[ILUG] [Q] weird keyboard mode - how to exit? (and what is it?)

[Brian Foster]

  | Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2007 22:04:57 +0100
  | From: steev <mcconville.steve at gmail.com>
  | 
  | >[ ... ] (I don't have the
  | >  manual this keyboard, which was obtained secondhand (qwerty's
  | >  are very hard to find in France!).)  [ ... ]

 all good questions!
 some not-as-good answers ....

  | Are you sure it isn't flaky hardware?

 no; I've no idea.  it does seem to be consistent,
 despite me being uncertain what the precise trigger
 is (other than _somehow_ involving |AltGr|).  and
 there is no other evidence of keyboard flakiness.

 generalismo google finds some suggestive hints a
 LED (which I am assuming is the mysterious one) is
 illuminated because of an “alternative group”,
 whatever the fsck that is .... ?

  | Have you tried replicating with another kb?

 don't have another (working) keyboard.  so no can-do.

 ( I neglected to mention in my previous post, but if
  it matters, this is a USB keyboard. )

  | Do other OSs not have the problem?

 no idea.  first off, I'm uncertain how to reproduce.
 and second, I do not have, and refuse to run even if
 I did have, microshite's stupidware.

cheers!
	-blf-
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