I am on a HP Probook 640 G1 and it’s a very linux-compatible laptop!
I have noticed 1 (one) little problem. ESC-key is not working under EOS.
I know it’s not hardware because I use it sometimes during boot and then it works.
I use HP Omnibook 500 keyboard as “variant” because there are no probook to choose.
Anyone who knows anything about this kind of problem?
brandent
Does the HP Omnibook 500 layout you choose have the ESC key in a different place? Can you try pulling up the onscreen keyboard to see what it looks like (assuming it changes with the layout you select) and if the ESC key works from there?
Hi and thanks for answer.
I have tried several keyboard “models” now and none of them acitvate esc-key!
Really strange!
I installed Mint on a usb-stick and installed wine and the same thing occur there so its not an EOS problem.
Both systems have Xfce installed.
Maybe removing xfce?
brandent
I wouldn’t think it’s specific to the DE, but if you have another installed (or want to install another), try it out to be sure. I looked a little and I don’t think xfce has a build-in on screen keyboard, but there are several you can add if you want and think that might help trouble shoot things. I see lists with florence, joggler and onboard, but I’m not in front of EOS to see which are included in yay at the moment.
“The plot thickens”!
I just tried with an external usb-keyboard and then esc-key works!!
Esc-key works when I boot the computer so it should not be keyboard starting to give up.
I think I must do a check in bios!
brandent
Yes!!
It was in bios! I just took a chance and changed “Fn-button switch” and then reboot. Now esc-key works!
Really strange little thing!
Problem is solved!!
Thanks for helping me on the way!!
brandent
Excellent, glad you figured it out. If you can, mark it solved and select the post that was the solution, so if people search this in the future they can find it easier.
Also, just a laptop thing in general, if the ESC key also has “FnLk” or something like that printed on it, then it can be used to act like the function/Fn key is always being pressed, so the F keys do their other function (volume up/down, etc) instead of F1, F2, etc. At least this is an option on the ThinkPad I’m using.
I am happy keyboard is “allright”.
I actually don’t understand what I did i bios because my keyboard has separate fn-key!
brandent
Try holding the Fn key and hitting ESC. For me that toggles something on the screen that says “FnLk” with or without a line through it. It basically toggles the ESC key between being an ESC key and being a Fn key (and changes the default of what the F1, F2, etc buttons do). It’s really just a setting you can use if you find yourself using the Fn properties of the F1, F2, etc keys more than F1, F2 itself.