Eugen Dedu wrote:
> Thank you to all for your comments. After the post, it worked ok until
> yesterday. Yesterday I shut down the laptop and noticed that the
> problem affected grub again, so X is not faulty. I opened the laptop,
> but only the back cover; the keyboard is on the front cover, an
Hi,
I have a Dell Latitude 5580 laptop, and have been a happy debian unstable user
for 20 years. I have a very weird problem with its builtin keyboard which slows
down my work significantly (ctrl-c, ctrl-x, ENTER etc. do not work):
Since several months ago some keys on my keyboard do not work
On 8/12/20 5:24 AM, songbird wrote:
Dan Ritter wrote:
Doug McGarrett wrote:
Someone along this thread mentioned key-pullers. I have a couple of IBM
model M
keyboards that haven't been cleaned in years. They work well anyway, but I'd
like to clean
the keys. Where could I get one of those key-
Dan Ritter wrote:
> Doug McGarrett wrote:
>>
>> Someone along this thread mentioned key-pullers. I have a couple of IBM
>> model M
>> keyboards that haven't been cleaned in years. They work well anyway, but I'd
>> like to clean
>> the keys. Where could I get one of those key-puller tools?
>> (If
rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> Oh, one other thing I should mention -- on most keyboards (at least the ones
> I've cleaned) there are some metal pieces (essentially springs) under many of
> the larger (wider) keys. I am pretty sure they are intended to allow
> pressing
> either end (or the center
rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> Oh, one other thing I should mention -- on most keyboards (at least the ones
> I've cleaned) there are some metal pieces (essentially springs) under many of
> the larger (wider) keys. I am pretty sure they are intended to allow
> pressing
> either end (or the cente
Doug McGarrett wrote:
>
> Someone along this thread mentioned key-pullers. I have a couple of IBM
> model M
> keyboards that haven't been cleaned in years. They work well anyway, but I'd
> like to clean
> the keys. Where could I get one of those key-puller tools?
> (If you ever get a chance to ge
Oh, one other thing I should mention -- on most keyboards (at least the ones
I've cleaned) there are some metal pieces (essentially springs) under many of
the larger (wider) keys. I am pretty sure they are intended to allow pressing
either end (or the center) of those long keys (e.g., the space
On 8/11/20 9:53 AM, Dan Ritter wrote:
rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
The way I clean (a non-laptop) keyboard is by disassembling it and putting all
the parts in a fresh (i.e., clean) washtub of warm water with dishsoap, let it
soak for a few minutes, then rinse with clean water and let dry, often
On Tuesday, August 11, 2020 10:28:37 AM Stefan Monnier wrote:
> That should work as well, but I was never able to disassemble any part
> of a keyboard without having the impression that I was breaking it, so
> I prefer to refrain from any such thing.
I started doing it a long time ago, so have pro
> The way I clean (a non-laptop) keyboard is by disassembling it and putting
> all
> the parts in a fresh (i.e., clean) washtub of warm water with dishsoap, let
> it
> soak for a few minutes, then rinse with clean water and let dry, often
> overnight (I almost always have a spare keyboard, but
rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> The way I clean (a non-laptop) keyboard is by disassembling it and putting
> all
> the parts in a fresh (i.e., clean) washtub of warm water with dishsoap, let
> it
> soak for a few minutes, then rinse with clean water and let dry, often
> overnight (I almost always
On Monday, August 10, 2020 10:34:56 PM Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > IIRC, this is about a keyboard on a laptop -- I would not put any part of
> > that in a dishwasher.
>
> You sure can, tho you'll want to put only the keyboard (many other parts
> of a laptop can go safely into the dishwasher, actuall
> IIRC, this is about a keyboard on a laptop -- I would not put any part of
> that
> in a dishwasher.
You sure can, tho you'll want to put only the keyboard (many other parts
of a laptop can go safely into the dishwasher, actually, but indeed you
probably don't want to put the whole laptop in).
IIRC, this is about a keyboard on a laptop -- I would not put any part of that
in a dishwasher.
On Monday, August 10, 2020 07:04:39 PM Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > I suspect it is a hardware problem, and what I would do is get the manual
> > for the laptop and look into how hard it might be to clean
> I suspect it is a hardware problem, and what I would do is get the manual for
> the laptop and look into how hard it might be to clean the keyboard.
Definitely a good idea, since it's easy to do and can solve the problem
(depending on the problem's origin, obviously).
> You might try blowing o
On 8/10/20 7:56 AM, Eugen Dedu wrote:
Hi,
I have a Dell Latitude 5580 laptop, and have been a happy debian
unstable user for 20 years. I have a very weird problem with its
builtin keyboard which slows down my work significantly (ctrl-c,
ctrl-x, ENTER etc. do not work):
Since several mon
On Monday, August 10, 2020 07:56:43 AM Eugen Dedu wrote:
> I have a Dell Latitude 5580 laptop, and have been a happy debian
> unstable user for 20 years. I have a very weird problem with its
> builtin keyboard which slows down my work significantly (ctrl-c, ctrl-x,
> ENTER etc. do not work):
>
>
Dear Eugen,
Am Montag 10 August 2020 schrieb Eugen Dedu:
> Hi,
>
> I have a Dell Latitude 5580 laptop, and have been a happy debian
> unstable user for 20 years. I have a very weird problem with its
> builtin keyboard which slows down my work significantly (ctrl-c,
> ctrl-x, ENTER etc. do not wor
Hi,
I have a Dell Latitude 5580 laptop, and have been a happy debian
unstable user for 20 years. I have a very weird problem with its
builtin keyboard which slows down my work significantly (ctrl-c, ctrl-x,
ENTER etc. do not work):
Since several months ago some keys on my keyboard do not wo
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