Laptop Keyboard Configuration
Jim Duda
jim at duda.tzo.com
Wed Jan 17 20:05:07 UTC 2007
Numlock was indeed the problem. Thanks so much for the help!
Jim
"Matthew Saltzman" <mjs at ces.clemson.edu> wrote in message
news:Pine.SOC.4.61.0701161132020.22647 at access.ces.clemson.edu...
> On Tue, 16 Jan 2007, Jim Duda wrote:
>
>> I'm having trouble with my laptop keyboard configuration. I'm stumped, hoping someone will recognize this issue.
>>
>> I have an old Winbook P3 450Mhz laptop. It had a broken keyboard, the a,s,d keys didn't work. I installed FC5 on
>> the laptop using a PS2 keyboard on the back. The laptop seemed to work fine, so, I ordered a replacement keyboard
>> (dell 5000 style keyboard) and installed the new keyboard.
>>
>> When FC5 boots, the keyboard appears to work with gdm, I can use all the keys when attempting to login. I can
>> successfully login. However, after X starts running, the right side of the keyboard doesn't work properly. All the
>> keys appears as numbers. It's almost as if the right side of the keyboard is working like the number pad on a
>> standard external keyboard.
>
> On many laptop keyboards, you'll see numbers and alternative punctuation on the keys on the right. They are
> accessible using NumLock.
>
>>
>> Now, if I plug in the external PS2 keyboard, the laptop keyboard starts working just fine. I can even remove the PS2
>> keyboard, and the the laptop keyboard continues to work. However, after some amount of time (hours) the laptop
>> keyboard reverts to the bad behavior and I need to install the PS2 keyboard again to restore the laptop keyboard to
>> proper operation.
>>
>> In the FC5 preferences menu, I have the laptop keyboard configured as the default with is a pc-105 keyboard type.
>>
>> Anyone have any ideas?
>
> Do you have a NumLock key? Try toggling it. If there are CapsLock and NumLock LEDs, see if the NumLock one is on.
>
> Check the BIOS and see if NumLock is set on at boot time. If it is, try setting it off.
>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Jim
>>
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