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Malcolm S malcolm.schongalla at gmail.com
Wed Dec 21 18:38:06 EST 2022


Sounds like a lot of these symptoms could be explained by a failed keyboard.

On Wed, Dec 21, 2022, 16:40 bruce.labitt at myfairpoint.net <
bruce.labitt at myfairpoint.net> wrote:

> NumLock doesn't seem to matter.  I can't type the letter b, or use a space.
>
> Can't get into BIOS because ESC key doesn't work, at least with laptop
> keyboard.
>
> /etc/default/keyboard states
> XKBLAYOUT=us
> BACKSPACE=guess
>
> Nothing about how many keys.  I have 102 keys on the laptop.  The Logitech
> has more keys.
>
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> On Dec 21, 2022, at 4:16 PM, Ken D'Ambrosio <ken at jots.org> wrote:
>>
>> On 2022-12-21 15:32, bruce.labitt at myfairpoint.net wrote:
>>
>>
>> My laptop keyboard works, at least many of the keys, but some don't.
>>
>>
>> I would wonder if this could mean your numlock is on -- either on your
>> external keyboard, or your internal.  Either way, I've seen numlock on
>> laptops turn the right-hand side of the keyboard into a number pad, which
>> can be really annoying to figure out.  (This irrespective of OS.)
>>
>> -Ken
>>
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