RE: Laptop Keyboard asdf, jkl;, enter disabled on boot up

2008-12-16 Thread Lalit Dhiri
Dhiri Linux the root to no GPFs > To: fedora-laptop-list@redhat.com > From: j...@duda.tzo.com > Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:11:22 -0500 > Subject: Laptop Keyboard asdf, jkl;, enter disabled on boot up > > I have a very weird problem. > > Compaq Presario F500

Re: Laptop Keyboard asdf, jkl;, enter disabled on boot up

2008-12-14 Thread Jim Duda
If I reboot the laptop after the keyboard starts working, it continues to work. I think this is a mechanical heat issue. I'm going to open it up and reseat the keyboard connector, and attempt to swap it out too. jim Jim Duda wrote: > Miguel, > > This is the output when the keys start working.

Re: Laptop Keyboard asdf, jkl;, enter disabled on boot up

2008-12-14 Thread Jim Duda
Miguel, This is the output when the keys start working. I don't have one with the keys NOT working, since, I cannot login when the keys are not working. Jim Miguel Angel Perez wrote: > Hi, two tips: > > This is the output of dmesg from init to the point where your keys start > working? > > An

Re: Laptop Keyboard asdf, jkl;, enter disabled on boot up

2008-12-14 Thread Jim Duda
Miguel Angel Perez wrote: You can also attach them in your next reply so people in this list can also take a look at it. Good point Miguel, my dmesg logs are attached. Jim Initializing cgroup subsys cpuset Linux version 2.6.27.7-53.fc9.x86_64 (mockbuild@) (gcc version 4.3.0 20080428 (Red H

Re: Laptop Keyboard asdf, jkl;, enter disabled on boot up

2008-12-14 Thread Miguel Angel Perez
You can also attach them in your next reply so people in this list can also take a look at it. I've googled a bit and in the past your laptop model have been not working properly for a lot of people, especially ubuntu users. Maybe there is still some issues to polish related to keyboard mapping, a

Re: Laptop Keyboard asdf, jkl;, enter disabled on boot up

2008-12-13 Thread Jim Duda
Miguel Angel Perez wrote: > Hi Jim. > > You can search into system logs and look for keyboard-related messages, > that will provide some hints of errors that could be happening. > > You can try from console: > dmesg | less > cat /var/log/messages | less > Thanks for the reply Miguel, and good i

Re: Laptop Keyboard asdf, jkl;, enter disabled on boot up

2008-12-13 Thread Miguel Angel Perez
Hi Jim. You can search into system logs and look for keyboard-related messages, that will provide some hints of errors that could be happening. You can try from console: dmesg | less cat /var/log/messages | less Or from gui you can use the system logs viewer in Applications -> System Tools -> Sy

Laptop Keyboard asdf, jkl;, enter disabled on boot up

2008-12-12 Thread Jim Duda
I have a very weird problem. Compaq Presario F500. Only about a year old. Recently (past few weeks), whenever I boot up, the following keys are non responsive; asdfjkl; and the enter key. If I wait a few minutes, like 3 or 4 minutes, they start working. If I restart a couple of times, they sta