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Offline Desperado

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« on: Mon, 25 May 2009, 06:24:21 »
Hi,

I have purchase a HHK pro 2 which has arrived today, before it arrived i was using a HHK Lite 2 and it worked pretty well, but i can't seem to properly configure this one, even the switches on the back don't seem to help me setup the backspace and the FN combination keys. Did this happen to anyone around here? Does anyone know how to workaround this issue? I'm starting to think my keyboard switches are messed up or something.

P.S. - I'm running Xubuntu 8.04.

Thanks in advance for any help,

Desperado
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Offline bigpook

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« Reply #1 on: Mon, 25 May 2009, 07:45:11 »
Quote from: Desperado;92558
Hi,

I have purchase a HHK pro 2 which has arrived today, before it arrived i was using a HHK Lite 2 and it worked pretty well, but i can't seem to properly configure this one, even the switches on the back don't seem to help me setup the backspace and the FN combination keys. Did this happen to anyone around here? Does anyone know how to workaround this issue? I'm starting to think my keyboard switches are messed up or something.

P.S. - I'm running Xubuntu 8.04.

Thanks in advance for any help,

Desperado


You will need to reboot the computer, that will fix it.
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Offline Desperado

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« Reply #2 on: Mon, 25 May 2009, 08:30:56 »
hey bigpook,

Thanks for the tip, i was getting sad that i couldn't use the DEL key as backspace like i'm used to, after rebooting everything worked as expected immediately.

Thank you so much for the help,

Desperado
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Offline ironcoder

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« Reply #3 on: Mon, 25 May 2009, 09:51:58 »
hehe that sounds almost like a Windows fix!
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Offline bigpook

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« Reply #4 on: Mon, 25 May 2009, 10:52:44 »
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hehe that sounds almost like a Windows fix!


yeah, its a pretty sad day when you have to reboot your linux box because it doesn't recognize the keyboard properly. If it matters, I only had to do this once.
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Offline bigpook

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« Reply #5 on: Mon, 25 May 2009, 11:59:51 »
But weirdness with windows is expected. I am not surprised that vista would blue screen. Its the windows way after all.
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Offline IBI

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« Reply #6 on: Mon, 25 May 2009, 12:22:58 »
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But weirdness with windows is expected. I am not surprised that vista would blue screen. Its the windows way after all.


You sound like you're complaining - fast fail is a much better option than carrying on with broken functionality.
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Offline ironcoder

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« Reply #7 on: Mon, 25 May 2009, 12:44:10 »
How about just working properly? Is that not an option ;-)
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Offline bigpook

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« Reply #8 on: Mon, 25 May 2009, 12:47:05 »
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You sound like you're complaining - fast fail is a much better option than carrying on with broken functionality.


Not failing at all and gracefully killing the offending thread is much better.
In other words, why should 1 individual/thing take out the whole machine? much better for the machine to terminate  the problem so that others can continue to move forward.
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Offline bigpook

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« Reply #9 on: Mon, 25 May 2009, 12:47:40 »
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How about just working properly? Is that not an option ;-)


Only in an ideal world.
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Offline bigpook

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« Reply #10 on: Mon, 25 May 2009, 14:25:53 »
I take it the blue screen with the Das was a one time thing?
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Offline IBI

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« Reply #11 on: Mon, 25 May 2009, 18:03:40 »
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Not failing at all and gracefully killing the offending thread is much better.
In other words, why should 1 individual/thing take out the whole machine? much better for the machine to terminate  the problem so that others can continue to move forward.


Yeah, if you get a problem like the keyboard's not working properly the machine should inform you loudly but should also allow you to use any remaining capabilities - it shouldn't crash entirely or do nothing about it.
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