Resolution found. Fedora/Redhat have run into this problem as well.
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=490250 I added the following to the kopt setting in /boot/grub/menu.lst i8042.reset i8042.nomux i8042.nopnp i8042.noloop and ran update-grub as root (or you can use sudo) in a terminal. Viola! laptop boots and finds keyboard/mouse trackpad consistently. Vostro Laptops still use a PS/2 keyboard and mouse internally, even though they do not have external PS/2 keyboard/mouse ports. Since everything is permanently connected, I bypassed all the detection carry on in case there are bugs there. Someone may want to try each option(s) separately by themselves, and find the ones that really matter. ** Bug watch added: Red Hat Bugzilla #490250 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=490250 -- keyboard fails to work on boot (Dell Vostro 1510) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/341094 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
