Home / ubuntu / Questions / 584011
In Process
PHP Learner
Asked: 2015-02-11 14:52:49 +0800 CST

A key on my keyboard is not working!

  • 772

I am using Ubuntu 14.04. Today I noticed that my Delete button is not working. I tried restart, but the problem persists. All other keys are working properly.

Why has this problem occurred and how to solve it?

14.04

1 Answers

  1. Sorry for posting this as an answer but the comments don't give enough space and mark-up to properly test whether your key still works or not. If it works, I'll delete this answer and we'll go hunting for what is wrong in software.

    Remember that Ctrl+Alt+F7 is your friend! That is the key combination to press to get back here so you can read the rest of the message...

    OK? Got that? Have it on a Post-It note? ;-)

    Good! Now press Ctrl+Alt+F1 and you will se a terminal (a real terminal, not gnome-terminal or xterm that you've used until now...)

    Log in by typing your user name and password (no stars or password will be echoed, this is 1970s technology after all) and once you're logged in type the following command:

    showkey --scancodes

    Now lightly press and release the Esc the key that's not working and the Enter key... Then do what you do best for 10 seconds...

    If you have a minimum of 6 lines on your screen, you're in luck: you don't have a hardware problem; your keyboard still works and should write down the output on a Post-It and leave a comment below with the output... (no copy-paste back in the '70s!!! And now that I think of it: no Post-Its either!)

    • 6