[NBLUG/talk] A virus?

[Tony Fardella]

You might want to try hooking up an external USB keyboard and see if  
it has the same problem. That would help to determine if its a  
hardware or driver issue.

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  Tony Fardella
  Email: tonyf at sonic.net
  Skype: tfardella
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On Jul 5, 2009, at 10:21 PM, Matthew Brooks wrote:

> On Jul 5, 2009, at 20:54, mendozae at sonoma.edu wrote:
>
>>
>> The keyboard on my Ubuntu laptop (purchased from Zareason in the
>> East Bay)
>> types other characters other than the conventional alphabetic ones
>> featured on the face of the keys. There is, however, an alternative
>> character, smaller in size, also featured on the face of the
>> keyboard keys
>> that DO come up when I type. But I do not use the function key to
>> access
>> them; they come up as the default character when I type. This only
>> happens
>> to the keys on the right hand side of the keyboard.
>>
>> Is this a virus? Any ideas?
>>
>> Thanks again,
>>
>> Edward
>>
>>
>
> It's not a virus, it's a hardware issue.
>
> It sounds like the function key is either broken or otherwise stuck.
> Also it may be the keyboard or keyboard connector is broken or has
> come loose.
>
> If it's under warranty I'd bring it back for repair.
>
>
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