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I tried to install Ubuntu 10.10 desktop edition on my laptop and unfortunately it didn't detect my keyboard (it detects my mouse) so I couldn't finish installation.

Is it something wrong I'm doing? There isn't really much to specify during the installation process and I'm really disappointed that such a trivial task as installation cannot be done without asking a question on a forum.

Maybe it's because I'm trying to install it on my laptop? Shall I the download the notebook edition? That sound silly to me.

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    Maybe you could explain a little bit more about your configuration so that we could help better
    – bubu
    Dec 23, 2010 at 17:55
  • bubu, well, Hewlett Packard Pavilion dv9000, nvidia as a graphic card, intel centrino duo, 160GB hard drive, 2GB memory. This laptop is 4 years old now. Dec 23, 2010 at 17:57
  • Do you know how your keyboard is detected in other operating systems? Does ti work with other distributions? Does it work with other distributions using same kernel version?
    – AndrejaKo
    Dec 23, 2010 at 18:06
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    It's very unlikely the Netbook edition would be any different.
    – 8128
    Dec 23, 2010 at 20:37

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During this part of the install could you type in the box where you see "hello Ubuntu" ?

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  • I've just discovered that whenever I switch on of my pad on my laptop the whole keyboard isn't working and system restart is needed. So far definitely not impressed by Ubuntu. Dec 24, 2010 at 15:38
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Try setting some of the boot options as shown on this page. My older laptop also had problems with keyboard detection. I believe that the option acpi=off or noapci fixed it. Another tool is the on-screen keyboard.

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Netbook edition works.. But I have installed ubuntu10.10 on my sis's laptop and it worked fine...

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