[NBLUG/talk] A virus?

Matthew Brooks matthew at sonomatechpartners.com
Sun Jul 5 22:21:18 PDT 2009


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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