<p dir="ltr">No. That is strange. Try both control keys at the same time. The keyboard controller will do a story if soft reset. (Ancient trick)</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 7, 2016 3:55 AM, "Joshua Judson Rosen" <<a href="mailto:rozzin@hackerposse.com">rozzin@hackerposse.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">So, this may be only marginally on-topic at best..., but....<br>
<br>
I've got this weird problem with the keyboard on my laptop: I've got<br>
a bunch of keys that intermittently become dependent on some other keys.<br>
<br>
Every so often, the Y, U, J, 9, comma, Enter, and Home keys all stop working<br>
unless I hold down either W or left Shift or Caps Lock. Then they actually<br>
trigger (though not in a way that's useful since I'm holding down other keys<br>
that prevents software from interpreting them in the normal way...).<br>
<br>
I gather that the Y, U, J, 9, comma, Enter, and Home keys are all sharing<br>
a signal line or something, which would explain why they all go out together;<br>
how holding other keys effectively routes around that damage..., I'm clueless.<br>
<br>
But I think my question is: how likely is this to be caused by some sort of debris or<br>
corrosion somewhere (under one of the keys? on the contacts on the ribbon-cable?),<br>
and, if so, what would be the right (non-destructive) way of clearing it out?<br>
<br>
This can't possibly be a software issue, right?<br>
<br>
Anyone dealt with anything like this before?<br>
<br>
--<br>
"Don't be afraid to ask (λf.((λx.xx) (λr.f(rr))))."<br>
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