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Mansour Al Akeel wrote: |
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> I got a newer laptop, and rather than installing gentoo, I just |
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> swapped the hard disks. Now when I boot into the new one, |
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> it works up to the level I am expecting (still need some drivers), but |
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> the keyboard act wierd. When I press "m" it types "0", |
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> and some other keys don't send anything at all. |
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> This issue starts when I start my xdm (configured to start slim). With |
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> the text run level (console), there's no issues until I start and stop |
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> xdm. |
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> I am not sure if I modified something long time ago in the config, to |
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> use different keymaps, but this issue didn't exist on the older |
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> laptop. |
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> What files could have such a configuration, that I need to look into ? |
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> Thank you. |
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That may be the laptop itself. My ex did this once. There is a way to |
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put the laptop in numlock mode for entering a lot of numbers. I think |
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it is ALT and something up across the top on the right hand side. I |
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don't think it is a function key but it may be. If yours is anything |
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like my ex's, it will have numlock somewhere on the key. Hers was a |
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different color to match the other key, ALT I think. Just do some color |
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matching on that. |
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Every manufacturer is different but maybe, just maybe this will get you |
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on track to at least finding a solution. |
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If this changes after you have booted, try removing the numlock service |
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from the default runlevel. That may cause the same thing I described |
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above. Most want that on a desktop but not on a laptop. |
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Hope this helps. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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