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Dell laptop keyboard switch is not working

Asked by SWAGATAK GHOSH

My Dell laptop (Inspiron 1440) was working well with ubuntu 10.10 but after doing update one switch(Prnt Scrn) of my keyboard is not working. Actually I use it to take screenshot quickly. My screenshot software is working but the switch is not. I tried with external usb keyboard but its not hardware problem. It was working well before update. what should I do? thanks

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

If you run:

xev

Does the button create an event?

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SWAGATAK GHOSH (swagatak) said : 		#2

YES Sir , when I Run xev in the terminal a small window opened. in the window there is a box. When I took the mouse pointer on the window the texts in the terminal was changing.
thank you sir,plz help me.

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Paul Gevers (paul-climbing) said : 		#3

Why did you put this question in the winff package section? It has nothing to do with it.

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Best mycae (mycae) said : 		#4

Your keyboard bindings have probably changed, such that printscreen is no longer directed to run the screenshot program.

System->preferences->keyboard shortcuts

scroll down to "take a screenshot", then reassign the binding.

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SWAGATAK GHOSH (swagatak) said : 		#5

Thanks mycae, that solved my question.