esc key does not work

[Gene Heskett]

On Saturday 04 October 2014 14:33:07 Asif Iqbal did opine
And Gene did reply:
> On Sat, Oct 4, 2014 at 2:23 PM, Asif Iqbal <vadud3 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Sat, Oct 4, 2014 at 2:18 PM, Asif Iqbal <vadud3 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On Sat, Oct 4, 2014 at 2:05 PM, Asif Iqbal <vadud3 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> 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
> >> 
> >> 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.
> > 
> > xev shows output all the keys, but no output at all when touching the
> > 'esc' key.
> 
> 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?
That same operation on my console keyboard is a keypress 1
???

But it works. 
> >> --
> >> 
> >>> 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?
> >> 
> >> --
> >> 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?
> > 
> > --
> > 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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