Laptop Keyboard asdf, jkl;, enter disabled on boot up
Jim Duda
jim at duda.tzo.com
Sun Dec 14 03:22:56 UTC 2008
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 idea. I searched through
the logs, however, no obvious errors or warnings found.
Jim
> Or from gui you can use the system logs viewer in Applications -> System
> Tools -> System log
>
> 2008/12/13 Jim Duda <jim at duda.tzo.com
> <mailto:jim at duda.tzo.com>>
>
> 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 start
> working too, however, I think this is the same 3-4
> minute delay.
>
> It would appear to be a hardware problem (bad keyboard),
> however, once the keys start working, I never have another
> problem, until the next reboot.
>
> Could there be some software issue here?
>
> I really like the laptop, works well, I really don't
> want to take it apart unless I have to.
>
> Jim
>
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