esc key does not work

[Asif Iqbal]

On Sat, Oct 4, 2014 at 2:23 PM, Asif Iqbal <vadud3 at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Sat, Oct 4, 2014 at 2:18 PM, Asif Iqbal <vadud3 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Sat, Oct 4, 2014 at 2:05 PM, Asif Iqbal <vadud3 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> Hi All
>>>
>>> My escape key does not work. I am running ubuntu trusty 64bit on my
>>> laptop HP ProBook 650 G1.
>>>
>>> I tried with vim and could not get out of insert mode.
>>>
>>> I clicked on File menu for any application and when hit escape it did
>>> not disappear.
>>>
>>> Any suggestion on how to fix it.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
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>> I opened the keyboard with System Settings -> Text Entry -> Keyboard
>> Icon. Then every key
>> I touch, the corresponding key in the Keyboard in display lits up. But
>> when I hit the Escape
>> key, the Escape key does not lit up at all. It is a brand new laptop, so
>> I doubt escape key is
>> broken.
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> xev shows output all the keys, but no output at all when touching the
> 'esc' key.
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when I go to tty1 (laptop console - ctl+alt+f1) and run showkey and hit
'esc' it shows code '465'
so I guess the hardware is good. so somehow ubuntu does not know how to map
it to gnome?



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>>> Asif Iqbal
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>>> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
>>> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
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>> Asif Iqbal
>> PGP Key: 0xE62693C5 KeyServer: pgp.mit.edu
>> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
>> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
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> Asif Iqbal
> PGP Key: 0xE62693C5 KeyServer: pgp.mit.edu
> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
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Asif Iqbal
PGP Key: 0xE62693C5 KeyServer: pgp.mit.edu
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
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