Keyboard not working! Please help.

[NickStone]

If you boot up a previous version from a CD or USB stick does the keyboard work?

[1999NBK]

Open the keyboard file. Press Alt+F2 and type: kdesudo kate /etc/default/keyboard

Remove qwerty from XKBVARIANT= so it looks like:

XKBVARIANT=""

Save/close the file. Log out of the Desktop and then log back in under your normal user. Any change to the keyboard functioning?

I did that and nothing has changed sadly

[1999NBK]

If you boot up a previous version from a CD or USB stick does the keyboard work?

I had trouble with wifi, and it took me a lot of effort to solve it, and I am scared that reinstalling the system will take me back to point zero

[Snowhog]

Open a console and type:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration

Select then tab to the Ok and press Enter for each option. Go through the list of questions. When finished, you will need to log out and restart your PC for the changes to take effect. After logging back in, any change to the keyboard behavior?

[1999NBK]

xena@daemon:~$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration
[sudo] password for xena: 
Your console font configuration will be updated the next time your system
boots. If you want to update it now, run 'setupcon' from a virtual console.
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.11.0-2-generic
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/radeon/KAVERI_sdma.bin for module radeon
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/radeon/KAVERI_rlc.bin for module radeon
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/radeon/KAVERI_mec.bin for module radeon
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/radeon/KAVERI_ce.bin for module radeon
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/radeon/KAVERI_me.bin for module radeon
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/radeon/KAVERI_pfp.bin for module radeon

I did it, now I am going to restart.

[1999NBK]

Still not working :/

[Snowhog]

But the external keyboard does work? You have a LiveCD of Kubuntu? Assuming 'yes', boot using it. Don't reinstall, just run from the LiveCD. Does your laptop keyboard work as it should? If 'no', then we have to suspect a defective internal keyboard.

[1999NBK]

But the external keyboard does work? You have a LiveCD of Kubuntu? Assuming 'yes', boot using it. Don't reinstall, just run from the LiveCD. Does your laptop keyboard work as it should? If 'no', then we have to suspect a defective internal keyboard.

The external keyboard works perfectly, I dont have a cd, I installed from a usb stick. Im going to try to boot from the usb, and see. BRB

but the keyboard was fine when I had ubuntu on the computer for example

[1999NBK]

Just tried it, booted from the usb, still not working properly...

[Snowhog]

My keyboard stopped working I when I had 13.04, upgrading did not solve the issue.

So, at some point, while you were using 13.04, your laptop keyboard was working?

[1999NBK]

So, at some point, while you were using 13.04, your laptop keyboard was working?

Yes, it just stopped working.
I didnt even mess with the settings or anything.

[Snowhog]

Well, honestly, that implies a hardware failure. How old/new is the laptop? Is it still warranted?

[NickStone]

I had trouble with wifi, and it took me a lot of effort to solve it, and I am scared that reinstalling the system will take me back to point zero

I didn't mean to re-install the previous version but to run it from a live CD or USB. If the keyboard works whilst running a live USB of 13.04 then it has something to do with the keyboard driver of 13.10. Also bare in mind that 13.10 has not been officially released yet, still in beta.

[1999NBK]

Well, honestly, that implies a hardware failure. How old/new is the laptop? Is it still warranted?

It is a few weeks old, like 14 days or so, but I dont know if they will take it back, because they can say that its my fault because I put linux on it :/

[1999NBK]

I didn't mean to re-install the previous version but to run it from a live CD or USB. If the keyboard works whilst running a live USB of 13.04 then it has something to do with the keyboard driver of 13.10. Also bare in mind that 13.10 has not been officially released yet, still in beta.

I had the problem in 13.04 too, and it didnt work there either way :/