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Re: Sudden Mystery - Thunderbird Keyboard Errors

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On Fri, 12 Sep 2025 22:03:06 -0400, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> wrote in
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> On 9/12/25 12:18 PM, Andy Burns wrote:
>> c186282 wrote:
>> 
>>>    It will work for short while and then several keys
>>>    go all wonky. 
>> 
>> Surely you've got a spare keyboard lurking somewhere?  Even though you 
>> don't think it's a physical issue, I'd suggest swapping it, just to see 
>> if the issue "goes away", could save you hours of hunting the 
>> intermittent lurgy ...
> 
>    DO have a USB keyboard ... gonna try it.
> 
>    Have already tried to find every keyboard-related
>    lib/util/xorg thing and re-installed. No diff.
> 
>    DID boot an MX from a stick the other day and did
>    NOT see the prob in that live edition - but I didn't
>    run it for all that long.
> 
>    Anyway, does not SEEM to be a mech/electric issue
>    with the actual laptop kbd - which is good, do not
>    wanna spend $600+ for a new little laptop right now,
>    too many other bills.
> 
>    WORST case ... nuke my old MX and install a newer
>    version from scratch. Alas I've installed/configured
>    SO much in the existing version - it'd be a horrible
>    loss. In-place 'update' ... two versions ... never
>    seen that go very well.

Just updated Mint from 22.1 to 22.2 using the software tool.

Only one thing it did I didn't like -- it uninstalled synaptic.  So
I promptly re-installed it. Grr.

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Sudden Mystery - Thunderbird Keyboard Errors c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-09-12 06:36 -0400
  Re: Sudden Mystery - Thunderbird Keyboard Errors Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-09-12 11:42 +0100
    Re: Sudden Mystery - Thunderbird Keyboard Errors c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-09-12 09:01 -0400
  Re: Sudden Mystery - Thunderbird Keyboard Errors The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-12 15:47 +0100
    Re: Sudden Mystery - Thunderbird Keyboard Errors c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-09-12 11:08 -0400
      Re: Sudden Mystery - Thunderbird Keyboard Errors Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-09-12 17:18 +0100
        Re: Sudden Mystery - Thunderbird Keyboard Errors c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-09-12 22:03 -0400
          Re: Sudden Mystery - Thunderbird Keyboard Errors vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2025-09-13 02:29 +0000
            Re: Sudden Mystery - Thunderbird Keyboard Errors c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-09-13 06:01 -0400
        Re: Sudden Mystery - Thunderbird Keyboard Errors c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-09-13 06:17 -0400
          Re: Sudden Mystery - Thunderbird Keyboard Errors The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-13 11:21 +0100
            Re: Sudden Mystery - Thunderbird Keyboard Errors c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-09-13 07:32 -0400
          Re: Sudden Mystery - Thunderbird Keyboard Errors not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-09-14 08:37 +1000
            Re: Sudden Mystery - Thunderbird Keyboard Errors c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-09-13 19:13 -0400
            Re: Sudden Mystery - Thunderbird Keyboard Errors Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-09-14 13:00 +0000
              Re: Sudden Mystery - Thunderbird Keyboard Errors "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-14 18:48 +0200
                Re: Sudden Mystery - Thunderbird Keyboard Errors Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-09-14 18:20 +0000
              Re: Sudden Mystery - Thunderbird Keyboard Errors c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-09-14 15:16 -0400
                Re: Sudden Mystery - Thunderbird Keyboard Errors The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-15 10:46 +0100
                Re: Sudden Mystery - Thunderbird Keyboard Errors "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-15 13:51 +0200
                Re: Sudden Mystery - Thunderbird Keyboard Errors c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-09-15 16:41 -0400
  Re: Sudden Mystery - Thunderbird Keyboard Errors "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-12 20:03 +0200
    Re: Sudden Mystery - Thunderbird Keyboard Errors c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-09-12 22:35 -0400
      Re: Sudden Mystery - Thunderbird Keyboard Errors "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-09-13 08:28 +0100

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