Hello All,
I am a big fan of the Official Raspberry Pi wired keyboard.
See
https://www.canakit.com/official-raspberry-pi-keyboard-mouse.htmlThe 78 key keyboard includes 3 USB A 2.0 ports. I usually connect a wired mouse to one of them.
Recently, in updating my Raspberry Pi 4 computer, I discovered that the labels on the keys didn't match the characters being typed. When I typed
sudo , the screen displayed
s4d6.
From the Terminal, (using a different keyboard), I typed raspi-config but found no listing for a 78 key keyboard.
Undaunted, I googled the problem and found a solution at
https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/28462/how-do-i-specify-the-layout-for-my-78-key-keyboard#28489The solution was as follows
" using
sudo raspi-config I have set the keyboard layout to
Microsoft Office and
US-English"
I did that and it did correct the issue when the keyboard was connected to my Raspberry Pi.
If I connected the Official Raspberry Pi keyboard to a PC, the previous problems returned.
At that point, I noticed a red LED light was illuminated. I learned that it indicated that the
Num Lock was turned on.
When I pressed the Num Lock key to turn that feature off, the keyboard worked properly both on the Raspberry Pi as well as on my PC
Lesson learned, Remember, a light should go off in my mind if the Num Lock light is on on my Raspberry Pi keyboard.
Ralph Sutter
