On Fri, Sep 28, 2001 at 06:53:14PM +0200, Andre Berger wrote: > * Ben Hartshorne <ben@hartshorne.net>, 2001-09-28 18:43 +0200: > > A couple of days ago, a very strange thing started happening. Every > > now and then (I have tried, but really see no pattern), when I type a > > character, it is replaced by a '\' character. Sometimes, instead of > > being replaced, it is simply followed by a '\' character. > > Maybe a hardware problem? Tried a different keyboard? mm... Possible. I kinda forgot to mention that it's a laptop. Trying a different keyboard might be a little difficult. I actually did have to replace the keyboard about 6 months ago, and it was quite a hassle (Sony kept telling me that the vaio had "no user serviceable parts" even after I had taken it apart, and read them the part number off the bottom of the keyboard... It took me about a year and 5 different calls to get through to the parts department to order a new keyboard and pay only $107 instead of the $250 or so they were going to charge me to replace it). So it's new enough that I don't want to attribute it to hardware jut yet. But you're right, hardware does seem the most pausible solution, given the symptoms. :( -ben -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ben Hartshorne ...Discarding smoothly, as we disembark, ben@hartshorne.net All thoughts that held us wiser for a moment ben.hartshorne.net Up there, alone, in the impartial dark. -M. Oliver My PGP key is at /pgp.txt. Please encrypt all communications.
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