In that case, your keyboard is most likely broken. Perhaps you could still have it fixed under warranty? You can enter the laptop serial number on https://support.hp.com to check if the warranty is still active.
press the power button, then mash F2 till you see the bios screen popup.
(Sometimes the bios key is F10 or F12, so if F2 doesn't work just redo the steps but try those keys instead.)
Once you're in the bios, you can use the arrow keys to navigate. Assuming the arrow keys work, you can navigate to a a section with the name "security" or something similair.
(If you press the arrow keys and nothing happens, your keyboard is broken.)
Once you are there you should see an option to "set an administrators password". click on that and press a key that you know doesn't work. if nothing is inputted into the password field then the keyboard is definently broken.
to exit the password input field simply press esc, and then you can navigate to exit, and select exit discarding changes.
If you got to step 5 and everything worked then it is definently an issue with the OS.
Honestly OP, weird keyboard issues, especially on a laptop are very often hardware failures.
As for driver downloading software, Linux works far different from Windows in this sense. Linux drivers usually come packaged with the kernel and are otherwise downloaded through the repository of your relevant distribution, so you don't need any third party software.
You could boot into the bios and test the keys there. If they still don't work then its a hardware issue. Do you know how to get into the bios?
Edit: Also OP, if you do have issues in the future, please post them on
https://lemmy.world/c/techsupport as this isn't really the right community.
I don't use my phone for NFC payments, but my bank has an app that can handle nfc payments. You could check to see if your bank has something similair.
Physical media is dying a slow and painful death. Sad to see really. I'd say to make a fuss, but most people don't seem to care.
Honestly, No disc + always online DRM is making me turn to piracy more and more. I want to be able to buy a game and just have a permanent offline copy of it. is that really too much to ask?
Tbh the problem with Discord is that its search and indexing functions just suck ass in the first place. I already treat anything posted in Discord as ephemeral information that stops existing once it leaves my view. In that sense i hope lemmy instances for tech support/ troubleshooting take off. Much easier to archive.
Please don't bring that shit here. Just keep to lemmygrad dude.
Marxism is a deeply flawed ideology. I recommend reading Karl Poppers writings about marx to understand how fucked it really is.
Demons.
(I feel like i have to clarify, so just in case: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhK2ev_O-pc)
libertarianism is when no one works together appararently.
To stress-test your gpu you can use Furmark. https://www.techpowerup.com/download/furmark/
Simply download it, install and launch it and crank the settings up nice and high.
Leave it run for an hour orso, and if Furmark crashes then your gpu is probably toast.
No problem, have a nice day :)
In that case, your keyboard is most likely broken. Perhaps you could still have it fixed under warranty? You can enter the laptop serial number on https://support.hp.com to check if the warranty is still active.
Ah no worries mate, im happy to help :)
Have you tried F3, Escape and Delete?
And, just curious, how do you log in to ubuntu if your keys don't work?
(Sometimes the bios key is F10 or F12, so if F2 doesn't work just redo the steps but try those keys instead.)
(If you press the arrow keys and nothing happens, your keyboard is broken.)
Once you are there you should see an option to "set an administrators password". click on that and press a key that you know doesn't work. if nothing is inputted into the password field then the keyboard is definently broken.
to exit the password input field simply press esc, and then you can navigate to exit, and select exit discarding changes.
If you got to step 5 and everything worked then it is definently an issue with the OS.
Honestly OP, weird keyboard issues, especially on a laptop are very often hardware failures.
As for driver downloading software, Linux works far different from Windows in this sense. Linux drivers usually come packaged with the kernel and are otherwise downloaded through the repository of your relevant distribution, so you don't need any third party software.
You could boot into the bios and test the keys there. If they still don't work then its a hardware issue. Do you know how to get into the bios?
Edit: Also OP, if you do have issues in the future, please post them on https://lemmy.world/c/techsupport as this isn't really the right community.
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I don't use my phone for NFC payments, but my bank has an app that can handle nfc payments. You could check to see if your bank has something similair.
Physical media is dying a slow and painful death. Sad to see really. I'd say to make a fuss, but most people don't seem to care.
Honestly, No disc + always online DRM is making me turn to piracy more and more. I want to be able to buy a game and just have a permanent offline copy of it. is that really too much to ask?
Have you tried switching back to your old monitor? It could be a firmware issue.
Are you using wayland or x11 under MATE? You could change your display protocol to either one or the other and see if the problem still occurs.
I hope that helps in narrowing down the cause of the problem.
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VRchat is like this but on steriods.
Adorable, such a cute little stinkie
Tbh the problem with Discord is that its search and indexing functions just suck ass in the first place. I already treat anything posted in Discord as ephemeral information that stops existing once it leaves my view. In that sense i hope lemmy instances for tech support/ troubleshooting take off. Much easier to archive.
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Stomach sleeping is best, because as long as i can't see the long gangly hairy humanoid hanging from my ceiling it isn't there.