Managed to get mouse and keyboard back by adding this to the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file:
Option "AllowEmptyInput" "0" in Section "ServerFlags" I expected this to fail x server and drop me to a prompt, but what happened is mouse and keyboard now functional. ** Package changed: update-manager (Ubuntu) => hal (Ubuntu) -- Upgrade amd64 9.04 to 9.10 fail system unusable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/466749 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs