Averatec n40bers and sy0b3es

Tony Davis [tdavis803 at bellsouth.net]

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:49:37 -0400

Sirs i have a averatec 5400 and when i try to type something i get this get n40bers and sy0b3es What is wrong

THANK You

Tony Davis

the only way i can type anything is to hold down a fn key

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Ben Okopnik [ben at linuxgazette.net]

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:31:48 -0400

On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 02:49:37PM -0400, Tony Davis wrote:

>    Sirs
>    i have a averatec 5400 and when i try to type something i get this 5get
>    n40bers and sy0b3es What is wrong

Hi, Tony - it appears that your NumLock key is on - perhaps even as a default setting. This would make "symbols and numbers" come out as "sy0b63s and n40bers". 'NumLock' is usually a secondary function on the 'Scroll' key; just tap it while holding down the 'Fn' key to turn it off.

I seem to recall, from many years ago, that this can be set on or off by default when you boot - in the BIOS, maybe? - but I can't come up with any details.

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