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hey all, ive installed Scientific Linux 5.5 on my laptop (HP 2045ae) but when i type say a single letter (eg "a") multiple letters appear(eg. "aaaaaaaa") it does this to ...
  1. 07-22-2010 #1
    lawrenceejgray
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    Strange keyboard error

    hey all,

    ive installed Scientific Linux 5.5 on my laptop (HP 2045ae) but when i type say a single letter (eg "a") multiple letters appear(eg. "aaaaaaaa") it does this to all i type so i cant log in.

    Ive reinstalled it twice and it does the same thing.

    please help.
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    What happens if you install another distribution? Try CentOS 5.5 and see if it does the same thing. Other than the Kerberos / Andrew File System stuff, they are pretty much the same. If that does the same thing, then try something laptop-friendly, such as Ubuntu 9.04 or later. If it still does the same thing, then the computer is not Linux compatible in that it is not handling the keyboard properly - their version of Windows may compensate for that.
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