CF-19 MK1 keyboard funkyness

I'm currently running Arch Linux + LXDE on my CF-19 MK1. Today, while switching to a TTY prompt (Ctrl + F6), I noticed it was only switching periodically. After some tinkering, I came to the following conclusions:

My left Shift key and my only Ctrl key are the culprits. If I hold left+shift and try to hit the following keys: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, +, O, or P, no characters show up. Now, if I hit left+shift plus one of those keys, really fast, it works. Same with the Ctrl key, if I hold it + Alt and hit F2, F4, F6, or F7 it doesn't work, unless I tap them really fast.

Now the tricky part. If I use the right+shift key, I have no problems AT ALL. I confirmed it wasn't my OS by putting a different drive in with LUBUNTU installed, and the same things happened.

Could this be my keyboard dying, or something else I should look at?

 

Check cap lock and num lock. I know.... too simple.
Then: pull battery and power and cycle switch a few times...THEN plug in power..no battery and set to defaults in bios. ACPI could be scrambled.

If that doesn't work un-plug re-plug KB ....straight ! maybe clean with an eraser and canned air.

What does

Code:

 dmesg | grep Panasonic 

watch the caps say?

Good luck,

Jeff

 

Well pulling the battery, power cycling, and resetting the bios seemed to do the trick!

FWIW, dmesg out was:

[ 9.721566] input: Panasonic Laptop Support as /devices/virtual/input/input6


Between here and the Arch community, I can always find help. Probably the 2 best communities I've seen. Thank you.

 

In the words of me friend Rob.....W00t!

Just making sure laptop support was there.

Good show Wes.

 

I've got faith this little guy will last me a long time.

How'd that drive turn out? Did it work?