I installed Mint 2010 on an HP Pavillion dv6700 Laptop. (I'm using an external keyboard now via USB) . The laptop keyboard only works intermittently and not only that, when it finally starts to work, it seems fairly arbitrary - there's no way to "see" any logic or reason to its working all of the sudden.
The touchpad also fails to work and many think there is a connection between the keyboard failing and the touchpad failing. Here's what I've done so far to troubleshoot:
1) I replaced the actual laptop keyboard and installed a new one !!
2) re-installed windows Vista - the factory default program
3) removed the touchpad reference in the Configuration Editor
4) installed Gsynaptics in the Synaptic Package Manager
5) Uninstalled and Reinstalled Gsynaptic Software
6) Logging off and logging back in
7) Rebooting
Trying to turn the touchpad off via its manual buttonI really appreciate any help on this issue - I've googled, searched and prodded everywhere for answers on this. I'm not even sure there are any real answers to this one. I appreciate any ideas. Many Thanks,
Frank B.