[ale] dead keyboard (configuration problem)

[dcorbin at machturtle.com (David Corbin)]

A co-worker is running Kubuntu. ?He's "done something" to create the following 
problem:

After he logs in, his keyboard will not work (for anything. ?CTRL-ALT-F1 does 
not switch consoles, CTRL-ALT-DEL will not reboot). ?But he's able to use it 
fine in the console (in "recovery mode") and to log in with (it is a 
graphical login).

A quick glance at his xorg.conf says the keyboard is configured right, and the 
file hasn't been changed for months.

I'm stumped. ?Any ideas?
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David Corbin
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