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On 4/22/2025 2:01 PM, songbird wrote:
debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote:
songbird <songb...@anthive.com> wrote:
Timothy M Butterworth wrote:
...keyboard sometimes stops working...
I have that problem occasionally. I just unplug the USB connector
then plug it back in and the keyboard works again.
yes, but it also may indicate a poor connection or a
bad cable so perhaps checking that is a good idea.
in the past i have had keyboards that were designed
with a plastic case which is not rigid enough to stand up
to my use case (on my lap, unsupported at either end),
after a few years both of them developed the same
intermittent failure where the connection ribbin inside
the keyboard was losing a firm contact. which was too
bad since i liked those keyboards otherwise (i still have
them but have never figured out how to repair them and
they're not worth sending back to be repaired).
Glue some ply or plastic underneath to stiffen them?
unfortunately too late for that, once i took them apart
i could not get them back together again to where they
would work reliably. :( it is a very strange design of
a connection where it is basically a type of ribbon held
only by pressure and not very well. i don't know why
they could not have used a more normal slot that you stuck
the ribbon cable in... for $0.25 or so...
songbird
