[gentoo-user] Ctrl+Shift+s not working on Dell Latitude E6410?

[gentoo-user] Ctrl+Shift+s not working on Dell Latitude E6410?

[Michael J. Barillier]

I recently acquired a refurb Dell Latitude E6410 laptop and put Gentoo
on it.  One odd thing has me stumped: I use Ctrl+Shift+s as a hotkey in
Sawfish (no desktop manager, just Sawfish running under X exec'ed out of
.xinitrc) and X isn't seeing the key sequence.  I ran xev and can see
the correct events for e.g. Ctrl+Shift+x, but see the Ctrl and Shift up
and down events, but no s up/down.  Anyone have an idea where along the
key code processing chain something might be grabbing that event?

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Re: [gentoo-user] Ctrl+Shift+s not working on Dell Latitude E6410?

[Fernando Rodriguez]

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On 10/29/2016 10:57 AM, Michael J. Barillier wrote:
> I recently acquired a refurb Dell Latitude E6410 laptop and put Gentoo
> on it.  One odd thing has me stumped: I use Ctrl+Shift+s as a hotkey in
> Sawfish (no desktop manager, just Sawfish running under X exec'ed out of
> .xinitrc) and X isn't seeing the key sequence.  I ran xev and can see
> the correct events for e.g. Ctrl+Shift+x, but see the Ctrl and Shift up
> and down events, but no s up/down.  Anyone have an idea where along the
> key code processing chain something might be grabbing that event?
> 

My guess is that your keyboard is crap. Easy way to find out is to plug in
a usb keyboard and see if it works. I have a similar problem with an acer
netbook.

Also check if there's a firmware update for your laptop. I remember when
I was researching it that they released a firmware update that fixed the
problem for another model that had the same problem (because the other
model was advertised as a gaming laptop).

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Fernando Rodriguez
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[gentoo-user] Re: Ctrl+Shift+s not working on Dell Latitude E6410?

[Ian Zimmerman]

On 2016-10-29 11:29, Fernando Rodriguez wrote:

> Also check if there's a firmware update for your laptop. I remember when
> I was researching it that they released a firmware update that fixed the
> problem for another model that had the same problem (because the other
> model was advertised as a gaming laptop).

Unfortunately, as I've just learned, you may need Windows (or wine which
to me is almost as bad) to install the new firmware.  (I have an
Inspiron XPS.)

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Ctrl+Shift+s not working on Dell Latitude E6410?

[Fernando Rodriguez]

On 10/29/2016 12:40 PM, Ian Zimmerman wrote:
> On 2016-10-29 11:29, Fernando Rodriguez wrote:
> 
>> Also check if there's a firmware update for your laptop. I remember when
>> I was researching it that they released a firmware update that fixed the
>> problem for another model that had the same problem (because the other
>> model was advertised as a gaming laptop).
> 
> Unfortunately, as I've just learned, you may need Windows (or wine which
> to me is almost as bad) to install the new firmware.  (I have an
> Inspiron XPS.)
> 

I wouldn't dare try it with wine. If you have access to a Windows machine
you can make a WinPE thumbdrive [1]. If you don't you can always download
the Windows Insider Preview [2] and do it on a VM.

[1] https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh825109.aspx
[2] https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windowsinsiderpreviewadvanced

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Ctrl+Shift+s not working on Dell Latitude E6410?

[J. Roeleveld]

On October 29, 2016 6:40:08 PM GMT+02:00, Ian Zimmerman <itz@primate.net> wrote:
>On 2016-10-29 11:29, Fernando Rodriguez wrote:
>
>> Also check if there's a firmware update for your laptop. I remember
>when
>> I was researching it that they released a firmware update that fixed
>the
>> problem for another model that had the same problem (because the
>other
>> model was advertised as a gaming laptop).
>
>Unfortunately, as I've just learned, you may need Windows (or wine
>which
>to me is almost as bad) to install the new firmware.  (I have an
>Inspiron XPS.)

To me that would be reason enough to return it as defective.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Ctrl+Shift+s not working on Dell Latitude E6410?

[Michael J. Barillier]

>>>>> "fr" == Fernando Rodriguez <cyklonite@gmail.com> writes:

    fr> Also check if there's a firmware update for your laptop.

Thanks, I'll give that a shot.

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