G1G1 laptop - Bad alt key?

[Dan Krejsa]

Hi,

The Getting Started Guide's troubleshooting guide

  http://www.laptop.org/en/laptop/start/troubleshooting.shtml

is recommending that users email bug reports to bugs at laptop.org,
which is apparently incorrect, according to bugs-owner.  Probably
the guide should be corrected.

If this is not the correct list either, and if the problem described
below is an isolated hardware failure rather than a software
issue, could someone suggest the correct list to email to?

Thanks,

- Dan


On Sat, 2007-12-22 at 23:52 -0500, bugs-owner at lists.laptop.org wrote:
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> > -------- Forwarded Message --------
> > From: Dan Krejsa <dan.krejsa at alamedanet.net>
> > To: bugs at laptop.org
> > Subject: G1G1 laptop - Bad alt key?
> > Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 20:50:50 -0800
> > 
> > (Hi, FYI my first attempt to send this failed as I was not subscribed
> > to the bugs at lists.laptop.org. The Getting Started User's Guide's 
> > troubleshooting guide 
> > 
> >   http://www.laptop.org/en/laptop/start/troubleshooting.shtml
> > 
> > suggests emailing 'bugs at laptop.org', but doesn't mention it
> > is necessary to subscribe.)
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I just received 4 G1G1 laptops today (Yeah!). I've opened
> > two already.  I had no problem with the first, but on the
> > second there appears to be a problem related to the alt key.
> > 
> > After the first time I press it, it appears that the alt modifier
> > stays on -- so that if I just type the 'enter' key, the  display
> > goes to full screen mode, if I type f, it toggles the frame. I can't
> > type ordinary characters or keyboard shortcuts that don't have
> > the alt modifier down.  If I power down the XO, things are OK
> > until the next time I use the alt key.
> > 
> > If this isn't a known software issue, I suspect it's just a
> > bad keyboard, and hopefully it's a rare thing. In either case
> > I thought you would be interested in the report.
> > 
> > Please let me know how I should proceed. There's no great time
> > urgency for this for me, though.
> > 
> > Thanks for the good work!
> > 
> > - Dan
> > 
> > P.S. One of my nephews gets a laptop for Christmas. I'll wait
> > a bit for my other nephew & neice until I can get a bit more
> > comfortable with the laptop & software, and maybe reflash with
> > a newer build. The last one's for me ;-)
> >