Let me reboot a couple times ;-) What I spotted in dmesg when keyboard was NOT working: [ 0.512668] i8042: PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:PS2K] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1 [ 0.512672] i8042: PNP: PS/2 appears to have AUX port disabled, if this is incorrect please boot with i8042.nopnp [ 1.033609] i8042: Can't read CTR while initializing i8042 [ 1.033632] i8042: probe of i8042 failed with error -5 [ 1.033869] mousedev: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice Compared to WORKING: [ 0.491163] i8042: PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:PS2K] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1 [ 0.491166] i8042: PNP: PS/2 appears to have AUX port disabled, if this is incorrect please boot with i8042.nopnp [ 0.492699] serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1 [ 0.492884] mousedev: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice I'll upload dmesg and hwinfo now