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

[Jim Duda]

Miguel Angel Perez wrote:
> 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
> 

Thanks for the reply Miguel, and good idea.  I searched through
the logs, however, no obvious errors or warnings found.

Jim


> 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
> <mailto: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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