This is awesome stuff. Thanks! That Arch Linux link is great. Gives me some decent reading, and may lead to an answer. I suspect that the mapping is pointing to the wrong file.
Picked up a thumb drive, so have a couple of things to try, and new stuff to read. I'll make a USB boot drive and at least check that out first. Get BlueMail for Android On Dec 22, 2022, 11:03 AM, at 11:03 AM, Tom Buskey <t...@buskey.name> wrote: >+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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