Keyboard?

[Owen Thomas]

On Tue, 6 Feb 2024 at 09:47, Peter Flynn <peter at silmaril.ie> wrote:

> On 05/02/2024 22:34, Owen Thomas wrote:
> > It's the laptop's internal keyboard.
>
> That's even weirder. What's the make and model of laptop?
>

This computer is called a "Q16-7a405-bm - Infinity". I'm beginning to think
it's a $1500AU dud.


>
> Keyboards are normally probed and enabled at the BIOS level, aren't
> they? Like before anything to do with operating systems even starts?
>

I happen to think so too, but alas.


> > Does USB work "universally" according to its namesake?
>
> I don't know, but all the USB keyboards I have come across have been
> instantly recognised and enabled.
>

I just borrowed an Apple USB keyboard, and that appeared to work. The Apple
keyboard isn't mine, so perhaps perhaps it wouldn't hurt me to buy a PC
one. Still, it defeats one of the prime functions of a laptop if I can only
use Ubuntu through a USB keyboard, and that makes me unhappy.
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