A lot of stuff in the UI these days is controlled from the UI (of course there are also command line tools and such as well). Is there a keyboard or input settings panel? Pop is based on GNOME, so you may also want to install GNOME tweaks and look at the settings in there.
-Shawn On Thu, Dec 22, 2022 at 11:52 AM bruce.lab...@myfairpoint.net < bruce.lab...@myfairpoint.net> wrote: > 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 <https://bluemail.me> > On Dec 22, 2022, 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/ >>> >> _______________________________________________ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ >
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