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After upgrading to 12.04 on my netbook the keyboard got weird behaviour

Before logging in to any session everything's OK (i tested the input in vt1) but as i log in with any session (unity or unity-2d) keyboard behaves as if Fn key was pressed (i got numbers and special symbols instead of normal chars. I think the problem may be in acpi support, but i don't know where to start exactly.

I will appreciate any help =)

P.S. Sorry for my english - I am not a native speaker =)

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I am having the same issue with the quote ´´´ key I have to press it twice to get it to work and it happens on every keyboard that I try. – user60213 May 4 '12 at 2:38

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the solution was pretty easy, just had to toggle num key (Fn + Num)

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purencool, your problem with the ' key appears like you are using "international" version of a keyboard (like English US international) those keyboards usually use characters similar to accents as "dead" keys. I.e. when you press ' followed by a you get รก. If this is the case to get simple ' you should press ' followed by (space).

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@purencool Sounds like you have a different problem. Would you mind asking it as a new question? Maybe pabouk wouldn't mind answering it once you do? The askubuntu site is set up for one page per question, and then sorted answers. I searched but I couldn't find anyone asking why he or she had to press some keys twice. Please leave a link to the new question as a comment here. – John S Gruber Jun 9 '12 at 19:03

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