No keyboard after install-solved

[weirdwolf]

Neighbor asked me to install Linux on a Dell laptop Latitude C610 (8-9 years old?), tried LXDE on it and it seemed to run fine, so I installed it, no problems, until I rebooted and then it get to the part where you need to assign a root password and then I find out I no longer have a working keyboard (or mouse)
tried (with out luck)

Option3. Boot LiveCD and copy /etc/sysconfig/keyboard to the /etc/sysconfig folder on the installed partition. (tested)

Other searches using "no+keyboard+after+install" gave me nothing.
tried Safe Boot, but still no keyboard so that's a no-go as well
any suggestions that don't involve massive damage to  the laptop ? (I'm way too tempted as it is)

Puppy? Slitaz ?

[Rudge]

weirdwolf, define "no keyboard" it does nothing at all?

[weirdwolf]

Hiya Rudge
It does nada, zip, nothing at all   Works "live" but not on boot up afterwords. I hate laptops

[Rudge]

It works until you install? I have had problems with the NumLock but never seen a keyboard do nuttin. Good luck man, wish I could help. 

[weirdwolf]

Fixed it, had to edit grub (I hate when that happens)