[NH LoCo] help [return] key locks everything up...

[Susan Cragin]

Thanks!! 
It wasn't just me... Ubuntu Lucid just went postal on everyone with an ASUS laptop. Selecting a new default keyboard did the trick. 
Susan


-----Original Message-----
>On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Susan Cragin
><susancragin at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> i have a problem that entirely stumps me. suddenly my [return] key locks everything up.
>
>  Have you installed any new software recently?  Have you changed any
>locale settings recently?
>
>  If you haven't tried rebooting: Try spazzing the CTRL, ALT, and
>SHIFT keys.  By spazzing, I mean pressing all those keys rapidly and
>randomly, sometimes together, sometimes in sequence, in various
>combinations.  Include *both* SHIFT/ALT/CTRL keys, if your keyboard is
>so equipped.  Sometimes the keyboard controller's shift states will
>get confused, and this fixes it.
>
>  Try rebooting.
>
>  Try shutting down the computer, powering off, unplugging the power
>cord, removing the battery (if a laptop), then pressing the power
>button/switch as if turning the computer on.  Wait 30 seconds.  Then
>put everything back and power on for real.  Sometimes hardware gets
>confused, and modern computers don't really power off anymore, so
>shutting down doesn't already reset the hardware.  Doing this really
>does power off, including discharging capacitors.
>
>  Have you tried booting into recovery mode (from the GRUB menu)?
>
>-- Ben
>
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