i8042.reset -- touchpad and keyboard fail on first boot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/344698 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