USB On Xubuntu

Hi all...recently my Dell OptiPlex 745 with Xubuntu on it won't allow me 
to login after booting after doing a recent update that required a 
restart of the machine.

I can start the machine & use the USB keyboard to access the BIOS but 
when it comes to the login area I cannot type anything.  As well, USB 
mouse doesn't work.  I have tried the following (and likely a few more 
things as well):
* Different keyboards & mice
* Different USB ports
* No PS/2 ports so could not check that.
* Moved hard drive to different chassis.
* Reset/change BIOS settings
* Restarted multiple times
* Tried accessing command line

All of this still gets me back to the same spot.  It was recent build 
(likely at 17.10 as I kept up with updates) & was done from scratch 
(likely started as a 17.04 but can't be sure).  I am pretty sure it is 
the OS based on swapping the hard drive, but not sure how to fix it.  
With the limited browsing access (via phone) I couldn't find much that 
pointed me in the right direction.  I know there was an issue recently 
with some lenovo devices, but that doesn't seem to apply here.

I am at the point now where I will try to spin up a USB drive to at 
least try to access the data on the desktop, but would like to get it 
running again with out having to format & start again; because the 
massive pain in the arse that installing applications, setting up 
emails, etc.  I am not sure if it is possible to run updates (that will 
likely fix the issue) on the installed system from a Live USB or not.

Any ideas would be welcome.



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