XFCE has a GUI settings program I use. Gnome-shell (Fedora's native GUI) has stuff too.
I think most Linux desktops are self administered & the GUI is ok. I imagine there are few IT departments managing many (> 50) Linux desktops like in the days of Unix workstations. On Thu, Dec 22, 2022 at 3:04 PM Shawn O'Shea <sh...@eth0.net> wrote: > 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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