I borrowed a keyboard from work, which fixed the input problem and then just updated via raspbian.

Thanks for the tips. I'm using an Apple plug and a no brand cheap cable, possibly it's the cable? I'll try plugging it in elsewhere and see if things improve. However, The keyboard works fine in Arch after I updated the software, and Arch only had minor input problems before the update anyway. I als...

I recently received my pi, and since I am having very serious keyboard input problems with Raspbian ( and Logitech Illuminated wired keyboard) I have installed Arch and it's working great. Today a colleague, who also has a pi, reminded me that it's possible to overclock the cpu. When I got home I tr...