On 09/12/2024 08:35 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
On 09/12/2024 07:13 AM, Stefan Monnier wrote:i Ricard,It has a keyboard failure - the "h" key is intermittent and my primary account is "Richard" ;/[ I presume you know tat tis kind of failure can often (sadly not always) be fixed by cleaning. ]I have other symptoms that hint that there's a temperature problem with key decoding.
It's evidently a hard failure. Left it off overnight and its there.The local community college has a computer repair service as training aid for one of their degree programs.
Will see if they can handle.
I have no problem logging in as root. Two primary questions: 1. is there someway that I can use a USB connected keyboard as workaround while root?I can't tink of any reason wy tat wouldn't "just work". ave you tried?Now I have. It works ;}2. is there some way to switch from "root" to "Richard" without having to type to the pop-up that shows when using System->Logout... ?Probably, and tat probably depends on wat you mean by "switc" and on te kind of "display manager" you're using (many of tem give you a list of users from wic you can select by clicking). You can also (as root) cange your user's name to remove tat pesky `` letter.Relevant man page to have 'root' edit a user's login name? TIAStefan