Mudita

Having put the key-board into the sun for a good while, trying short after, all worked well without repeating keys... so it seems that the room is simply to damp, the air as well, and although Atma would prefer to work further on ati-sangham, maybe good to wait till a suitable place is made in the extention part of the Ashrams cave.

Vandami Bhante

Oh, I see. The USB ports are on the laptop keyboard, so cannot just leave the keyboard plugged off if wanting to use a USB keyboard instead.
Is it possible to do at least some work with only the touchscreen and using the touchscreen keyboard?

I found here the commands to disable the laptop keyboard on the Lenovo MIIX320.

One would need to open a terminal and type (with touchscreen keyboard, hopefully possible, or copy-paste from here) these commands:

For disabling the keyboard:

For disabling the touchpad under the keyboard:


The problem is, I think these commands will not have effect if the keyboard is not plugged in. And plugging the keyboard in, it would probably type by itself "\\\\..." etc. as described, typing nonsense into the command.

So to get around this, one could tell the computer to execute the command after 5 seconds (or something), and then plug in the keyboard (within five seconds), so they would run when the keyboard has been plugged in fast enough:

For disabling the keyboard after five seconds:

For disabling the touchpad under the keyboard after five seconds:

For disabling the keyboard and touchpad after five seconds:

(or "sleep 10" if 5 seconds is not enough)



If, for some reason, wanting to enable again:

For enabling the keyboard:

For enabling the touchpad under the keyboard:



If it is working to type something into a terminal, it would also be good to do this:
(must enter the correct FTP password here instead of "[password]")

This will copy some configuration files from the laptop to the web server, where I could download and look at them.
As far as I remember, there is some script inside it that I wrote which would react on keyboard plug-in events. I think it would be good to add the "disable keyboard" commands to this script, so it would automatically be disabled when plugging in the keyboard. I would like to check the files to see where to put it.

Atma wouldn't install anything, not at least because not even an idea of how to do, even if "a new version of...download/install..." pops up.

In another support topic , regarding another different Lenovo laptop, this solution was recommended, suspecting a static charge problem, and trying to fix it by doing a discharge:

Quote from: Krakken on Lenovo support forum

(If the battery is internal, please just skip the remove/replace battery steps.)
1. Turn the unit off
2. Remove the battery and the Mains adapter
3. Press and hold the front power button for 30 seconds
4. Replace the battery and the Mains adapter
5. Turn the unit on as normal

So, take away all sources of electricity (cable, battery if possible), then press the power button for a long time. Then give electricity again. It seems this worked for at least one person, with a different laptop. One could try...

Hold on long didn't work so far and at least battery can not be removed. It will work in times and some workaround ways are opencurrently, Nyom.

Sadhu for care.

In another support topic , regarding another different Lenovo laptop, this solution was recommended, suspecting a static charge problem, and trying to fix it by doing a discharge:

(If the battery is internal, please just skip the remove/replace battery steps.)
1. Turn the unit off
2. Remove the battery and the Mains adapter
3. Press and hold the front power button for 30 seconds
4. Replace the battery and the Mains adapter
5. Turn the unit on as normal

So, take away all sources of electricity (cable, battery if possible), then press the power button for a long time. Then give electricity again. It seems this worked for at least one person, with a different laptop. One could try...

Seems to be another time "trouble" with keyboard or what ever, Nyom Moritz . Laptop wasn't turned off total by stuck in time-displaying, not reacting. "Brutal" trun off, then wishing to start, boot does not work automatical but gives a menu at a ace called "GRUB". If able to get it run, there is steady writting "1" or "\" or other keys. Not sure where to try to fix. Last time it was some matter with "battery", if right, and to get that done, "drain" was suggested by reinstall of system, if my person got it right. If any idea, maybe Atma could follow such further and of course nothing that is that importand.

Vandami Bhante

From the description, I don't quite understand the issue.
GRUB is the boot manager. Normally, there would be a boot menu at the beginning, for a few seconds, where one could choose certain options or change boot parameters in case of problems (or use a different operating system like Windows, if it would still be installed). After a few seconds, or hitting "Enter", normally the installed Linux system would boot.
Maybe a few photos of what is on the screen would help to diagnose what is happening.
Sometimes also talk on telephone is easier for getting to understand. I will try to call.

It may take a week effort till all runs as before (download, settings, languages..., less battery, low internet as well) so one may please pardon that things may need longer as usual and thought.