Keyboard problem (certain keys do not function)

[Liam Proven]

On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 7:54 AM, Einar Ingebrigtsen <ein-ing at online.no> wrote:
> Den -10. jan. -28163 20:59, skrev Liam Proven:
>> On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 8:22 PM, Einar Ingebrigtsen<ein-ing at online.no>  wrote:
>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> Im running Ubuntu 10.04 desktop on my HP Pavilion dv3-2093 laptop. Now a couple of week after the installation of ubuntu 10.04 certain keys no longer give any output. I've checked the keyboard setup, and it seems to be right (Norwegian, Norwegian). The keys that dont work is: T-P, H-Ø and 7-9.
>>>
>>> Im running dual-boot with Win7, there everything works fine. Ive also tested these faulty keys with a usb-keybord, with the same result.
>>>
>>> What is wrong? Anyone experienced the same problem?
>>>
>> Something to do with NumLock, at a guess. Are you accidentally
>> triggering the embedded numeric keypad or something like that?
>>
>>
>
> You are completely right. newbie error. But, that means that the symbols
> that should have been activated with NumLock didn't work. Cause several
> of the keys that didnt give any output should have been numbers. Is this
> usual for laptop-keyboards together with ubuntu?

No, but sometimes laptops can behave a little unexpectedly under
Linux. They have a more "integrated" hardware design than desktops,
with functions that desktops don't (or at least rarely) have, like
embedded numeric pads, the ability to drive 2 screens at once or
switch between internal and external, networking which is not on the
motherboard but on an internal add-in card, as well as all the power
management stuff.

Perhaps it was in numeric keypad editing mode, as opposed to numbers +
arithmetical symbols mode? This is not something that would normally
be accessible but that could be a weird effect of Linux.

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