Hello

Can you plug in your devices and please post the output of

The strangest thing just happened. I plugged in my wireless keyboard/mouse, Ubuntu recognized it this time, but then my computer went absolutely crazy, new windows started popping up, new tabs, firefox switched to a "zoom out" view, and I'm sure other things I did not notice. I had to logout to regain control of the computer.
I forgot to mention that earlier today I installed "Wine" because I heard it would let me run windows applications. But I tested the wireless keyboard/mouse after this install and nothing worked. I have rebooted since then, so maybe it installed some drivers, I'm not sure.
I regained control, plugged the unit back in, and here is the output you requested:

david@DRDAVEROOM:~$ lsusb
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 004: ID 0c16:0001 Gyration, Inc.
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 04fc:0561 Sunplus Technology Co., Ltd Flexcam 100
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0a81:0205 Chesen Electronics Corp. PS/2 Keyboard+Mouse Adapter
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
david@DRDAVEROOM:~$

That shows us that Ubuntu is detecting your devices
At least that's one step.

As for getting them to work, i have no idea =O
Do these devices need drivers installed in Windows?

edit:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/sh...p?product=2195
Does this help at all?

yes I believe so, but windows installs them automatically, and I can not locate the drivers anywhere.

Never mind....I have come to the conclusion that the keyboard/mouse is defective, after further testing on windows, I found that the same erratic behavior that I experienced in Ubuntu happens in windows also.
My solution: buy an new wireless keyboard/mouse that is made for Linux.
Thanks for your help skymera
Dave