+1 on the hardware if the keys don't work with the USB keyboard removed. FWIW, the old Gateway anykey keyboards could remap keys internally. They stayed mapped even if you plugged it into another system. I had to learn how to reset them to default.
After that, Arch linux has a great wiki that applies to many linuxen https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Linux_console/Keyboard_configuration a <https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Linux_console/Keyboard_configuration>nd look for layout, I use Fedora with xfce and use both keyboards. I have my laptop vertical to use its screen w/ my desktop setup. On Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 7:33 PM Malcolm S <malcolm.schonga...@gmail.com> wrote: > If your normal key sequence to get into the BIOS boot menu doesn't even > work, that sounds pretty conclusively like a hardware issue to me. Is it > difficult to swap out the keyboard, in this laptop? > > On Wed, Dec 21, 2022, 19:24 bruce.lab...@myfairpoint.net < > bruce.lab...@myfairpoint.net> wrote: > >> Just need to go to a store to pick one up. Yes, I remember using Knoppix >> CD'S for checking and sometimes repairing Windows problems, never had to do >> that for Linux. >> >> Once I get a thumb drive, I can try a couple of things, including making >> a live disk or two. >> >> Laptop is only a few years old, so it's not quite a fossil yet. Getting >> there though. >> >> >> >> Get BlueMail for Android <https://bluemail.me> >> On Dec 21, 2022, at 7:11 PM, Jim McGinness <jmc...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> For sufficiently old fossils, it might be easier to boot from a live CD, >>> if thumb drives aren't laying around already. >>> >>> Distinguishing between a failed keyboard and a software misconfiguration >>> can be helped by seeing the keyboard is not failed under different >>> software. Knoppix distributions (at least in the past) had a reputation for >>> being very good at autoconfiguring a wide variety of hardware. But if >>> System 76 laptops are sufficiently specialized, it's possible no other OS >>> will be happy with them. >>> >>> Should I assume you're already aware of this page? - >>> https://support.system76.com/articles/pop-live-disk/ >>> >>> -- jmcg >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> gnhlug-discuss mailing list >> gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org >> http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ >> > _______________________________________________ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ >
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