I can also confirm this bug on a Dell Vostro 1510 after upgrading from Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid). Adding "i8042.reset" to the bootparameters of kernel 2.6.28-11-generic in the /boot/grub/menu.lst solves this problem for me too.
Another interesting thing: When booting the old Ubuntu 8.10 Kernel 2.6.27-11-generic WITHOUT adding the "i8042.reset"-option, keyboard and touchpad are working fine as well. >From where I'm standing, this problem seems to be related somehow to a strange phenomena only occouring when booting kernel 2.6.28 with mkinitramfs. (Because of combusters observations seen in this comment: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/344698/comments/17) -- 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