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Safiyyahgood afternoon all, is anyone around?14:25
MattJGood afternoon14:25
zxm-pio/14:26
SafiyyahMattJ I bought a mechanical keyboard to plug into my laptop and it is not being picked up14:27
Safiyyahwe tried it on the family computer in windows. It is a wired keyboard14:27
Safiyyahit plugs in okay on the windows desktop, no issues but i bought it to use on my linux laptop. It is a wired keyboard14:31
SafiyyahI expected it to just be plug and play14:32
MattJUSB?14:32
Safiyyahyes14:32
Safiyyahold acer laptop14:33
MattJDoes it appear in `lsusb` when you plug it in? Does anything appear in dmesg about it?14:33
Safiyyahit comes up in both14:34
Safiyyahhttps://paste.ubuntu.com/p/62h83rR24s/14:35
daftykinsSafiyyah: long time no see \o have you and the family been well?14:44
daftykinsi bet it isn't getting enough power, grab a USB 'Y' cable14:44
Safiyyahdaftykins, we are isolating at the moment, but everyone is fine apart from the husband. 14:45
Safiyyahlocked him up in a room14:46
Safiyyahdaftykins, I hope you are all well over there14:46
daftykinsooh, covid related or not?14:46
daftykinsyeah benefits of a small island :D14:46
SafiyyahI don't own a USB Y cable14:46
Safiyyahdaftykins, yeah he got covid from work14:46
daftykinsin fact i think a USB hub would be a better way to go for a laptop, try an Amazon basics one14:47
Safiyyahokay I will get one14:47
daftykinsideally one which is powered, so it comes with an AC adapter14:48
SafiyyahI know my laptop is old but still... I didn't think it was this bad14:48
Safiyyahdaftykins will do14:49
daftykinssome mechanical keyboards just need a bit more juice, the other thing you could try is to take a spare toothbrush and clean the USB ports in case the power pins are dirty14:49
SafiyyahI am borderline OCD, they are clean14:50
Safiyyahthe lack of power makes sense, this thing is crashing when I am editing images14:52
daftykinsthe whole laptop?14:52
m0nkey_Can you believe they're bringing back Zool?! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1647730/Zool_Redimensioned/15:06
daftykins:O15:06
daftykinsi have that on disc here 15:07
zxm-piwow, that's so old i even remember it :-P15:08
m0nkey_Here's hoping for some Chupps action lol15:09
Safiyyahdaftykins, yeah the whole thing freezes15:40
SafiyyahI have to keep doing hard reboots15:40
daftykinsD:15:40

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