Hi, I wonder if any of you have this issue? My setup at home is that I run two computers off a KVM (keyboard, video, mouse) switch ... one is a work portable and one is my desktop. I use removable drives on my system which allows me to dual boot (I know you can do it other ways but that is the way I do it ... it works for me) to as many configs as I have caddy's for (with thye internal drives that is effectively 5) and keep them utterly separate. If I boot to Linux 8.1 (on KVM channel #1) I can use the mouse but I can't use the keyboard (MS Natural) and to reenable the keyboard I have to switch to my portable (KVM#2, 3 or 4) but I have to do it physically beause the keyboard doesn't work but once there I can use standard keyboard shortcuts [Ctrl], [Alt] & [1, 2, 3 or 4] to switch channels so C/A/1 brings me back to Linux and then the keyboard works. I have a simple workaround which is power Linux up, immediately switch KVM#2 and wait for the boot then switch back and all is OK. It appears to be a X or KDE related thing since if I subsequently press [Ctrl], [Alt] & [backspace] (restarting X) I lose all keyboard function again (again the workaround, though I have to be quick, is to restart X and immediately switch over to KVM#2 then back after a few seconds) It's very strange ... any ideas? James C. Rocks Equant Archway House Canary Wharf London E14 9SZ