[mythtv-users] OT: Mythbuntu 12 after long power outage, keyboard multimedia buttons ignored

Hika van den Hoven hikavdh at gmail.com
Tue May 5 02:43:04 UTC 2015


Hoi Kingsley,

Tuesday, May 5, 2015, 4:14:24 AM, you wrote:

> G'day,

> We had a ~7day power outage recently (due to quite violent tropical storms)

> When the mythbox came back online, the bluetooth(ish) Logitech diNovo Mini
> keyboard had lost it pairing.
> I plugged in a normal 105-key USB keyboard temporarily.

> Under windows, I managed to re-pair the keyboard + dongle.  This step is
> typical for the diNovo Mini.

> Under the (gnome?) config page, I re-set the keyboard type to "Logitech diNovo".

> The base keyboard now works fine, except that *none* of the multimedia keys
> along the top row work.

> Reading over web pages, I ran various programs, including my own xmodmap
> config file.
> But nothing worked.

> Even 'xev' failed to show any events for pushing the buttons (nor 
> shift-media buttons, etc.)

> I just don't get it.  2 weeks ago it was working perfectly.

> Any ideas?

> Hmmm... i just thought, maybe it *is* the keyboard, and the power outage is
> a coincidence.

> thanks,
> -kt

If there was lightning, especially any strikes nearby, with the storm,
that could through induction etc. have damaged the board!
Especially since it was wireless.

Tot mails,
  Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com

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