Laptop Keyboard asdf, jkl;, enter disabled on boot up

[Miguel Angel Perez]

Hi Jim.

You can search into system logs and look for keyboard-related messages, that
will provide some hints of errors that could be happening.

You can try from console:
dmesg | less
cat /var/log/messages | less

Or from gui you can use the system logs viewer in Applications -> System
Tools -> System log

2008/12/13 Jim Duda <jim at duda.tzo.com>

> I have a very weird problem.
>
> Compaq Presario F500.  Only about a year old.
>
> Recently (past few weeks), whenever I boot up, the following
> keys are non responsive; asdfjkl; and the enter key.
>
> If I wait a few minutes, like 3 or 4 minutes, they start
> working.  If I restart a couple of times, they start
> working too, however, I think this is the same 3-4
> minute delay.
>
> It would appear to be a hardware problem (bad keyboard),
> however, once the keys start working, I never have another
> problem, until the next reboot.
>
> Could there be some software issue here?
>
> I really like the laptop, works well, I really don't
> want to take it apart unless I have to.
>
> Jim
>
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