Niels Heinemann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > --=.2M8W71FU8JmF8G > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > howdy. > > Torbjorn Pettersson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > All toshiba keyboards, but for one I used 5 years ago, have > > been "broken". > > i wrote of it - but in my portege 4010 it seems to be fixed. it's > about a half year old. but if you recognize that behavior ... > > > There is a small patch for pc_keyb.c in the kernel floating > > around which fixes this > > ... xkbset does the job too. there are various howtos, see > linux.toshiba-dme.co.jp/linux/ >
Note that: 1) It is not in debian/stable 2) It s an X program, so there is still the console Sure, the problem is fixable, but my gripe with it is that if I were paying out of my own pocket for a laptop, I would choose a product that I didn't need to hack to get basic functionality, like working keyboard, out of, unless it had very significant advantages in some other regard. > niels > > -- > | /"\ > (niels@|www.)ortschmiede.de | \ / ASCII-Ribbon-Campaign > pgp|gpg - mails preferred | X Against HTML Mail > | / \ Best regards Torbjörn -- ###################################################################### Torbjörn Pettersson # Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Vattugatan 5 # Web www.strul.nu/~tobbe S-111 52 Stockholm, Sweden # ######################################################################
