TW wrote: >>> The pgdn key on my laptop doesn't work right. On Firefox, if I press >>> the key, I get the menu that comes up when you right-click. In vim, when I >>> press >>> the key, the screen flashes and then I'm in the insert mode. >>> >> Most laptops allow you to plug in an external keyboard. If you do that, >> do you get the same symptoms? >> >> Is this a US keyboard? > > Thanks, Bruce. I plugged in an external keyboard, and the usb keyboard > works > fine. My keyboards are US, based on the layout I found here --> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_layout#United_States. > > Here's the different outputs from showkey -a: > > *Laptop keyboard (pgdn) > Press any keys - Ctrl-D will terminate this program > > 27 0033 0x1b > 91 0133 0x5b > 50 0062 0x32 > 57 0071 0x39 > 126 0176 0x7e > 27 0033 0x1b > 91 0133 0x5b > 54 0066 0x36 > 126 0176 0x7e > 4 0004 0x04 > > *USB keyboard > Press any keys - Ctrl-D will terminate this program > 27 0033 0x1b > 91 0133 0x5b > 54 0066 0x36 > 126 0176 0x7e > 4 0004 0x04 > > My laptop keyboard still does the wrong thing. > > I'm can't say that I know exactly what I'm looking at, but, I think I > see > some of the keys being shown twice??? Thank you.
If the external keyboard works fine, it indicates a HW problem to me. The numbers there are decimal, octal, hex. It is probably the scan code being presented by the keyboard. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
