[sf-lug] Linux question

[Donald F. Robertson]

I´ĺl talk to the manufacturer and work through it.  Thank you, Bobbie.  

-- Donald


On Sunday 10 Jan 2016 22:35:31 Bobbie Sellers wrote:
> On 01/10/2016 10:12 PM, Donald F. Robertson wrote:
> > I´ḿ stumped, and I´m hoping someone can help me.
> > 
> > I recently upgraded from Mageia-4 to Mageia-5 on a standard x86
> > architecture 64 bit Origin laptop.  The upgrade appeared to go well,
> > however Mageia-5 would not recognize the laptop´s keyboard, although it
> > did recognize this external keyboard.  I was unable to find a solution.
> > 
> > This afternoon, I tried installing from scratch without the external
> > keyboard attached.  No dice.  Interestingly, the installation program did
> > not recognize the laptop keyboard either.
> > 
> > Any suggestions?
> > 
> > I´d be very grateful for any suggestions.  I am very familiar with the K-
> > desktop, but my ¨under the hood¨ command line skills are limited.
> 
>      Hi Donald,
>          Glad to hear from another Mageia user.
>          Ok I would go to the manufacturer's web site and try to find the
> designation for the keyboard,
>      Now apparently it worked under Magiea 4 so if all else fails try to use
> a live version and figure out how it configured itself keyboard wise. IF
> you can find out the designation,
>      Startup the System Settings and go to Hardware/Input devices/Keyboard
> On the first page you should see Keyboard_Model with a requester next to
> it with the keyboard model listed and opposite it at the other end of
> the line
> a way to check the other keyboards versions available.
> 
>      In the worst case i.e. cannot find the model version used,
> count the number of keys on the keyboard and try the generic keyboard
> that matches most closely.
> 
>      You might try loading a live version of Knoppix or any other KDE using
> live distribution and looking in the System setting to see what it picks.
> 
>      Hope this all helps.
>      Bobbie Sellers
> 
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> > Donald F. Robertson
> > San Francisco
> > 
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> > 
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> > an
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> > business in every generation is to reclaim a little more land.   --
> > Thomas Huxley
> > 
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Donald F. Robertson
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The known is finite, the unknown is infinite; intellectually we stand on an 
islet in the midst of an illimitable ocean of inexplicability. Our business in 
every generation is to reclaim a little more land.   -- Thomas Huxley

Sent from my OriginPC - Mageia Linux via KMail.