Some Fn keys only work intermittently on Toshiba Tecra laptop with Deepin 15.5

Wickus · 02-14-2018, 01:24 AM

Hi.

I am relatively new to Linux and Deepin. Been using Deepin now for roughly 8 months.

On my Toshiba Tecra laptop the Fn keys - Volume (up/down/mute), Player (play/pause/next/previous) and the Brightness keys work once in a while. For instance the volume keys work only directly after login.

Is there a solution for this? I have looked on the internet, but found solutions for Ubuntu and KDE. I am hesitant to apply these changes to Deepin.

If anyone can help, it would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you in advance

rokytnji · 02-14-2018, 10:55 AM

Clean the keyboard with a can of compressed air or buy replacement is all I can suggest. They do go bad when cookies, cat fur, etc.... and coffee get spilled/scattered on em. Key contacts do wear out.

I only mention this because I have fixed left mouse click which was a physical problem on a Asus EEEPC 900.
It required me to take the mouse pad apart.

All is mentioned above because of the statement

Quote:

work once in a while

Try this in Deepin for my curiosity. Post results in your next post. Open a terminal and type in. Then copy and paste in code tags < between the code][/code > the readout in go advanced reply toolbar. It is the hashtag symbol on the tool bar.

Code:

inxi -Fxz

Deepin is based on Ubuntu as far as I know. KDE is universal. I'd just make sure your found fix suggestions match the version of Ubuntu and KDE that you are using. I don't think this is software breakage though. But hardware breakage instead.

Edit: Forgot my manners. Howdy and Welcome to LQ.

Wickus · 02-14-2018, 02:01 PM

@rokytnji - Thank you for the reply mate.

The keyboard: I use bluetooth keyboards and laptop keys and the Fn keys does not work with either. I forgot to mention that they keys do work on the Windows installation that I have as as a dual boot (for work).

The keys were working on Deepin 15.4. Incidently Deepin is based on Debian currently.

Quote:

System: Host: : 4.14.0-deepin2-amd64 x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 6.3.0)
Desktop: Gnome (Gtk 3.22.17-2deepin) Distro: Deepin 15
Machine: Device: laptop System: TOSHIBA product: TECRA C50-B v: PSSG4V-00700GF3
Mobo: TOSHIBA model: TECRA C50-B v: Version A0
UEFI: TOSHIBA v: Version 1.40 date: 09/25/2014
CPU: Dual core Intel Core i3-4005U (-HT-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB
flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 6784
clock speeds: max: 1701 MHz 1: 800 MHz 2: 1700 MHz
3: 800 MHz 4: 900 MHz
Graphics: Card: Intel Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller
bus-ID: 00:02.0
Display Server: x11 (X.Org 1.19.3) driver: intel
Resolution: 1366x768@60.00hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Haswell Mobile
version: 3.3 Mesa 13.0.6 Direct Render: Yes
Audio: Card-1 Intel 8 Series HD Audio Controller
driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
Card-2 Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio Controller
driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:03.0
Sound: ALSA v: k4.14.0-deepin2-amd64
Drives: HDD Total Size: 1500.3GB (21.6% used)
ID-1: /dev/sda model: TOSHIBA_MQ01ABF0 size: 500.1GB
temp: 35C
Partition: ID-1: / size: 347G used: 42G (13%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
RAID: No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 47.0C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 178 Uptime: 4:39 Memory: 1428.3/3863.5MB
Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 6.4.0
Client: Shell (bash 4.4.121) inxi: 2.3.23

Thank you though, much appreciated! And thank you for the cordial and friendly help. Must say that is new to me on a Linux forum.

Cheers

Beefybison · 02-14-2018, 02:14 PM

I'm not sure what else you've tried, but I found these here that might have some things you could potentially try:

https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1949210

https://askubuntu.com/questions/8664...d-ubuntu-16-04

It's not exactly Deepin, but I'm hoping it will push you in the right direction.