On Thursday 05 September 2002 09:51 pm, Mark Weaver wrote: > Chris Spackman wrote: > > On Thu, 5 Sep 2002 02:13:57 -0600 > > > > Jan Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Have you tried a different keyboard? That would be the first step in > >>ruling out a hardware problem with the keyboard. > >> > >>If the borrowed keyboard works, get a new keyboard and don't worry > >>about it. If it does the same thing, it could still be a hardware > >>problem with your motherboard. > >> > >>I have installed Mandrake 8.2 a lot of times, and have never had this > >>problem with a variety of keyboards, from brand new to ones with a lot > >>of key names rubbed off (old). Never had this problem. > > > > Sorry, I should have mentioned that this is a laptop computer -- how > > easy is it to test a different keyboard when one is already built in? > > > > Also, the problem does not occur in virtual consoles, as near as i can > > tell, just in X. > > > > This is a new one for me too. I've installed a lot of different distros > > and every mandrake since at least 7.2 and I've never had a keyboard > > problem before. > > Chris, > > I've noticed the same things happening on one of the laptops I use > Mandrake on at work. It happens in console as well as X on this one. I > rather tend to think it's an adjustment needing to be made somewhere > though. The version of Mandrake running on this machine is 9.0beta2. > > Mark
Is there any chance of a goofy BIOS Typeamatic setting? (Yeah, a lesson learned the hard way.) -- cmg
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